According to the Sherry Turkle, a noted psychologist, writer, and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, ‟social” media is, in reality, only a means to enable us to be alone while remaining connected to many other people!

The great Tibetan master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) often taught on how to use criticism to improve oneself instead of feeling injured in one’s self-esteem.

‟When you are criticized, accept it as an opportunity to acknowledge your hidden faults and

The vocation of the hermit is often misunderstood. The hermit does not withdraw from the world because he feels rejected, because he can find nothing better to do than wander in the mountains, or because he is unable to assume

Two hundred young scientists working on research on ‟the embodied mind” attended the recent Mind and Life Summer Institute in Garrison, New York. Professor George Chrousos, a world specialist on stress, outlined the main characteristics of stress.

Quoting Pythagoras, who

Justin Horner, a graphic designer from Portland, Oregon, tells this story about human goodness:

‟During this past year I’ve had three instances of car trouble: a blowout on a freeway, a bunch of blown fuses and an out-of-gas situation. They

As His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains: ‟Compassion and generosity must be coupled with detachment. Expecting something in return is like doing business. If the owner of a restaurant is all smiles with his customers, generally it’s not because he

61-year-old Joynal Abedin drives a rickshaw in Bangladesh. A rickshaw is a large tricycle with seats attached in the back that carry two or more passengers. He earns the equivalent of $6 a day. 

‟ My father died because we

In 1996, Elissa Montanti visited Bosnia. At the time, she lived in Staten Island and suffered from a debilitating anxiety disorder. ‟I was shown a letter from a boy who had lost two arms and a leg when a land