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How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

In this Episode of the Finding God in the Body podcast, Ben Riggs explains how to turn New Year's resolutions into new ways of life using the Buddhist teachings on Karma.

Finding God in the Body Release Date Announcement

Finding God in the Body by Benjamin Riggs release date moved toTuesday January 16th, 2017. Sorry for any inconvenience. My book hit a few stumbling blocks recently. Amazon changed their pre-sale policy without bothering to notify me, which cost me a couple hundred dollars in shipping, pushed back the release date by two weeks (hurts b/c all of my marketing has been pointing toward that

Using the Laws of Karma to keep New Year’s Resolutions & 3 Bonus Tips.

It’s a New Year, and with every New Year comes new resolutions. Unfortunately, many of our resolutions turn to disappointment when we are unable to overcome the inevitable struggles that transform a resolution into a new way of life. How do we turn the corner?Perhaps the Buddhist teachings on Karma can help.Karma is a central concept in Buddhism. You might even call it a law. Karma means

Intro to Meditation for Mindful New Year's Resolutions

No one comes to spiritual practice for “sh*ts and giggles” and this is especially true of meditation. It is boring. People do not learn to sit on the floor in silence for twenty or thirty minutes at a time because they want to expand their horizons. People come to spiritual practice because of suffering. Stress, emotional hang-ups and an insatiably busy mind—these are the things that bring

4 Years Later

Just one more week until Finding God in the Body is released. I remember working on this book before I got married in May of 2013. In the time it took me to write this book, my wife grew a human being inside of her and birthed him into the world (she is more industrious than I) and that person is now a giant two year old! I have written and rewritten this book forty some odd times. I

The Meaning of Christmas

And, also:"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values." ~ Thomas S. Monson Merry Christmas!

Sample Chapters of Finding God in the Body by Benjamin Riggs are Now Available

My book Finding God in the Bodycomes out in 8 days! But you can take a peek now. Click links below to read 3 sample chapters: Introduction, The Backdrop of Impermanence, and The Freedom to Love. Have a Merry Christmas.

Sample Chapter of Finding God in the Body by Benjamin Riggs are Now Available

My book Finding God in the Bodycomes out in 8 days! But you can take a peek now. Click links below to read 3 sample chapters: Introduction, The Backdrop of Impermanence, and The Freedom to Love. Have a Merry Christmas.

My Interview w/ David McMillian on Strategies for Living about My Book.

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The Freedom to Love

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