How Forgiveness Changes You and Your Brain

Excerpt from  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_forgiveness_changes_you_and_your_brain “Forgiveness … does not mean condoning or endorsing anything that was done that caused harm to you. Forgiving also does not necessarily involve trying to reconcile...

Excerpt from “The Force of Kindness” – Sharon Salzberg

Our guest blog this month is an excerpt from Sharon Salzberg’s book The Force of Kindness. Sharon is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness & lovingkindness meditation to...

Contemplation: A Path to Compassion

Excerpt from CAC’s meditation Friday, March 28, 2025, Fr. Richard Rohr Father Richard reminds us that regular contemplative practice is not an end in and of itself, but for the sake of solidarity with the suffering of the world:  One of the main works of contemplation...

Being Kind–and Believing Others are Kind–Makes you Happier Than Wealth:

Believing that a wallet will be returned if dropped in public is one of the most important indicators of well-being and happiness. In fact, it’s 7 times more impactful that doubling your income, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 just released this week....

The meaning of life and simplicity of life

The text below is the translation of an excerpt from a book by Pierre published in 1996 by Jouvence. Pierre used to share it with participants at some of his workshops. Simplicity of life is much more than just consuming a little less; and to present it in this way is...