Becky Blab

I’ve written an updated sharing of my account of life before & after Inner Engineering, as a guest post on Writers Rising. An excerpt: Anger, resentment, desolation—they followed me like stowaways, surfacing during my darkest moments. My health suffered as a result, and I knew that unless I tried something drastic, I’d never recover. So [...]

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Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, and Julia Roberts were on the Oprah show to promote the upcoming movie. Do you agree with the director, Ryan? “I think it’s more than a book. I think it’s a movement, and I think it’s so personal to so many people,” he says. “It was to me. [...]

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It’s wonderful to hear about the themes raised in the recent Wisdom 2.0 summit, which began to raise questions about the integration of spirituality and technology. The sessions will be available to watch in a while. I recommend you to check out the live tweets (#wisdom2conf). The quote above is from Tami Simon. In the [...]

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The New York Times covers current medical research of hallucinogens: Scientists are especially intrigued by the similarities between hallucinogenic experiences and the life-changing revelations reported throughout history by religious mystics and those who meditate. The subjects’ reports mirrored so closely the accounts of religious mystical experiences, Dr. Griffiths said, that it seems likely the human [...]

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I actually read this article,“Can meditation stop me getting angry?” in full, it was so hilarious. It’s quite touching how the author admits she’s a “neurotic with anger and anxiety issues,” and I can completely identify with her. Is it an inherent Jewish trait?  (It takes one to know one…) Thankfully, Isha Yoga has been [...]

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