Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing.

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to see clearly what's happening in the body, to regard those feelings and sensations with kindness and acceptance, and to notice how they come and go.

Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.

Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full, is the only way to have our heart be full and open.

In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.

Become a witness to your thoughts.