by Lily Forester | Sep 2, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 55 3 Steps to Happiness Meditating in a cottage in rural Portugal, sitting on the balcony and basking in the sun… A formula for achieving happiness arrived quite suddenly. The three steps are: 1. Cultivate a strong desire for happiness 2. Create the...
by Lily Forester | Sep 1, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 54 A Clear Mind The 33rd Yoga Sutra states: By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure. What might this sutra imply about the attainment of...
by Lily Forester | Aug 31, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 53 Smart Pity Kurt has a friend who is deaf. Sometimes people say to him “I’m so sorry you’re deaf.” He told me once that he loves to go to the casino and play poker. There, nobody will give him pity; nobody cares. They only want to...
by Lily Forester | Aug 27, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 51 Let Go On the final page of the book of love, there are written these words: “Let go.” Sometimes, we might get attached to certain people, and think that they must be a part of our lives. But everything in this world is temporary, and that even...
by Lily Forester | Aug 26, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 50 Want to Be Where You Are You might want to be in many places, resisting what is going on right now. The desire to be somewhere else can motivate us, but it can also cause resistance. Even the desire to be happy can cause us unhappiness, because we’re...
by Lily Forester | Aug 25, 2020 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 49 Grace Sustains Us Let’s say you have a dream where you’re sitting in a dining hall, about to enjoy your food. The unusual thing is, there is no food on the plate. According to the custom, you begin to say a prayer before you eat. As you’re praying silently,...
