Vic Shayne author Stressing Out Over Happiness — exploring the effects of stress, meditation and happiness What is your meditation of choice and what is your goal? Disclaimer: I am in favor of all types of meditation that relieve stress, lessen suffering, and create a better world. There are all…

by Vic Shayne author The Enduring Myth of the Buddha: a hero’s journey into enlightenment I’m not a Buddhist, and I do not ascribe to any religion because religion is a manmade institution that has gone far afield of the original message and teachings of the personages after whom the…

by Vic Shayne author The Self is a Belief: The idea that causes suffering One of the most used tropes of so-called spiritual teachings is “the present moment.” Live in the present moment, they say, or be in the present. Find the power in the now. …

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering No one needs to be reminded of what love is, but far too often we seem to be disconnected from it. While love never fades or disappears, it is our attention that makes it…

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī was a 13th-century Persian poet, mystic, and revered Sufi master. His poetic writings have enjoyed a widespread resurgence in recent times as a great number of people across the world…

Vic Shayne author The Self is a Belief To answer our question of how the sense of self creates problems in our lives, we have to first explore what we are as people, which is what we take ourselves to be. To begin, we have to define the idea of…

by Vic Shayne author Consciousness: The Potentiality of All Existence: Exploring reality and belief as a subjective experience Today’s elite physicists are discovering and delving further into aspects of existence with which Indian practitioners have been familiar for thousands of years. This is a sobering fact and it invites one…

by Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering Enlightenment is an age-old idea that evokes all sorts of images and interpretations based on what we hear from others. This secondhand information has very little value in your own realization. This is…

by Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering The world seems like a chaotic, mad, crazy place. The 1960s, for example In the 1960s and 70s there was a popular cliché people used to say —“Stop the world, I wanna get off”…