Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi: 16 Practical Lessons On Self-Mastery & Peace
Shi Heng Yi’s speech embodies calm and strength. Watching his Ted talks or his interviews, you see that he emanates both humility and confidence. He speaks slowly, thoughtfully, and deliberately. Balance is a core pursuit of The Mindful Stoic, so I was immediately...
Master The Art Of Acquiescence For Resilience & Perspective
A murder at 5AM in Brooklyn ended one man’s life and changed another’s forever. The man whose life was changed was Derrick Hamilton. Just 17 years old, he was arrested for the murder. This was terrifying for Derrick, because he did not commit the murder. He thought...
Desirelessness Is Happiness: 7 Practices To Help You Let Go
A man is galloping at breakneck speed on his horse and appears as if he’s going somewhere important; on a mission of some sort. Another man standing along the side of the road shouts, ‘Where are you going?’ The man on the horse yells, ‘I don’t know, ask the horse.’ ...
A Modern Day Example Of Stoicism: Yeonmi Park, Courage Exemplified
Much is said and written about the ancient Stoics because founders and trailblazers are well remembered by history. However, the modern world is not without its unique challenges and hardships against which the teachings of Stoicism can be employed to live with...
Deepen Your Mindfulness Meditation Practice
Mindfulness is always now. It may sound trite, but it’s true. The reality of your life is always now and to realize this, and experience it, can be liberating. But, we spend most of our lives forgetting this truth—running from it, repudiating it. We somehow manage to...
How To Focus On The Process
The outcome is the obstacle. When fixation on the desired outcome obscures focus on the task at hand, errors occur. Conversely, if our actions are not clouded by oversight, but executed with care, lightheartedness, and undivided attention, then we travel a much...
Mindfulness And Distraction: The Gardener Removes The Weeds
The essence of mindfulness is to shine as much awareness onto each moment as possible, and to notice the stimuli in our immediate surroundings. This beholding of the present moment, cupped precariously in our hands like water from a spring, is the closest we’ll ever...
How To Care Less About What Others Think Of You
There’s nothing quite like the flames of adversity for forging new realizations about oneself. I’m writing this shortly after emerging from one of my job’s peak periods. It wasn’t my first of these short bursts of high intensity and pressure. It was a period of about...
The Eightfold Path: Guidance For Life’s Challenges
According to legend, the Buddha started out in life as the wealthy prince Siddhartha. His father, the king, indulged him in every luxury imaginable while keeping all signs of human suffering hidden away from him, outside the palace walls. But one day, Siddhartha went...
What Is Mindfulness? An Introduction & 3 Essential Practices
“Mindfulness isn’t difficult,” writes Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness: The Power of Attention, “we just need to remember to do it.” Both statements are true. Mindfulness isn’t difficult. And we need to remember to do it. We need to remember to practice...
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