Do We Need to Love Ourselves to Love Others?

Do We Need to Love Ourselves to Love Others?

No we don’t. This is by and large a New-Age narcissistic notion that leads to the opposite of love. If we would have to love ourselves to love others, there would be no selfless love, altruistic love, transcendental love, unconditional love, pre-personal love, or love...
Developing a Meditation Habit

Developing a Meditation Habit

You may have heard of people talking about the radical transformations they have undergone through meditation. Join us to share your experiences if you are trying to continue meditating, have trouble developing habits, and even start to doubt the reality of the...
What is The Pain Body?

What is The Pain Body?

In his book, The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle talks a lot about the pain body. To him, it represents old emotional pain that we all carry around inside of us and, when triggered, controls our thinking and behavior in negative aggressive or defensive ways. In our...
Is There Karma?

Is There Karma?

Karma originated in Indian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, but is also used in the West to mean that good deeds will be rewarded with good results, and bad deeds with bad results. This idea is captured in the popular saying “What goes around comes around” and...