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Archive for June, 2011

Awakening

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

The break in the endless chain of the mind’s habits is awareness. If the mind is “awarenessing”, it cannot be thinking… it’s like a “circuit breaker”. May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Can you examine how deeply attached you may be to your own image of yourself? Identities imbed us into the projections of ourselves. Through self-absorption we cannot see reality clearly. May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Our tendency is to suffer more around our “storylines” than from the actual situation itself. May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Can you discern between the ordinary & mundane expectations in your life and those conditioned around your sense of “self”? May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

For many of us, the constant undercurrent of past and future scenarios strip our presence as we dwell in these habituated storylines. May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

We set ourselves up for a great deal of suffering when we invest so much in “I” as the center of the story. Be aware that the story often doesn’t represent reality.  May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

The Energy of Heartfelt Consciousness

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Here is a deeply insightful video highlighting the underlying collective energy (power) associated with our heartfelt consciousness- the “mirror consciousness“. This discussion is shared by New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden. Ardent writer, researcher, and speaker, he is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science and spirituality. Gregg’s work is now published […]

Awakening

Friday, June 24th, 2011

We may be convinced that we are the images that define us- but we are also free to question the validity of the self-images. Is there something true to this “me” other than the narrative layers of projections upon projections?  May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Awakening

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Open awareness is spontaneous and without self-consciousness- it is here where we are in the wholeness of doing and being without separation from the free attention itself. May self-reflection & self-awareness light your day.

Practice: Working with Anger

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Abstracted from a “Tricycle” article by Sensei Nancy Mujo Baker To make the practice of working with anger personal and precise, it is useful to explore the following kinds of questions. (This can be done individually, or with another person asking you the questions, then silently holding the space while you answer.) First, inquire what […]