By Adam J. Pearson Vulnerability–the feeling of risk, uncertainty, and emotional exposure–is not weakness. It’s a source of inner power and a source of vitality. When we feel vulnerable, we feel alive. The connection between vulnerability and the feeling of aliveness is natural since, as shame and vulnerability researcher Brené Brown points out in her fantastic…
Category: Life
On Dealing with Suffering From Past Relationships
Over the years, I’ve known many people who were once united in loving couples, but have since broken up and retained a great deal of suffering, aversion, frustration, and anger at the person they once loved. I’ve been in this situation quite a few times myself. Experience has taught me again and again that the…
On Eating Endangered Animals and Overfished Species
If you don’t believe we should eat endangered species, then you cannot consistently believe that we can eat overfished fish, for they are endangered species. Keep this in mind next time you reach for some tuna, salmon, shark meat, or tropical shrimp. These species are all endangered and on the verge of extinction. By buying…
Three Keys to Inner Peace and Happiness
As soon as we deeply realize the preciousness of being alive and the incredible value of whatever things, people and beings happen to surround us in the present moment, we begin to find great wonder and measureless joy in the mere fact of being alive. Joy and peace can only be found now because there…
A Single Act of Kindness
A single act of kindness can transform an entire life.
On the Notion of Mind as Enemy
I have often thought that ‘my mind can be my own enemy,’ but now I wonder how constructive it is to apply the metaphor of ‘enemy’ to the mind. Our mental problems are often caused by certain ways of thinking rooted in fears, clinging to impermanent conditions, pushing things away, and ignorant opinions. These thought…
Words from the Wind 