Every year, around 200 junior entrepreneurs meet to share ideas and experiences at jeniAL 2022. LisbonPH and ISEG JBC organized this edition and The School of We was present to facilitate a workshop on Mindfulness and Stress Management. So good to experience how these new generations are open to new learning and tools that will […]
The path to consciousness
“The map of the self” integrates in a single framework “the 5 levels of the self” plus “the skeleton of the self”. This framework builds order and meaning to all meditation practices that build “self-awareness”, “self-knowledge”, and “self-management”. The basic movement that we experience with a sustained meditation practice takes us from a distracted, unaware […]
Retreat CPR Hoyos (Cáceres) | March 25-26
An endearing experience of collective reflection and meditation retreat with high school teachers at the CPR de Hoyos, in the north of Cáceres, in the facilities and natural historical environment of the Hospedería Conventual Sierra de Gata in San Martín de Trevejo. […]
Gandhi’s Prayer
My Lord, help me to tell the truth in front of strong people and not to lie to obtain the applause of the weak ones. If you give me a fortune, do not take away my reasoning. If you give success, do not take away my humbleness. If you give me humbleness, do not take […]
Nipun Mehta | Hold space with life in front of you with attention, with care, with compassion
(Video in English, subtitles in Portuguese and Spanish) More videos in our YouTube Channel Even, you know, they used to say,even attention, even a simple thing like paying attentionis now a scarce commodity in our world.It used to be that goldfish had the shortest attention spanof all living things right.And now we have replaced them at […]
Two wolves
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said: – “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is […]
The skeleton of the self
A complete meditation practice trains five elements: attention, intention, attitude, action, and impact. It helps to understand attention, intention, and attitude (the first three) as the upper triangle which easily represents the mind, the dedicated practice, or the being. On the other hand, attitude, action, and impact (the last three) conform the lower triangle and […]
Paul Ekman | You gotta practice it all the time
(Video in English, subtitles in Portuguese and Spanish) More videos in our YouTube Channel There are two things that people want to be able to do to improve their emotional life. You want to be able to choose what you become emotional about and when you become emotional. That’s number one. And the second is you […]
The black sandals, by Marisel Hilerio
Last time that I gave my mother shoes,they were black sandals.She debuted them the next day.When I saw her, I was surprised becauseI had bought them for “a special day”and I asked her why she had used them for the first timeso quickly and she said,“What if I die tomorrow? Will someone else debut them?They […]
Two Zen Monks
Two Zen monks, Tanzan and Ekido, were walking along a country road that had become extremely muddy after heavy rains. Near a village, they came upon a young and beautiful woman who was trying to cross the road, but the mud was so deep it would have ruined the silk kimono she was wearing. Tanzan […]