by Marco | Jan 28, 2021 | Dharma Talks, Disappointment & Loss, Self-Soothing Practices, Skillful Living
The Dharma of Discouragement Discouragement from your past and imaginings about how bad the future will be drain your energy and cause you to fail. When you embrace starting over as a practice, you focus instead on what you are doing right now and what you need to do... 
by Marco | Jan 28, 2021 | Dharma Talks, Disappointment & Loss, Skillful Living
Good Fortune, Bad Fortune In very trying circumstances remembering your intention to not cause suffering and remembering your “don’t know mind” can lead to cessation of suffering. Dharma Wisdom with Phillip Moffitt · Good Fortune, Bad... 
by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta, Articles, Change and Uncertainty, Disappointment & Loss, Love And Relationships
Living with Disappointment If you choose to consciously accept life’s disappointments, you will discover meaning in your suffering. Sometimes things really don’t work out very well. It’s true, isn’t it? You come to yoga class in desperate need... 
by Marco | Oct 1, 2020 | Disappointment & Loss
Releasing the Past through Investigation When you respond to difficulty as if it is a moment of dharma, it frees you from suffering. Each of us has experienced the feelings that arise from having failed miserably or from being hopelessly inadequate in regard to... 
by Marco | Oct 1, 2020 | Articles, Depression, Disappointment & Loss, Skillful Living
Beyond Happiness In the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha Focused Primarily on Suffering as A Gateway to Liberation. but He Also Taught that Mindfulness of Happiness Can Provide the Same Liberating Insights as Suffering. Erika has many reasons to be happy—she’s healthy,... 
by Marco | Sep 4, 2020 | Articles, Dharma Talks, Difficult Emotions, Disappointment & Loss, Self-Soothing Practices, Skillful Living
Forgiving the Unforgivable Forgiveness practice is about liberating your own feelings and finding meaning in the worst of life’s events. You practice forgiveness to be free of the inner violence of your rage, and you do not abandon the pursuit of right action....