Harmony

Most people see harmony as a difficult attainment. It’s not. It is neither difficult nor an attainment. Wherever it is that you are, you are in fact already harmonious, you just may not know it. Nothing new is to be added and nothing is to be discarded; you are as perfect as possible. NOW. It is not that you are going to be perfect sometime in the future, it is not that you have to do something arduous to be yourself. It is not the journey to some other point somewhere else; you are not going somewhere else.

You are already here. That which is to be obtained is already attained. This idea must go deep, only then will you be able to understand why such simple techniques can help. Read more...

The Walking Cure

It may come as news to the uninitiated among us but meditation and movement aren’t mutually exclusive states. Walking meditation is an ancient practice that fosters greater mental awareness, improves concentration and promotes general physical health.

Meditation is a multi-faceted practice and though most of us are familiar with seated or cross-legged meditation, meditative states can also be achieved through walking and in a lying-down posture. In fact, many practitioners alternate all three forms or work in variations (walking for 15 minutes and remaining seated for 45 minutes, for example.) Read more...

After Hour Food Spooks

For some people, late-night snacking is more than a bad habit; it’s pathology. Raiding the refrigerator before you fall asleep may be a symptom of a bigger problem than impulse control. If your favorite late-night companion is peanut butter then maybe your social life isn’t the only thing that needs attention. Carbohydrate-rich peanut butter is the preferred first choice in comfort foods for those who suffer from nocturnal eating syndrome.

Overeating in the evening, lack of daytime appetite, and insomnia are classic symptoms of this serious, frequently untreated clinical illness, which is believed to affect 1.5 percent of the world’s population. Dr. Albert J. Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania first diagnosed this highly complex ailment in 1955. Multi-faceted, nocturnal eating syndrome has numerous behavioral and hormonal components. Read more...