[ Mind & Meditation ]

(Causes for addiction and how mindfulness meditation can help with them.)
One of the first steps in dealing with addiction is to discover the emotional cause of it, whether it is fear, depression, anxiety, or pessimism.  Many times these unwholesome thoughts and beliefs come from what I call the “wanting mind.”  In wanting mind, we feel [...]

(On the eve of the release of his new book, the French monk Matthieu Ricard spoke with Tricycle about science, meditation, and his title as “the happiest man in the world.”)
Before you were a monk, you were a scientist in cell genetics. How does science inform your perspective on meditation? The basis of [...]

When a woman in a certain African tribe knows she is pregnant she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they pray and meditate until they hear the song of the child. They recognize that every soul has its own vibration that expresses its unique flavor and purpose. When the women [...]

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Tosca Reno of the highly acclaimed The Eat Clean Diet. I personally know people who have literally changed their lives using her program. Her model of eating is completely in line with everything I believe to be true about using food to [...]