Daniel RodmanSep 25, 20192 min Prolonged Meditation Practice Meditation is nice when it is done intermittently. It makes you feel good and has a calming effect on the body and mind. However,...
Daniel RodmanSep 23, 20193 min Love Innate, Inspired, Efforted, Cultivated and Transcendent Love has many phases and states. I would like to describe how our love can be innate, inspired, efforted, cultivated and transcendent....
Daniel RodmanSep 18, 20191 minThe LabyrinthA man finds himself in the middle of a great labyrinth. Every turn he takes there is either traps or treasures. He travels this...
Daniel RodmanSep 16, 20192 minDying to the TranscendentThere is an experience in spiritual practice and particularly in deep meditative practice that is a pivotal transformation that takes...
Daniel RodmanSep 10, 20192 minSpiritual MaterialismSpirituality is not for show, its not for status, its not for fame or for mere physical pleasure. When spirituality is used in some way...
Daniel RodmanSep 9, 20193 minStage FrightEveryone knows to an extent the feeling of stage fright. That is to have anxiety about performing in front of others. Whether we...
Daniel RodmanSep 4, 20193 minComparingWhen we compare we look at how two or more things are similar and/or different. Comparing can either make someone or something more...
Daniel RodmanAug 28, 20192 minPraise and BlameWhen we praise and blame we raise up or put down someone because of their actions. This is inevitably based on specific circumstances in...
Daniel RodmanAug 26, 20191 minBoredomEveryone feels bored at one point or another. Seems like there is just nothing to do. We can keep looking for more things to do, but in...
Daniel RodmanAug 21, 20191 minButton Push ExerciseEveryone has something that pushes their buttons. Some things make you frustrated, angry. Some things can be a trigger for addiction or...
Daniel RodmanAug 19, 20192 minDevotionOn the topic of devotion I speak of the type of devotion that is a giving of yourself to someone or something. Much like longing (see...
Daniel RodmanAug 14, 20193 minLongingLonging is a heartfelt desire to be united with someone or something, or to fulfill some goal or purpose. Longing is always a feeling of...
Daniel RodmanAug 12, 20192 minAnatomy of AppreciationThere are many ways to appreciate things and people. I would like to offer an account of these ways based on grosser to subtler levels of...
Daniel RodmanAug 7, 20191 minTo SeeTo see, I notice the fog, a covering of clarity. I open my mouth, to sing, and the fog churns and dances a play of graceful forms. I open...
Daniel RodmanAug 5, 20193 minThe Limited SensesIt is easy to think that what we experience is the true reality, that what we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch is 100% accurate. What...
Daniel RodmanJul 31, 20192 minLimitless ChangeWhen we investigate the nature of the present moment we realize that it is in a constant state of change. The atoms around us are in a...
Daniel RodmanJul 28, 20193 minHealing the PastNegative experiences are inevitable in this world we live in. That we cannot change. What we can change, however, is how we relate to...
Daniel RodmanJul 24, 20193 minMeaning in Space and TimeThe meaning of things or their meaningfulness has a nature that is fully dependent on space and time, meaning it only happens in certain...
Daniel RodmanJul 21, 20193 minThe Layers of the HeartOur emotional and spiritual heart is not straight forward. It has many dynamic layers that are very different from each other. There are...
Daniel RodmanJul 15, 20191 minThe One and the ManyThe One was beyond words, until it said the first word: Itself. Then, thinking it was its word it thought the world. It said, “what a...