Tolerance: A Nonviolent Tool to Change The World

by Matthieu Ricard: Tolerance goes hand in hand with courage, inner strength, and intelligence, the qualities that alleviate mental suffering and prevent us from falling into negative thinking.

From Competition to Cooperation – Pt 2

Matthieu Ricard After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science and moved to the Himalayas to pursue happiness and became a Buddhist monk.

by Mathieu Richard: I am more and more convinced that altruism is not a luxury. It is not merely a noble sentiment that we apply only when things go well. It has become a necessity.

Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames

The evolution of Jungian psychology owes a great deal to the work of Marion Woodman, a renowned analyst and author who is a pioneer in the understanding of the role of feminine principles in the healing of the human psyche.

Letter: Losing a Child

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Dear Byron Katie, I know you are very busy and lots of people are asking something of you. I am writing to you, because ‘something terrible has happened’ – the 6 year old girl of a friend of mine had what is called a freak accident, and she died yesterday.

Awakening Story of Byron Katie

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Byron Katie:  Less than two weeks after I entered the halfway house [for eating disorders], my life changed completely. What follows is a very approximate account.

Some new Katie-isms

Byron Katie’s mission is to teach people how to stop suffering.

Byron Katie:  Who is The Work for? It’s for everyone who wants to end their own suffering and whose mind is open to questioning what they believe to be true.

The Human Dilemma with Rollo May, Ph.D.

Hello and welcome. I’m Jeffrey Mishlove. Our topic today is existential psychology, and with me is Dr. Rollo May. Dr. May is one of the founding sponsors of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, 

Pir Vilayat Khan Remembers His Father

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Pir Vilayat Khan speaks with respect about his childhood experiences with his father, notable Chisti Sufi teacher and founder of Sufi Order in the west.

Jack Kornfield: Right Effort

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by Jack Kornfield: The next three steps of the Eightfold Path have to do more with inner work of meditation than outer work of Right Livelihood and Right Speech, and so forth.