Tag Archive for ‘bo lozoff’
Past the Boiling Point
Dear Family,
A young woman spoke with me recently about her struggles with irritability, negativity and anger. She has several recurring health problems which affect her ability to eat and digest, or even to get a good night’s sleep. Sometimes she has headaches or stomach-aches that last throughout the day. On top of all that, she [...]
Practice: Goodwill Meditation
More and more of our prison friends are spending time on lockdown during this difficult age. Many of them feel frustrated that they cannot do anything to help others. But we can all help others. Praying for others is very real and, depending on the strength of our minds, can be very powerful as well. [...]
Practice: Resting In the Comfort of Your Faith
Many of us say we have faith in God. We say we believe in prayer, we believe that God loves us and has a plan for our lives. But do we actually walk through the day feeling comforted, protected, and secure in those beliefs? Do we go to sleep at night knowing God is with [...]
Practice: A Day of Silence
Occasional periods of silence are recommended by every wisdom tradition. Modern life (and prison life) can be extremely noisy, and this constant noise can keep us from experiencing life as honestly or clearly as we may like. Sita and I have found great value in many periods of silence. For several years, each of us [...]
Practice: A Few Seconds a Day
Here’s an almost effortless practice that will definitely change your life for the better if you are willing to commit just ten to twenty seconds a day to it. But first, a little background about how the brain works.
In his book Addiction and Grace, Dr. Gerald May discusses how the human brain works and he [...]
Do We Settle For Too Little?
Transcribed from a sermon Bo preached at the Ainsworth United Church of Christ in Portland, Oregon.
When I was younger and I heard the passage from St. Paul, “Man hath no greater love than this, to give his life to his fellow man,” I used to think laying down your life for your fellow man meant [...]
Practice: Real Bible Study
There’s an old Native American saying that I quoted in We’re All Doing Time:
If you seek to understand the whole Universe, you will understand nothing. If you seek to understand yourself, you will understand the whole Universe.
This principle applies in a related way to Bible study and the study of any religious principles. If we [...]
Going Deeper
Transcribed from a sermon Bo gave at Unity of the Triangle Church in Raleigh, NC.
When I teach meditation, I’m a stickler for keeping the body still. In the Old Testament there is a curious passage that says, “Be still and know that I am God.” Isn’t that curious? Be still, not “be righteous,” not “be [...]
Practice: Make Yourself at Home
This idea of being at home wherever we are, like virtually every other part of our spiritual journey, has a lot to do with faith. It’s easy to say “I’m a person of faith.” But what does it mean to us in a practical way? How does it affect our experiences and our state of [...]
Living In Peace
Dear Family,
In the ancient Hindu epic The Ramayana, there’s a passage where Rama, a young prince who is actually God born as a human being, is supposed to be made King the next day, and his people are the happiest people in the world because they love him so much. There’s a classic line in this part of the story that [...]