Rabbi Michael Lerner, Ph.D.
Political activist Michael Lerner is the Rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue and editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine, both based in Berkeley, California. The magazine is controversial because of its stand in favor of the rights of Palestinians. Lerner grew up in the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey. He attended the Far […]
Byron Katie: Question Your Thoughts and End Your Suffering
Byron Katie joins filmmaker Barnet Bain and life coach Freeman Michaels on Cutting Edge Consciousness to discuss questioning our thoughts.
Quotes by Alan Watts
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” “You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.” “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the […]
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung is regarded as one of the best known contemporary contributors to dream analysis and symbolization. Founder of analytical psychology, he developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconsciousness. Central to his concept was the theory of individuation, which propels each of us toward a greater […]
Alan Watts
British born writer and philosopher Alan Watts was profoundly influenced by the East Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism, and by Taoist thought. By early 1970s, he was the foremost interpreter of Eastern philosophy for Western audience. Watts was an early subject in pioneering psychedelic trials, and after recording two seasons of the public television […]
Bhikkhuni says she is glum on future of ordination
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: by Sopaporn Kurz: The Dalai Lama on Friday expressed support for the introduction of Bhikkhunis (female monks) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition,
Thailand’s female monks (cautiously) lobby for legal recognition
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: A quiet campaign to grant female monks legal recognition began this summer. Advocates hope that the minimal fanfare will help the ‘Bhikkhunis’ evade conservative religious opposition.
Venerable Dhammananda Bhikkhuni from Thailand
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: “Monastic life is far from comfortable. So it has to be one’s own choice, selecting to lead a life of renunciation. But once chosen and settled down in, it is meaningful.
Quotes by Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
“I’m just a small crack in the wall; the wall of patriarchy; on the wall of the hierarchy; on the wall of injustice. Soon there will be more cracks and someday the wall will fall.” “Just the knowing mind itself, you are simply aware.” “I do not choose to be ordained because I want people […]
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda came from a pretigious family, her father was a politician belonging to the Democrat party in Thailand. Later on her mother became the first bhikkhuni (fully ordained female nun) taking her ordination from Taiwan. Bhikkhuni Dhammananda did her study in India and Canada and became the first woman in Thailand to have a Ph.D. […]
Karen Maezen Miller
Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center Los Angeles, California. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. Her latest book is Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden (New World Library, May 2014). She also wrote Hand Wash Cold: […]
Richard Moss MD
In 1977 Richard Moss was a practicing physician when he experienced a spontaneous state of illumination that irreversibly changed his life and profoundly transformed his understanding of human consciousness and behavior. With this opening came a new level of sensibility including a heightened intuition, subtle insight into mystical and spiritual teachings, and the ability to […]
Quotes by Sharon Salzberg
“Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.” “Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can […]
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial role inbringing meditation and mindfulness practices to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. Her latest book is Real Love: The Art of Mindful […]
Quotes By Carl Jung
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.” “The word “belief” is a difficult thing for me. I don’t believe. I must […]
Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu hang out on Google+
Spiritual leaders The Dali Lama and Desmond Tutu answer questions at The Inaugural Peace Lecture.
Quotes by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva
“Life is far beyond meaning, Life is beyond meaning and that’s why it is so beautiful” “When you wanting to know some thing is so Intense that you are willing to die for it, then knowing is not far away.” “If you are rooted in reality there will be no fear.” “People are afraid of […]
Quotes by Paulo Coelho
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed […]
Quotes by Desmond Tutu
“A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.” “Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.” “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that […]
Desmond TutuTruth and Reconciliation
A talk by Desmond Tutu:
Desmond Tutu addresses One Young World
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu addresses the Delegates at the One Young World Opening Ceremony, Old Billingsgate, London
Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu, a Nobel Peace Laureate, is one of the greatest living moral icons of our time who was a key role player in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. He was also the first black South African Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and primate of the Anglican Church of […]
Conquering Anger and Negative Emotions
by Sadhuguru Jaggi Vasudeva: How does one conquer one’s negative emotions and anger?
The Children of Now – Meg Blackburn Losey, Ph.D.
by Meg Blackburn Losey, Ph.D.: Genetically, all human beings have a DNA system in which each strand looks like a twisted ladder.
