Whether you know much about Zen Buddhism or not, anyone can find growth within its practices of patience, peace, and inner-exploration. These traits are useful for those in leadership positions. After ...

“The best way of preparing for the future is to take good care of the present, because we know that if the present is made up of the past, then the future will be made up of the present. All we need ...

For Sekida, the attainment of samadhi, a "state in which the activity of consciousness—including all thought—ceases and absolute... stillness reigns," is intimately tied to one's body. The early ...

Business lessons in adversity. Yesterday was a day that should have driven me up the wall. I watched every photo I had taken from the fall of 2005 through the fall of 2007 permanently disappear in a ...

If you would like to be humiliated tremendously, ask yourself whether you control your thoughts or your thoughts control you. Are you able to turn your mind on and off with the same seamlessness as ...

Art today is often a parade of the self. The Freer Gallery of Art presents objects by medieval artists who plunge you into the world by removing you from it. By Jason Farago WASHINGTON — When the ...

The 1983 movie “The Right Stuff” is one of my favorites. It covers the span in U.S. history from the late 40’s to the late 60’s where we were fascinated with the possibilities of space travel. The ...