Lightness

What is Your Mantra?

Via Daily Downward Dog So what exactly is a mantra? According to two of my favorite word mavens Merriam and Webster, the definition goes like this: man·tra  noun \ˈmän-trə also ˈman- or ˈmən-\ : a sound, word, or phrase that is repeated by someone who is praying or meditating : a word or phrase that is repeated often or that expresses […]

Why Do We Search For More in Our Lives?

What is my purpose? I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people say this, to me or other people recently. People often come to see me when they are in their 30s or 40s and say, I have done what was expected of me and had a career doing the right thing, […]

Dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Fr Laurence Freeman about the Teacher and Disciple

Via Dalailama.com One of them asked about truth and His Holiness replied, “Once you are familiar with the truth, it has an effect on your mind. In his own teachings the Buddha described reality in different ways because of different dispositions and temperaments among his followers. When Christians and Buddhists come together we can say we […]

Some of the beautiful nature surrounding us in Salento, Colombia