AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe incredible story of Wu Hsin and Roy Melvynbigthink.com - Marcelo GleiserMust a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring? Last week, a renowned and highly respected Brazilian journalist …
AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMingyur Rinpoche on Overcoming Panic and Finding Joy Through Acceptancetricycle.org - Yongey Mingyur RinpocheTricycle founder Helen Tworkov asks the Tibetan Buddhist teacher about leading a joyful life in such turbulent times. As part of a month-long series …
AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Tibetan Monks Use Meditation to Raise Their Peripheral Body Temperature 16–17 Degreesopenculture.com - Josh JonesTibetan monks in remote regions of the Himalayas have long claimed near miraculous powers through yogic practices that resemble nothing you’ll …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatarHow to (Finally) Start MeditatingGQ - By Clay SkipperPracticing mindfulness is not complicated, but it's also not easy. Near the beginning of the pandemic, when we were all freaked out about surfaces, I started using my elbow to hit the elevator buttons in my apartment building. It’s more sanitary, but less effective. In hitting 8 (my floor), I’d …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatarMartial artist hits table tennis balls with nunchucks for Guinness recordUnited Press International - Ben HooperMartial artist Xie Desheng, 28, broke his own Guinness World Record when he used nunchucks to hit 35 table tennis balls launched by a robot in one …
AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMeditation practices enhance top-down ability to control attention, study findspsypost.org - Eric W. DolanResearchers discovered oligodendrocytes in the brain boost energy intake in response to neuronal activity, crucial for rapid signal transmission and …
AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Loveverified_publisherbrainpickings.org - By Maria Popova“Fearlessness is what love seeks,” Hannah Arendt wrote in her magnificent early work on love and how to live with fear. “Such fearlessness exists …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatar5 Ways to Meditate When Your Mind Is Always Racingverified_publisherEntrepreneur - Simon LovellMeditation helps entrepreneurs sharpen their focus and tap into million-dollar ideas. And the longer you meditate, the greater the benefit. Like many entrepreneurs, my journey to meditation came through suffering. While in a friend's garden, I had been going through some relationship challenges and …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatarJapanese University Awards the First Ninja Studies Degree in New Programverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisBeing a ninja is about more than just swinging swords and throwing ninja stars. Popular culture fantasies of ninjas present only one facet of the complex history of these legendary warriors. In feudal Japan, ninjas were highly trained and distinct from higher-class samurai; among a ninja's duties …
AvatarAnja FFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDaoist immortal Laozimetmuseum.orgIdentified by his full beard, Laozi (also known as the Celestial Worthy of the Way and Its Virtue) is the quasi-historical author of the seminal …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatarFour Life Lessons I Learned From Being Bad at Martial ArtsMedium - Erik GermanIt’s hard to overstate the clarifying power of losing a fight. For the last few years, I’ve kept a standing appointment to lose several, mostly on …
AvatarAnja FAvatarAvatarThe Real Story Behind The Dalai Lama’s Puzzling NXIVM Entanglementverified_publisherRefinery29 - Sarah MidkiffHBO just released the first episode of a nine-part, in-depth documentary on the self-help cult NXIVM. Self-described as “a community guided by humanitarian principles that seek to empower people and answer important questions about what it means to be human,” NXIVM offered expensive …