The Courage of Calm
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲? 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆! Begin your journey to self-mastery. Learn how to cultivate your stillness through the 9 Steps of Self-Mastery. Click here to start your transformation now!
Master Your Life
7 Steps on How To Master Your Emotions
Do you feel like your emotions sometimes get the best of you? Do you want to master your emotions? Do you find yourself feeling angry, frustrated, or anxious more often than you’d like? If so, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Emotions can be incredibly powerful, and it’s not always easy to master them. In …
How To Be a Great Leader
Based on a TEDtalk by Simon Sinek on leadership. Written by Lak Loi Head Count, Heart Count An organisation led by Charlie Kim, CEO of NextJump NYC, stated, why do organisations layoff people when they underperform. In your family when one of your kids comes back home with a ‘C’ grade mark, you don’t ‘lay them …
Saint and the Soldier
Written by HH Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama said, “that there is an important distinction between forgiveness and simply allowing others’ wrongdoing. Sometimes people misunderstand and think forgiveness means you accept or approve of wrongdoing. NO, this is not the case. We must make an …
Desire is the cause of our suffering
Written by Lak Loi, The Art of Thinking Without Thinking Ignorance is the cause of our woes, illusion and worry, through greed, wrath, pride, envy, fear, lust, gluttony, dilemma. Buddha said, ‘Desire is the cause of our suffering.’ Everyone suffers in life, and in the pursuit of happiness, we drive ourselves towards sense gratification which …
Dolce Far Niente
Written by Lak Loi, The Art of Thinking Without Thinking This is one of my favourite Italian phrases, which literally means, ‘The sweetness of doing nothing.’ It does not mean being lazy, rather it is referring to the pleasure one gets from being idle.
Svadharma
Written by Lak Loi Svadharma is a Sanskrit word, where ‘Sva’ means self and ‘dharma’ means your law and duty – i.e. the reason you were put on this planet. These virtues are there to be enjoyed by the unrealised person. Realised souls who have transcended body-mind-intelligence… become one with the infinite, supreme Truth, known as your Brahman …
Fruit Free
Written by Paramahansa Yogananada, Edited by Lak Loi Ultimate escape from the bonds of reincarnation-producing karma is through Self-realisation. All effects or seeds of our past actions (karma) can be destroyed by searing them in the fire of concentration, meditation, and the light of superconsciousness, and by performing right actions, free from the desire for …
Foolish Selfishness, Wise Selfishness
Written by HH Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams, The Book of Joy One day I was in Bodh Gaya, the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment, to begin a series of important Buddhist teachings. Bodh Gaya is the holiest pilgrimage place for Buddhists. There were around one hundred thousand people who had …
Peace Work
Written by Paramahansa Yogananda, Edited by Lak Loi Piece work is a hangover from the industrial age, where assembly line blue coat workers got paid by the number of pieces of goods they produced. With advances in technology, the way we work and get paid has changed. The pace of life has gotten faster, and the time …