We shouldn't experience mudita, or joyful appreciation for happiness that arises in others through unskillful actions. If someone feels joy…
I'm sure you can think of days when you've been driven crazy by someone else's good mood. They're happy, and…
The other day I suggested the practice of noticing our everyday blessings -- things like having electricity, running water, shelter,…
Are you able to see your own good qualities? Many of us, apparently, have difficulty doing this. What happens when…
The practice of mudita, or appreciative joy, is summed up in these words from the first century: When one sees…
This video was recorded in a Google Plus Hangout earlier today. It's a 50 minute guided session of the mudita…
This morning I was heading to work and I became aware that I wasn't letting the world in. Right now…
Yesterday I wrote about how mudita -- joyful appreciation -- can help us overcome our inherited tendency to pay more…
The neuropsychologist (and Wildmind contributor) Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is very good at pointing out that our brains have a negativity…
In the Path of Freedom, a 1st century meditation manual that I've mentioned a few times because it's the earliest…