"By telling yourself repeatedly to 'just think positive,' you are denying your ability to experience the present moment. You are subjecting yourself to the past or projecting yourself into the future, both in hopes that it feels better than where you currently are. That mindset is what is creating the fear, not your actual circumstance." On this episode, I do a deep-dive into the negative effects of always "being positive." I discuss where this level of thinking was formed, ways to fee...
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"By telling yourself repeatedly to 'just think positive,' you are denying your ability to experience the present moment. You are subjecting yourself to the past or projecting yourself into the future, both in hopes that it feels better than where you currently are. That mindset is what is creating the fear, not your actual circumstance." On this episode, I do a deep-dive into the negative effects of always "being positive." I discuss where this level of thinking was formed, ways to fee...
Episode 44: Living Like a Buddhist Monk w/ Robert Thurman
Compounding Happiness
56 minutes
4 years ago
Episode 44: Living Like a Buddhist Monk w/ Robert Thurman
“Buddhism, at most, is ⅙ religion and ⅚ educational. Buddhism is realism, meaning that the more you know about reality, the happier you will be and the less you know about reality, the more miserable you will be. Ignorance is no longer bliss.” On this episode, I am joined by Robert Thurman, the first western ordained monk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with nearly four decades worth of teaching experience at Columbia University. Bob was named by the NYT as the nation’s leading expert o...
Compounding Happiness
"By telling yourself repeatedly to 'just think positive,' you are denying your ability to experience the present moment. You are subjecting yourself to the past or projecting yourself into the future, both in hopes that it feels better than where you currently are. That mindset is what is creating the fear, not your actual circumstance." On this episode, I do a deep-dive into the negative effects of always "being positive." I discuss where this level of thinking was formed, ways to fee...
