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Archive for May, 2010
Awakening
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Mindfulness is paying attention purposefully, openly, and objectively to internal and external arisings in the present moment.
The Emotional Mind
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Emotions seem to have their own reasons- their own logic. The emotional mind is far quicker than the rational/cognitive mind springing into action without pausing even a moment to consider what it is doing. Actions that spring from the emotional mind carry a particularly strong sense of certainty- a streamlined, simplified way of looking at […]
Exercise- Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation
Saturday, May 1st, 2010[audio:MM-Loving-Kindness-Audio.mp3] Introduction and Guidelines– In this meditation, we are going to explore our rightfulness to be happy and wishing happiness for all other sentient beings. The guiding precept of this meditation is that all human beings want to be happy and loving… and “hatred never ceases hatred but by love alone is healed”. Metta or […]
The Way of Mindful Intelligence I
Saturday, May 1st, 2010The Way of Mindful Intelligence is a deeper form of wisdom and enlightenment natural to us all. It is a capacity folded into our genes, our hearts, and our minds. Through the insights, tools, and techniques offered in this program, and on this Way of being, we aspire to open our inborn capacities. It is […]
Introduction to Insight Practice
Saturday, May 1st, 2010A clear state of mind arises from our inner work with confusion… To fully practice insight training effectively, the practitioner needs to have developed a solid and stable base of concentration and free attention. Awakening or Enlightened Mind– Bodhi– an open & caring awareness is our seed to manifesting and growing deeply in this practice. […]
The Way of Mindful Intelligence II
Saturday, May 1st, 2010“The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.” ~ Albert Einstein Mindful Intelligence offers an alternative path to conventional wisdom- an impressionistic Way to reconnect and restore our inner balance, our inner measure for living and transforming the present moment- and to cultivate and […]