We all need a little peace, stillness, and balance to get us through life. Sadly, this doesn’t jive with the social mold we’re supposed to fit into. We’re supposed to be good workers who value productivity above all else. This makes us incessantly tired, stressed, and anxious as we try to get through each day. […]
Michelle Infinity: Cultivating Silence — A Doorway to Zen
The quieter you become the more you can hear. —Ram Dass, Be Here Now. Zen /zen/ Zen; noun: Zen Buddhism A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuitionOrigin: Sanskrit; dhyāna, meditation > Chinese; chán, quietude > Japanese; Zen, meditation Japanese, literally ‘meditation,’ from Chinese chán ‘quietude,’ from Sanskrit dhyāna‘meditation.’ The universe has been […]
Steve Taylor: The Power of Silence
Modern humans have lost touch with their inner ‘true self’. Silence and stillness are a means to recovering happiness and contentment. In the modern world silence has practically ceased to exist. The human race has stamped its authority over the planet Earth not just by covering its surface with concrete and destroying its plant and […]