It may be said that one finds freedom from suffering over oneself in direct proportion to one's realization that there is no separate self whose suffering is to be resisted...

My husband drinks too much. The problem I have with that (aside from it being deadly to his health) is his mean-spirited attitude toward me after he drinks. He says negative things about me that he would not normally say while sober. The crazy thing about it is, the next day he is repentant, telling me how much he loves me and how he would be nothing without me. How do I elevate myself above c...

Topics covered: Independence is innocence. When a person is truly independent, he or she is rooted in an incorruptible nature that seeks nothing outside of itself; An act of true kindness can't be disturbed. An act of true kindness does not place any demands upon the recipient of that kindness. Kindness does not look for confirmation or validationk; The nature that is not aware of itself depends on conditions and people outside of itself to confirm its sense of self.

Question: I have suffered from anxiety for years, experiencing many "irrational" fears that have become obsessions. Sometimes it seems that I am going crazy, and I even think of killing myself.

There are no signs, no words that mark the entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven; it is a lowly gate, unadorned save for the faint light that shines out from within it, welcoming all those who are weary of walking in the dark...

Part 1: For those willing to see it... the proof of our still consensual, self-compromising relationship with a lower level of consciousness is self-evident: after all, one of the only things that seems to be growing stronger in us -- day by day -- is the ease with which we're willing to excuse, or otherwise explain away some weakness in our character.

I watched my father struggle endlessly with depression and anxiety as I was growing up; I was certain that I would be resigned to the same fate as the trips to psychiatrists' offices and medication seemed to increase for me over the years. I was told I was bipolar, depressed, and anxious, and yet I remained sober, mindful and proactive in seemingly all the right ways... still it got me nowhere...

I am in the process of starting the practice on the principles outlined in your book, The Secret of Letting Go. I feel it is a process that will take its own time for getting the expected results. Meanwhile, how do I successfully deal with actual difficult circumstances in my life? I was swindled and cheated on several years ago in a promised marriage relationship, and have since been involved...

I grew up as a loner, not really connecting with nor wanting to connect with family, friends, or people in general...while in reality I was starving to connect, and was unbearably lonely, even as an adult. But it still couldn't be admitted to or seen as such. I tried to convince myself I really didn't need anyone. Recently in speaking with a friend, I was shocked to discover this big unseen pa...

There are many villages in India where people believe in "dark magic." In our country, when a person has some ill thoughts about another person, then the former goes to a dark magician and tells him to destroy his/her life by some of his magic. This has ruined my family. Can meditation be helpful in protecting ourselves from ghosts and dark powers created by such dark people? My relatives are...