During the twenty years I lived in a meditation center, I rushed through my morning coffee. After all, if I didn’t drink it fast enough, I’d be late for meditation. It was important to get to meditation on time; otherwise, … Read More
Incorporating these five best neuroplasticity practices can open the doors to a more graceful, resilient, and lasting experience of change.
Every person on this earth is born with an entire universe of potential in them. Most people never cultivate the seeds of that potential, so the seeds go to waste and the people go through life wondering what went wrong, … Read More
Sometimes life is complicated, especially during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. We may be able to cope with everyday stresses, but when we have multiple traumatic events happening at once, we can feel frozen by fear and … Read More
Dear friends, The Dalai Lama says, “Empathy is the most precious human quality.” During these stressful times, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I feel passionately that empathy is the medicine the world needs right now. Empathy doesn’t make you a … Read More
Dear friends, Human beings are most curious. We want to know everything. In fact, no other species on this planet pursues knowledge like the human being. And we know so many things! Yet, for the most part—though we claim to … Read More
The holiday season is a chance to offer gifts and goodwill as symbols of gratitude to those we love. Whether enjoying warm meals with family, watching marathons of classic movies that remind us of a more innocent time, or feeling … Read More
Over the last few years, I’ve been collecting, evolving, and refining over 20 years of my poetry, which includes 217 poems collected in this book. These poems cover much of the ground in which I’ve been learning and growing with regards … Read More
by Andrew Young (Writer at Sounds True) Can you help me out here? I need more great “background” music for de-stressing and sparking my creativity. The skinny: I review healing and meditation music CDs for Sounds True and other retailers … Read More
When creating the (free) With Insight Guide to Meditation for Sounds True, I wanted to include a short quote for the front page, to summarize at least one way of approaching the meditative journey. When I came across the following … Read More