Tag Archives: heart
Charter for Compassion
The Charter for Compassion is a document and a movement that was created to inspire and bring compassion back into the secular, spiritual, and institutional life of human beings everywhere. Watch this inspiring video by an organization engaged in anger management on a vast and profound level.
What About Me?
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the Shambhala Buddhist tradition, has a unique way of making ancient wisdom applicable to contemporary life. Here he offers an inspiring and fun portrayal of how we get lost and how we can get back on track.
A Father’s Amazing Love
This may very well get the tears flowing.
Being Available for People
I had a bit of a breakthrough experience this week that I’d like to share. It came when I was doing a body/mind practice called Focusing, an excellent form of work developed by Eugene Gendlun. The process involves paying attention to the sensations and feelings in your “central space”, which … Continue reading
Finding Joy in Your Life
What do you like to do for enjoyment? Anger doesn’t thrive amidst a joyful state of mind so finding and doing things that you enjoy is very helpful for getting beyond chronic anger management issues. For example I love the cinema, so at least once a week I take in … Continue reading
Basic Goodness
According to most spiritual teachings, basic human nature is fundamentally good. Sometimes this is known as “basic goodness.” The idea is that at our most absolute core, rock bottom level, there is really no problem, and in fact we are brilliant, awake, and sane people. Basic goodness isn’t some kind … Continue reading
Progress Comes With Time
For many people anger management can be a long slow path. Very often when I look at my own life and my state of mind, it seems that I’m just as angry as I always was. For example it’s so easy for me to disagree with people and make them … Continue reading
Heart Based Anger Management
At the end of the day, anger management is all about learning to be kind with yourself, and learning to love other people. Love is a loaded word, but really it’s just the ordinary yet magical human quality of caring for and respecting yourself and other people. Anger steals us … Continue reading
Anger: Noah Levine
As a youth, Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, lived a life of anger, drugs, and alcohol. With the help of Buddhist meditation, he eventually channeled the energy of his anger and dissatisfaction into a desire to be of help.
The Goodness Beneath the Anger
As ugly as anger can be, there is a beauty hiding just below its tainted surface. When we’re locked into an angry pattern we’re covering over our most precious asset as a human being: our tender and open heart. Inside we have a softness, a gentleness, a receptivity to life, … Continue reading
