“Don’t go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.” Marcus Aurelius Often, we find it much easier to talk about what a good person should be as well as point out those who don’t measure up, rather than focus on ourselves and our own steps towards becoming that person. It’s surprising…
Interview on Mental Health News Radio live from from the National Conference on Addiction Disorders From addict, homelessness, and estrangement from family to teacher, Buddhist monk, author, and speaker. John Bruna was the one interview done live at The National Conference on Addiction Disorders where our host Kristin Sunanta Walker had to mute the mic…
It was a precious gift to be able to launch my book, The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness, in my hometown of Carbondale and be introduced by my wonderful wife Laura Bartels. Here is a video of the talk. John Bruna – The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life from Mindful Life…
“Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment, and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.” Kathleen McDonald There is a lot of confusion around the term attachment when…
‘Meaningful life’ author John Bruna July 22, 2016 – Post Independent by Will Grandbois Carbondalian John Bruna’s new book, “The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life” won’t officially be released until August, but locals will have a chance to get an advanced copy in a special event at 6:30 p.m. July 25 at the Third Street…
On July 14th, 2016, John Bruna was interviewed by Amy Hadden Marsh on KDNK about his new book, The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness. The book is set to be released on August 9th and has received many wonderful reviews. The interview is about 27 minutes. http://jbruna.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/VV-BRUNA-BOOK-2016-07-14-mpeg.mp3
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero I’m not sure how one can even begin to measure the value of gratitude in our lives. When we are grateful, we are not discontent, angry, envious, or worried. Such feelings cannot arise in the midst of gratitude….
“Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” José Ortega y Gasset What we’re attending to in any given moment quite literally becomes our reality in that moment. We can only consciously experience that which we are attending to. However, we can be attending to things, people and…
“By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.” Aung San Suu Kyi Today’s inspiration has wisdom on multiple levels. On one level, our direct interactions with others inform us about ourselves. Everything that we know about ourselves, and the qualities we perceive about ourselves, can only arise in dependence upon our environment, relationships,…
“The environment is not limited to the trees, plants, water, sun, etc. We are also the environment. How we treat each other is the environment. Let us all do our part to make it, and each other, flourish.” John Bruna We often focus on our external environment, noting whether it looks beautiful or not so…
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