Spirituality & Eastern
Evidence-based spirituality & eastern practices.
14 concepts in this area — each broken into concrete practices with the real mechanism, an honest read on the evidence, and how to practice it with IX Coach.
- Contemplative Prayer: The Inner Journey
Merton’s contemplative path — silence, presence, and inner transformation
- Ho'oponopono: Hawaiian Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Reconciliation through radical responsibility and forgiveness
- Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Selfless Action
Work as worship — the complete path of karma yoga from the Gita to daily practice
- Lectio Divina: Sacred Reading
The four movements of sacred reading — how to practice them and what they do
- Lojong: Tibetan Mind Training
The 59 slogans and their practical application to everyday adversity and compassion
- Metta Bhavana: The Practice of Loving-Kindness
Systematic cultivation of goodwill toward self, others, and all beings
- Sufi Dhikr: The Practice of Remembrance
Remembrance of God in the Sufi tradition — forms, mechanisms, and honest limits
- The Bhagavad Gita on Action: Nishkama Karma in Practice
Acting without attachment to outcomes — the Gita’s practical teaching on work, duty, and freedom
- The Cloud of Unknowing: Contemplation Beyond Concepts
Love, unknowing, and the naked intent — how to practice the Cloud’s method
- The Dark Night of the Soul: John of the Cross
John of the Cross’s map of spiritual desolation and the practices that navigate it
- The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
The five-step Ignatian review — source, structure, and honest notes on what each movement offers
- The Serenity Prayer as a Practice Framework
Serenity, courage, and wisdom — the three-part diagnostic that makes the prayer a practice
- Tonglen: The Tibetan Practice of Taking and Sending
Moving toward suffering on the breath — Tibetan Buddhism’s radical compassion practice
- Zen Koans: Inquiry Beyond Reason
Rinzai inquiry practice — how koans work, how to approach them, and honest limits
Practice this with IX Coach
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