How Humour Generates A Positive Mindset

  The Healing Power of Laughter series Part 2 of 2 How Humour Generates a Positive Mindset In the first post on Humour and Stress, I explained how the latest research has shown that laughter has powerful, positive physical effects on the body. However, that is not the only way that a good sense of […]

The Joke’s On Us – Laughter Reduces Stress

  The Healing Power of Laughter series Part 1 of 2 The Joke’s on Us – Laughter Reduces Stress While working on the Happiness Series recently I came across a quotation that made me grin and gave me pause, causing me to consider the role of laughter and humour in stress relief – and in […]

The Law Of Conscious Detachment

By now, most people have at least heard of the Universal Law of Attachment, the notion that “like attracts like,” and that positivity will attract positive results, while negativity will attract negative results. The Law of Conscious Detachment is a compliment to the Law of Attraction, aiding us in the use of this law. The […]

The Danger Of Emotional Attachment

What happens if you don’t get the house you’ve always dreamed of? Or the perfect job, the perfect car, or the perfect life partner? Can you still live with yourself if you “fail” in acquiring these things? What damage might you be doing to your self-image if you constantly “fail” at acquiring all of these […]

Understanding The Law Of Volition

Human beings are beings of will; that is, their actions are willful, and they are responsible for those actions – always. The Law of Volition states that your actions belong only to you, and the choices you make, the choice to act or not to act; the choice to do good, or not to do […]

Cultivate Kindness This Spring

We are in the season of growth and renewal, the season in which everything is new and beautiful, and where anything is possible. The Universal Life Force is bursting at the seams with a life renewing energy and what we, as individuals, should be doing is cleaning out the negative energy we hold towards others, […]

6 Universal Laws You Must Know

When I first started practicing Buddhism, my Monk said to me, “Don’t just believe what I tell you, try these things and see for yourself.” He was referring to the Universal Laws that are always in motion. Some of these laws, like the Law of Gravity, we learn in school, but most of them are […]