Transform Your Thinking; Transform Your Life
What if the Secrets to Peace, Purpose, and Well-Being lay hidden in ancient wisdom, weaved with modern scientific techniques waiting to transform our daily lives?
Former Buddhist monk Dhamma Tāpasā, shares profound insights into the mysteries of our human consciousness with 35 days of Positive Mind Transformation.
Four Monks
A comical take on enlightenment
Four monks decided to meditate silently without speaking for two weeks. By nightfall on the first day, the candle began to flicker and then went out. The first monk said, “Oh, no! The candle is out.” The second monk said, “Aren’t we not suppose to talk?” The third monk said, “Why must you two break the silence?” The fourth monk laughed and said, “Ha! I’m the only one who didn’t speak
Author: Unknown
Moral of the story
We all have a mind similar to that of a monkey jumping from branch to branch, always moving hear and there. This is known in Buddhism as the Monkey Mind, most of us never really noticing what we are thinking and act in a similar way to the Four monks practicing their meditation, every thought creates a feeling and every feeling is the karmic reaction of that thought.
If you feel happy, it’s because you’re thinking happy thoughts, if you’re thinking negative thoughts then your feel in a bad mood.
Training our minds in meditation not only calms our minds making us less stressed, anxious or depressed but helps us see clearly first hand our own monkey minds in action.
Kind and Warmest Regards
Dhamma Tāpasā* (Andrew Hallas)
Dhamma Tāpasā is a former Buddhist monk and is the spiritual name given to Andrew Hallas. Dhamma’s life has been shaped by trauma, deep inquiry, and years spent living simply in nature. After searching for answers through meditation, solitude, and spiritual practice, his understanding settled around a quiet truth. That our experience of life is created from the inside out, through thought. Through stories, reflections, The Quiet Space, and gentle one-to-one conversations, Dhamma now shares a grounded approach to mental well-being for those seeking clarity, peace of mind, and a deeper trust in themselves.
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Positive Mind Training
The PACT-RICA Framework – Shining A Light on Life Changing Positivity
Transform Your Mind Transform Your Life
My life has been shaped by trauma, deep inquiry, and years spent living simply in nature. Through deep insight gained into how the mind truly creates our experience, I developed the PACT-RICA Framework. Because when understanding deepens, the mind naturally settles and clarity will return.
some heartwarming stories, analogies and metaphors to the human experience
A Monk & The Cricket
The Grumpy Old Man
The Cursed Little Boy
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