Category Archives: Personal Development
Cultivating Spiritual Friendship
A Workshop With Miles Kessler
CHALLENGE & SUPPORT ON THE MEDITATION PATH
And The Need For Balance
My Response To Christopher Titmuss
On His Comment To Why I Choose To Vaccinate
The other day I made a post on my Facebook page entitled “I’m Vaccinated, And No, I Don’t Know What’s In It”. Among the well over 100 comments, I was surprised and honored when I saw that senior western Dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss left a comment, which he then re-posted on his blog. Below I am posting his full comment and my response… and his subsequently admirable follow-up response. For context, you can see my original blog post here.
I’m vaccinated And, No, I Don’t Know What’s In It
By Anonymous (but I agree)
I’m vaccinated and, no, I don’t know what’s in it – neither this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the Big Mac, or hot dogs I used to eat, or in other treatments…whether it’s for cancer, AIDS, the one for polyarthritis, or vaccines for infants or children. I trust my doctor when she says it’s needed. I also don’t know what’s in Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or other meds, they just cure my headaches & my pains …
Stillness & Movement: The Source And Flow Of Life
Community Call
“Fudoshin” – Immovable Mind In Meditation
Facebook Live Replay w/ Miles Kessler
Mindfulness Is Your #1 Resource
Returning To The Source With Meditation
We all know what it’s like to lack resources. Time, money, skills, or knowledge are important for our lives, and it can be stressful when we don’t have them…
All Sensei Panel Discussion
The Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues
The “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series started on a lark when I reached out to Ellis Amdur Sensei for his thoughts on the way I was using these 3 stages as a teaching model in my dojo. That short interaction between Ellis and I morphed into some 360 participants, in 6 sessions, with over 10 hours of dialogues between myself and 4 other Koryu and Aikido teachers. On Sunday, Feb. 28th the “Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues” series culminated with an all sensei panel discussion.
The Blueprint Of Development
Miles Kessler Sensei - "Shu-Ha-Ri Dialogues"
Growth and development often follow the trajectory of your personal life stories. Stories that are life lessons which profoundly shaped who you are. My own path of “Shu-Ha-Ri” (3 Stages Of Mastery In Traditional Martial Arts) mirrors my personal story as a dual practice lineage holder in Aikido and Buddhist meditation. A life trajectory that shaped how I see “Shu-Ha-Ri” as a universal map of development. In fact, it is the blueprint of development.
