By Adam J. Pearson “Whoever gives reverence, Receives reverence.” ~ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī in the Masnavi-i Ma’navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی) (Sidek, 2015). A Brief Introduction to the Idea of Worship in Postmodern Context: Recovering a Key to Wise Living and Right Relationship with Being “Worship” is a fascinating concept that has in some ways become foreign to contemporary…
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Meditation is Keeping the Mind Before Thinking
By Adam J. Pearson The heart of jnana yoga And the practice of meditation, Are very, very simple. We just don’t think so. And so, we trust thinking it out Over abiding In the empty Mind before thinking, And think constantly About enlightenment, consciousness, Awareness, the absolute. Thought is helpful for many things, But not for…
Great Doubt Expresses Great Faith
By Adam J. Pearson In spirituality, particularly in Zen, but also in Advaita and at the heart of jnana yoga, great doubt expresses great faith. Great doubt arises out of a sincere and profound wish to discover what’s really, really true, what’s true beyond all doubt, even beyond the very doubt that motivates the yearning itself. This…
Do The Worthy Thing You Fear To Do
By Adam J. Pearson Whatever you know to be of value and worth doing, but fear doing, resist doing, or can’t imagine yourself doing, do that. Your growth lies there. No one grows in their comfort zone. Feel the fear, discomfort, and vulnerability and do it anyway. Let the action flow through you with deliberateness,…
Laughing Away Our Body Beliefs
By Adam J. Pearson Today, looking in the mirror, Old thoughts returned to memory, Thoughts that used to weigh so heavy –pun intended– Thoughts about how the body should “be different” In order for “me,” Identified with the body, To be worthy– “This nose is too big and the wrong shape,” “These biceps are too small”…
We Were Never Broken: Beyond the Sense of Lack, Incompleteness, and Deficiency
By Adam J. Pearson We were never broken. That’s a helpful thing to see. It’s helpful to see because many of us experience a gnawing sense that we are not enough as we are and need to become enough, that we are deficient as we are and need to become worthy of love and belonging,…
Snakes in Sheep’s Clothing: Donald Trump and the Rhetoric of Fear, Hatred, and Manipulation
By Adam J. Pearson I don’t often write about politics; my focus lies more on the psychology of suffering and healing, the exploration of insight, and the cultivation of discernment. However, sometimes events in politics have the potential to amplify suffering instead of compassionately addressing it and foster division instead of unity. In such cases, discernment can help us see…
The Welcomeness Of Now
By Adam J. Pearson “The past and present wilt—I have filled them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future. (…) (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” ~ Walt Whitman in Song of Myself You may not feel it. You may feel unwelcome, as if the doors of life were closed…
The Difference Between Seeing A Thought or Emotion and Looking From It
This is the most fundamental thing to understand: the heaviness that “my” thoughts and feelings seem to have isn’t in the thoughts and feelings; it’s in the “my.”
Do You Know?
By Adam J. Pearson Do you know that you have value? Do you know how much you’ve grown? Do you know we’re all still growing? Do you know you’re not alone? Do you know that you are worthy? Do you know that there is hope? Do you know that your life matters? Do you know that you can…
Words from the Wind 