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Archive for October, 2015

It’s More Than Just Food

Monday, October 26th, 2015

This food that we bring into our bodies is more than just nourishment… sustenance… and palpable enjoyment. This food that we bring into our bodies each and every day has a story behind it. More often than not, we take the convenience, safety, enjoyment, and wide availability of so many different foods we consume for […]

Awakening

Monday, October 26th, 2015

What are we ‘running’ from? What are we ‘running’ to? Why are we even ‘running’? Fear, busyness, and distraction… how much do these states of mind, being, and doing rule your life?

Awakening

Sunday, October 25th, 2015

It’s not what we have, but what we are. It’s our character that defines our legacy.

Sunday, October 25th, 2015

‘crossing over’ is ‘coming back’…

‘Presently Knowing’

Saturday, October 24th, 2015

Without focus & stability, the mind is easily distracted and bewildered by our habitual patterns of thought, feeling, and bodily sensations. Once we indulge in any of these mind-body cycles of ‘automaticity’, we sacrifice both presence and awareness. For many of us, experience and memory have conditioned our minds to be routinely scattered and discursive. […]

Awakening

Saturday, October 24th, 2015

What are we trying to transcend? What is really wrong with this moment? When we keep looking and living for some other (better) moment… how much of our life simply passes us by?

Saturday, October 24th, 2015

worrying strips our peace…

‘Master the Moment’

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

What matters most is grounding our attention to what is ‘here and now’. The past and the future are simply events- constructs we create in our own minds. Our direct experience is always here for us… happening in the present moment… arising & passing away, “right now!”  Having & sustaining awareness for what is happening […]

Awakening

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

What happens to a strong emotion when we wrap space around it- the kind of space filled with warmth and openness?

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

it’s a relaxed attitude…