4 Tips To Improve Your Communication

July 20, 2014 by Nicole Koch in How to's and tips

Check out the latest Course. What are some ways to communicate effectively? The word communication comes from the Latin word 'communicare' meaning 'to share'. Communication is the process whereby people share information and ideas and become aware of each other's viewpoint.

Direct Knowing

July 08, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Change And Inner Wisdom

Please learn more about the upcoming course. In this post I will explore immediate knowing in contrast to conceptual knowing.

Knowing is an interesting topic. In our usual everyday life, knowing means the accumulation of knowledge, experience, and remembering what we know. Knowing is usually conceptual. There is a separation between the knower and the known.

4 Simple Questions To Return To The Moment

July 02, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Change And Inner Wisdom

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"Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can."
Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Unanswerable Question

June 17, 2014 by Nicole Koch in Change And Inner Wisdom

This is a post about a process by Richard Bolstad.

"When (other) thoughts arise, one should not pursue them, but should inquire: ‘To whom do they arise?’... Thereupon if one inquires ‘Who am I?’, the mind will go back to its source; and the thought that arose will become quiescent. With repeated practice in this manner, the mind will develop the skill to stay in its source."
Ramana Maharshi

Transformation Through Steadfastness

June 13, 2014 by Nicole Koch in How to's and tips

When we engage on our path of self-discovery and openness of heart, there are many facets and aspects to realize, to transform and to begin opening up within us. It is nothing ordinary to begin discovering that who we are is more than our habitual patterns, and behaviours. But instead it is moving into the sacred within us, and that opens up a territory beyond our habitual views.

On Allowing Not Knowing

June 03, 2014 by Nicole Koch in How to's and tips

"Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all."
Pema Chödrön

How do you begin working "on yourself"? How do you approach transformation, finding the next step? One way to do it is to investigate your goals and intentions. They will help you determine your next step. You can fill in the gap between where you are now and where you want to go. It is a helpful approach. It is an approach that will keep you moving forward. Yet inevitably, it will limit you.