Meditative Lifestyle

This section is about integrating Meditation successfully into our fast-paced modern lifestyle. For the most part, all the articles and posts below it discuss traditional mind-training. We also cover the building of energy and virtue. Some of the content addresses the development of meditative skills directly. Learn about the stages of Meditation and prepare your practice properly. In summary, this section is great to support and fuel your daily practice.

This category is relevant for everybody who wishes to learn more about Meditation practice and its foundations. Building the foundation is certainly essential to the whole path. In addition to this we strive to make these articles accessible to those who are just starting out on the path of Meditation and Mindtraining. We keep them simple and hope that they may help you to become ready for the deeper stages of the path. Our lifestyle is essential if we want to dive deeper.

Large clouds giving way to a portal of clear sky.

This too shall pass

“This too shall pass” is an ancient phrase that has helped many of us to keep their sanity in difficult situations. The simplicity and power of this little statement goes far beyond just contemplating that a problem will turn into a solution eventually. It also reminds us that it works the other way round every … Read more
A book with purple flowers laying in between the open pages.

Our Recommended Books

Many people ask me what kind of books I recommend for the time after a meditation retreat. For this reason I thought that it would be a good idea to list all our recommended books. If you have joined one of our retreats and want to study the practice in detail, these books will help. … Read more
A boy and a girl walk arm in arm together on a dirtroad.

Walking on the Path of Arrival

Let me invite you to explore a little practice. It’s an approach I found very helpful. Its purpose is to open up a gateway that can directly lead to valuable insights. As a result, we may well tap into more constructive ways of directing our intentions and creativity. The technique called “Walking on the path … Read more
Little robin bird feeding seeds on a gloved hand.

Loving Kindness Meditation – The Benefits of Benevolence

Loving Kindness (Mettā) is one of the most powerful meditation subjects. The Buddha himself expressed goodwill as follows: “Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, the great or the mighty, medium, short or small, the seen and the unseen, those living near and far away, those born and … Read more

Enjoy the Meditative Lifestyle

Take your time reading through this extensive list of articles. There’s no rush if you want to build your Meditation practice with quality in mind. We recommend going one by one, as a daily dose of inspiration to guide you into a meditative lifestyle. It’s better to take your time and ask questions (you can always contact us if you like). We are always happy to help out. Therefore we suggest making use of our comment section that’s below each article.

The Structure of our Meditation Blog

We think that there’s a clear downside to filling the head with too much information. A great benefit of the meditative lifestyle is to slow down. This allows us to put quality before quantity and balances the aspects of information intake and digestion. We are listing all the articles on here and you can either slowly click through them or use the search feature right here to help you find the right kind of information that you are looking for.