PARMJIT SINGH, PhD

Non-judging our efforts and practice (in mindfulness and beyond) does not mean not judging at all or not caring about what you and others do or say. It is, in fact, a way of developing a clear sense of what and when to judge and when not. It is not even related to the intensityRead more

If you are sensitive enough to notice, every time you feel angry, frustrated, happy, depressed or overjoyed, the first physical change that becomes palpable in your body is your breathing patterns. The moment you freeze in terror, your breathing also freezes; the moment you become nervous and tense, your breathing behavior also becomes choppy andRead more

Remember when you were a child and threw tantrums at your parents. You either ended up getting coddled with some lollipops, got reprimanded or worse still, depending upon where you were born and during which decade, got spanked. Then tempers were only temper tantrums: socially embarrassing, annoying and sometimes extortive. Period. You were not labelledRead more

There are two kinds of suffering: the suffering that leads to more suffering and the suffering that leads to the end of suffering. If you are not willing to face the second kind of suffering, you will surely continue to experience the first.—Ajah Chah, Still Forest Pool Ajah Chah’s wise statement rings so true aboutRead more