During this series on the Roots of Medicine, having looked at Traditional Tibetan Medicine with the last article, and the time before having looked at Ayurvedic Medicine, today I turn my sights on another ancient system of medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine, like Tibetan and Ayurvedic Medicine, is a highly … [Read more...]
Movement: A Key to a Healthy, Happy Life: Part 2
Yesterday and today are introductory articles to this series on Movement and Exercise - the theme of this entire series on movement is that movement is an essential key to healthy and happy living, and to living a [Read more...]
Movement: A Key to a Healthy, Happy Life: Part 1
For the next few weeks I will be writing about the subject of Movement. Movement comes in all shapes and sizes, but the common unifying denominator of it is that it is an essential part of living a healthy, happy and fulfilled life. It is also an important ingredient for living a Low Density Lifestyle. The inverse of that is that a sedentary life … [Read more...]
Connecting to the Spiritual Dimension
A Good Day, with Brother David Steindl-Rast: A Lesson in Living a Spiritual Life
In the last article, I told you of the 12 spiritual practices to honor the earth.
Not only do these practices help you feel more connected to the earth, they also will help you feel more connected to the … [Read more...]
Creative Intelligence and Vision
Jon Kabat-Zinn on Mindfulness, Effortless Effort and Non-Doing
Not too long ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn, the author of Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, You Are There, gave a talk at Google on the subject of mindfulness and effortless effort.
The phrase effortless effort comes from the Chinese term wu wei, which is directly translated as non-doing.
Mindfulness and effortless effort are important tools for living a Low Density Lifestyle.
The concept of non-doing is a … [Read more...]
I’m FREE: Sing along with The Who!
I asked my friends Roger and Pete to put together a little ditty to help you understand FREE (remember Flow/Relax/Effortless Effort). I hope you enjoy their efforts. Sometimes it's easy to just let images and music tell the story. So this is a good way to get FREE. Click on play and see what you think. I think Roger and Pete got potential. Maybe they should consider forming a band! … [Read more...]
Being FREE: Flow/Relax/Effortless Effort
The secret to living a Low Density Lifestyle is becoming FREE. In an earlier post, I explained what the acronym FREE means. It stands for Flow, Relax, Effortless Effort.
Because it is a very important concept, I want to discuss FREE a little further at length.
The Flow state is known to … [Read more...]
Feelin’ the Low Density Lifestyle
Ok, I've been telling you about the Low Density Lifestyle, and you may be getting it, or maybe you're not. But today I'm going to tell you about it in a different way, through the power of images and music. So sit back, click play and enjoy: … [Read more...]
The Low Density Lifestyle: The Secret to Becoming FREE
To live a Low Density Lifestyle, all you have to do is become FREE. In this case, FREE is an acronym that stands for: Flow Relax Effortless Effort Let's break that down some - I'll explain what I mean: Flow: Flow is the state of feeling fully in synch and in harmony with the universal flow that permeates throughout. You feel like you are in the zone at these times. The author and creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi … [Read more...]