A central principle of Morita Therapy is that we have much more control over the body (actions) than the mind (feelings/thoughts). During my 30’s I lived for a short period of time in a Zen temple in Japan. During long meditation periods I would find that my mind would be all over the place –…
Last year (2020) was not a year that made most of us happy. We may wade into this new year with the hope that it will be better and that we will find a bit (or a lot) more happiness. But the danger in wanting to be happier is that we become focused on happiness…
by Richard Leider There are three hungers that people are trying to feed throughout their lives: The first hunger is to connect deeply with the creative spirit of life. Sooner or later, most people come to recognize that there is some sort of creative energy that infuses all life. They feel a hunger to…
A NEW YEAR: Can You Do Something Different? (Webinar) with Gregg Krech (author of The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology) Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:00pm EST The new year offers us a fresh start. And we may go into this mystery with a bit of hope mixed with trepidation. You may notice…
It’s a crazy time to be alive. Do you ever have that thought? Or the thought . . . the world is going crazy? If you step back and think of everything that is going on right now, doesn’t it seem like the world is out of whack? Like it’s lost its planetary mind? But…
Managing Disappointment by Gregg Krech Life is full of disappointment. How long will it take you to remember something which disappointed you today? It could be related to the weather or your health, or maybe something you heard in the news. It takes courage to read the news these days, doesn’t it? How often…
There is a Japanese maxim — “Seven Times Down, Eight Times Up.” Many years ago, I wrote a story by the same name about a woman who had been working all day on a paper for graduate school when her computer crashed and all her work disappeared (before autosave). She hadn’t saved the paper or…
Many years ago, I used to go to the gym/pool three times a week at 6:00 AM, with my mother and a friend. We greeted the usual early birds, and had our pick of equipment, as well as a pool almost to ourselves. Showers and change rooms were plentiful. We thought it was great. And…