Happy Herald - Life 101 https://www.happyherald.com/articles.sec-8494-1-life-101.html <![CDATA[A Fan Lets Go of His Attachment]]> I´ve taught hundreds of people how to meditate in the manner that Krishna taught in The Bhagavad-Gita, the ancient textbook of Yoga.]]> <![CDATA[Comic Book Zen Masters]]> Who would ever have thought that the characters you’ve read about as a boy or girl in comic books and seen on the silver screen as a man or woman on a date were in some way spiritual teachers?]]> <![CDATA[Bringing the Sacred Into Our Greetings and Farewells]]> Whether you´re surfing in Maui, sunbathing in Honolulu, or hiking in any of the Hawaiian islands, you´re going to hear the natives say the word "aloha" a lot. ]]> <![CDATA[Gifts of The Gita]]> I find solace in the Bhagavad Gita that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount. When disappointment stares me in the face and all alone I see not one ray of light, I go back to the Bhagavad Gita.]]> <![CDATA[Cool As A Super Cucumber: Batman, and Grace Under Pressure]]> A great challenge for superheroes is to remain calm while fighting villains who tirelessly come up with one dastardly plot after another. ]]> <![CDATA[Catman’s 20th Birthday Party ]]> I recognized Catman as an old soul when I got him from a woman who lived with a dozen cats she fostered. Because of his Egyptian bloodline, she named him Mr. Tut.]]> <![CDATA[The Dangers Of Gossip ]]> Gossip so abounds in our culture it’s almost impossible to buy a bread in a supermarket without being surrounded by racks of magazines devoted to nothing but gossip]]> <![CDATA[Captain Marvel and Your Word Of Power]]> Meditation is a marvelous way to meet your Captain Marvel. So commit to finding your own SHAZAM mantra to help you transform from your individual self to the universal Self within you.]]> <![CDATA[The Cockroach Invitation to Mankind: Resilience and Mastery Over Challenges ]]> “Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.” – Tama Janowitz]]> <![CDATA[The Witness Protection Program Vs. The Witness Is Protection Program]]> Most of us have seen movies or television shows in which a criminal or a suspect in a crime cooperates with the police or the FBI, and gives information on another criminal or suspect in exchange for freedom from conviction and jail time.]]> <![CDATA[Appreciating Simple Things ]]> My wife has a fork that she loves in our condo on the ocean in South Florida. She also has a fork that she loves in our home in the mountains of Woodstock.]]> <![CDATA[“Seinfeld,” Socrates, Shakespeare and Buddha ]]> Watching “Seinfeld,” the greatest sitcom in television history, I can’t help but think of Socrates, Shakespeare, the Buddha, and Lao-Tzu, among the greatest minds in world history.]]> <![CDATA[A Bird’s Eye View of Birds ]]> Birds, while being among the most graceful of God’s creatures, do not have large cranial mass. In fact, human beings who are not gifted with much intelligence are said to have birdbrains.]]> <![CDATA[Song Realization: Falling in Love as a Glimpse of Higher Consciousness ]]> Some of the love songs from Broadway and Hollywood musicals speak of the intoxicating freshness of falling in love, in language that transports its characters to glimpses of a higher life.]]> <![CDATA[Procrastination, Your Lower Self and Your Higher Self ]]> That’s because later is the favorite word of the avowed procrastinator. For procrastinators who speak Spanish, the favorite word is mañana.]]> <![CDATA[Seinfeld and The Law of Karma ]]> The sitcom about nothing is very much about something, especially Western and Eastern philosophy. ]]> <![CDATA[A Field Of Dreams: Baseball and Enlightenment ]]> The history of baseball is murky to say the least, but we do know that the game was being played in the Greenwich Village section of New York City as early as 1823. We also know that by 1866, it had been declared the national pastime]]> <![CDATA[Using Language Consciously ]]> People use language unconsciously. The person who wants to lose weight should focus on what she can consume in her eating regimen, rather than on what she can’t. Tell the subconscious mind you can’t eat pizza and ice cream, and it will soon start sending urges to eat them both at all-you-can-eat pizza buffets.]]> <![CDATA[Reframing The Act Of Selling ]]> When I’ve taught my “Spirit and Money: Prospering by Doing what you Love” workshop, for two decades, I’m amazed at the high percentage of people in the room who are uncomfortable with marketing, and downright terrified about selling]]> <![CDATA[Persistence and Success ]]> Persistence and Success]]>