Tag Archive for ‘bo lozoff’
Feasting on Poisoned Cake
“Humanity grows more and more intelligent, yet there is clearly more trouble and less happiness daily. How can this be so? It is because intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. When a society misuses partial intelligence and ignores holistic wisdom, its people forget the benefits of a plain and natural life. Seduced by [...]
12/1/10 4:37 PM
Practice: Vow Practice
Many of us complain about how hard it is to start doing daily meditation or yoga, or to quit smoking or lying or biting our nails or masturbating or any number of things connected to “turning over a new leaf.” We may make solemn resolutions, but within a short time we often find everything is [...]
11/15/10 4:50 PM
Human Kindness Foundation and Prison-Ashram Project
In 1973 a spiritual teacher named Ram Dass and I got together and talked about helping prisoners to use their time for spiritual growth. It was a quiet chat, no solemn pronouncements or bolts of lightning, no press releases or fund-raising campaigns. We just sat together on the lawn of the ashram where Sita and [...]
11/1/10 4:24 PM
The Two Questions
A friend of mine got out of prison on the last day of 1997. He was thirty-seven years old and had been in prison since he was nineteen. Because he was on a 90-year sentence, he had spent his whole prison time in one old maximum-security facility in mid-Florida which has a very tough reputation. [...]
10/15/10 4:14 PM
Practice: Mindfulness As Shown By a Master
All of us at Human Kindness Foundation had a rare privilege when we brought the Vietnamese Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tic Not Hon), into his first American prison to talk with inmates and staff about the practice of deep mindfulness. We chose Maryland Correctional Institution at Hagerstown for this special event because Bo [...]
10/1/10 4:10 PM
Practice: Abandoning Blame
This practice can be a very powerful tool for letting go of false beliefs about who or what controls our moods. We recommend you take this vow for at least one month, and repeat it aloud at the beginning of each day. If possible, let a few friends know about your vow so that they [...]
09/15/10 4:07 PM
Microcosm & Macrocosm
Dear Family, There are times in our lives when our problems seem so overwhelming we don’t have any idea what to do next in any significant way – how to change our lives, how to address the biggest problems, how to heal the damage between us and our loved ones, how to motivate ourselves to [...]
09/10/10 1:28 PM
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, [...]
09/1/10 4:05 PM
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. [...]
08/15/10 3:54 PM
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 [...]
08/1/10 3:51 PM
