https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubSWWqDpldE So I just learned this amazing way to trick your brain and overcome fear in just five seconds. And I had to share [with] you guys. Now a lot of [you] guys may not know But I’m a naturally shy person.00:00:11 I know right me, yep, been that way ever since I was a ki]. I get anxiety, I’m nervous to go and introduce myself to people, especially, you know, sometimes to talk to beautiful women, yeah… I’m very shy I was scared to raise my […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxyVCjp48S4 It’s quite normal, when we start to meditate, for the mind to jump around all over the place.00:00:06 We might find intent to chase after all the little things, to be constantly moving about, from the present to the past to the future. In fact, to rarely be still at all.00:00:18 Fortunately, the mind can be tamed.00:00:21 Not by forcing it to stop but trying to make it sit still.00:00:24 We don’t want to trap it – that’ll just stir it up and create even more […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6g2mr0p3Q Training the mind is often quite different to how people imagined it to be. Maybe they have an idea it’s about stopping thoughts or eliminating feelings. But the reality is a bit different.00:00:12 An easy way to think of it is to imagine yourself sitting on the side of a busy road. The passing cars representing thoughts and feelings.00:00:20 All you have to do is just sit there and watch the cars. Sounds easy, right? But what usually happens is that we feel a bit unsettled […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKryaN44ss 00:00:07There is a story, usually attributed to the Native American tradition, which illuminates different ways of paying attention. An elder, talking to a child, says, “I have 2 wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is fearful, vengeful, envious, resentful, and deceitful. The other wolf is compassionate, loving, generous, truthful and peaceful.” The child asks, “Which wolf will win the fight?” The elder responds, “The one I feed.” That doesn’t mean we try to deny, or hurt or kill the angry wolf. If we did that, […]