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Archive for May, 2012
Awakening
Saturday, May 5th, 2012Insight opens our path from a mind of ignorance to understanding- and from confusion to clarity. It is this “mindful intelligence” that is the source of our freedom.
Awakening
Friday, May 4th, 2012A peaceful mind- a “quiet” mind- is touched by our compassion and understanding.
Video: “The Only Way Out is In”
Friday, May 4th, 2012This wonderfully insightful TEDx video illustrates how prisoners transformed their culture of violence and despair to one of inner peace and redemption. Cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, writer, and psychotherapist, Jenny Phillips, describes how the tranquility of ancient Buddhist meditation at a maximum-security (Donaldson) correctional facility in Alabama helps prisoners emerge from a rigorous Vipassana program with […]
Awakening
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012Mindful breathing- attending with awareness to the calm of our “in” and “out” breath- can be the salve to our pain.
Video: Start With The ‘Big Rocks’ First
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Take a few minutes here to view a simple demonstration of the notion, “Put the Big Rocks in First”, popularized by Stephen Covey. “Oh”, the perceived urgency of it all… Everything that seems so important in the moment, but how important really? And how do we choose what to do first? To make a real […]
Awakening
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Mindsight in our inner capacity to reflect, illuminate, focus, and penetrate the reality of our objects of attention.
Awakening
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012Meditators are like “pyschonauts” forging forward- excavating and examining the unknown frontier of the mind.