Yes, You Can Control/Master Your Mind | Here’s Why/How

Control (one meaning as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary) | “to exercise restraining or directing influence over : REGULATE“ Do you remember the last time that you needed to use the bathroom? To be specific, think of the last time that you … Read MoreRead More

Learning Yoga (Or Anything) On The Internet | Adding Value(s) Versus Ad Value

As a discerning observer in the world, maybe you have already noticed that the internet is now an overcrowded hub of short and long-form advertisements disguised as vlogs and other forms of “content” pretending to be information-sharing. In the span … Read MoreRead More

If Your Efforts “Fail,” What Does That Make You?

It is said that the Bodhisattvas have been reincarnating for numerous generations. They have manifested as various avatars for thousands of years…coming back to planet Earth lifetime after lifetime in an attempt to help humanity free itself from suffering and … Read MoreRead More

A Real And Easy Solution To The Ignorance Of Unconscious Bias

Why You Can’t See Reality Under The Influence of Ignorance: The Effect of Cognitive Bias/Kleshas (Poisons) on Perception Everyone knows (or should know by now, with the prevalence of, and science on, addiction problems in the United States and abroad), … Read MoreRead More

I Am: Eternally Free | The Same While Everything Around And Within Me Changes

Appearances. They change. They come and go and are always different. They can be transformed/changed (with time, perspective, and/or with knowledge/facts, among other things, for example). And they are not Real. This is their nature. And, by definition, what appearances … Read MoreRead More

Back To Love | “Back To Reality…Back To The Here And Now…Yeah…es”

Or…How To “Get Yourself Together,” Snap Out Of The Illusion, And Break Your Karmic Bondage If you look at existence itself, not even it’s Absolute expression, but simply its manifested form, as one…in the same way that you can see/understand … Read MoreRead More

You Are Manifested As A Social Being | Avoid Reducing Yourself To A Social Animal

You Are Manifested As A Social Being Connected To All In/Of Existence; Do Not Reduce Yourself (or Your Self) To A Social Animal, Dependent On, Or Desperate For, Others To Fulfill Your Inner Needs If healthy connection with other people … Read MoreRead More

Desire And Non-Attachment: A Little Reminder For Practicing Yogis

“[M]ental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.” -Sutra 12 “Attachment is that which follows identification with pleasurable experiences.” -Sutra 2.7 “Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences.” -Sutra 2.8 And this “[c]linging to bodily life, [and] flowing … Read MoreRead More

Your Greatest Aim In Life | Goals, Resolutions, And Liberation

You have probably already heard the saying that “you were not born to eat, sleep, work, and then die,” or something like that. And yet, when people think about goal-setting, even in their Yoga practice, they often (no matter how … Read MoreRead More

Love In Action: Charitable Transaction Or Charitable Expression?

Love is your Nature, it is not a cheaply-made product of your ego construct created for social transactions and posturing in the world. … Read More