29 Feb 2012
Rich People Are More Unethical — And More Miserable, Too
One of the fundamental claims–amply proven through both scientific studies and personal stories–of The Bliss Experiment is that pursuing external desires and goals such as wealth and luxury is a sure-fire recipe for unhappiness. And worse, really: spiritual disaster. A brand-new study, out just this week, offers yet more proof for this claim. Published in Read more…
29 Feb 2012
The Artist: The Spiritual Message Behind the Oscar-Winning Film
The Artist just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer film. When Brook and I first saw the film, just after it first opened (one of the great things about LA is that limited releases and small films always play here–usually just a few minutes from our apartment), Read more…
29 Feb 2012
Reverse Aging Through Happiness
Most of us, particular in our society, would love to look younger. In fact, as the world is about to turn its attention to the Academy Awards this weekend–and the endless parade of youth and beauty on display–over the next few days, those of us watching are likely to become even more self-conscious than usual Read more…
29 Feb 2012
Nicki Minaj, The Grammy Awards, and the Spiritual Meaning of Blasphemy
Yesterday, a student of mine, herself a lapsed Catholic now more of a yoga and meditation practitioner, rather indignantly asked me what I thought of Nicki Minaj’s performance at the Grammy Awardslast week. Minaj performed her new songs, “Roman’s Revenge” and “Roman Holiday.” The staging and extras were filled with religious imagery, especially Catholic, including a Read more…
Entirely unlike anyone else out there ‘on the scene.’ Blending the background and training of a Jewish intellectual with a degree in philosophy from Stanford with fifteen years of deep spiritual experience from living in a Hindu ashram, has created perhaps the most compelling spiritual voice of his generation.
Danny Levin, author of Zen Cards