stillness

Find stillness

Things keep changing. The clock ticks, the day unfolds, trees grow, leaves turn brown, hair turns gray, children grow up…

August 29, 2012

When things get too much, change the channel

Sometimes a person just can’t find any stillness anywhere. Maybe you have epilepsy or chronic pain, or are wildly worried…

August 10, 2012

Five ways to do nothing and bring stillness to your life

We live in a world filled with input from television, radios, the Internet, social networks, email, news broadcasts, newspapers, magazines,…

August 9, 2011

How to stop your mind from wandering

The mind is made to wander - just take a few minutes to sit quietly and watch the mind flit around…

July 24, 2011

Aldous Huxley: “Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle…”

If meditation practice leads to the cessation of desire, then how are we to pursue spiritual goals? Are there good…

April 10, 2008

Sit still, why don’t you?

The Age, Australia: Stressed? Of course I'm stressed. Even when I'm at ease, I'm tense. So when I take a…

November 30, 2003

The fine art of doing nothing

Meditation has gone mainstream as one of the most powerful stress-busting tools ever. Read more

January 25, 2003