Enlightened Living

Mindfulness practice in everyday life.

Michael J. Formica, MS, MA, EdM is a psychotherapist, social scientist, and educator in Westport CT. He is an Initiate in the Shankya Yoga lineage. See full bio

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The Gift of Experience

By Michael J. Formica on October 21, 2008 in Enlightened Living

Every experience teaches us something. If we think of each of our experiences in terms of knowledge and love - what we gain and what we've given -- we are able to gather the productive elements from that experience and push back against the destructive. Read More

Thank you!! I really like

Submitted by Cristina on October 21, 2008 - 7:56am.

Thank you!!
I really like this post. I always say you learn from your experiences..and experience is the best teacher =)

The source

Submitted by on October 21, 2008 - 8:18am.

No need to thank me, Cristina. I had the privilege of attending a Deepawali Statsang with H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar last night. Someone asked him about hate and this was part of his response. It touched me, for personal reasons, and I wanted to share it. Blessings, Michael

hey, Mike

Submitted by Pavel Somov on October 27, 2008 - 6:08am.

hey, Michael - a fellow-blogger here (Pavel Somov); I wanted to send you a copy of a book of mine that's coming out (backchannel me your mailing address, if interested).

good going with your blogs!