Today I’m particularly thankful to be alive because yesterday I very nearly drowned. The waves here in Mexico can come in pretty big with a fierce undertow and the beach where we are staying is known to be dangerous. We were swimming close to shore and the surf seemed sizeable but manageable. But then a huge wave came in –…

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Can you guess what I think is the best way to develop more emotional intelligence, compassion and empathy? If you guessed meditation, you’re wrong. There’s a practice I teach that, when it comes to awakening a feeling of universal love in the heart, is even more powerful than meditation. It is called kiirtan, which means…

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Not Enough Time to Meditate? Really? One of the most frequent objections I hear from people who believe they ought to meditate regularly, but don’t, is: “I don’t have time to meditate.” “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day — unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” -Zen…

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