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Archive for November, 2015

Awakening

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

To ‘tame’- to give it space- to hold loosely this thinking mind. If we let our thoughts take the ‘stage’, they simply perform their routine and exit.

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

space to deal with it…

Awakening

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

Wander & come back… This simple act of noticing we’ve wandered and bringing ourselves back to our ‘anchor’- our object of attention… is what’s most important when we practice the presence of mind and being.

Modern Day Attention Disorder?

Monday, November 16th, 2015

Do we as a society suffer today from attention deficit disorder? How about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? What is our present capacity to pay attention and to sustain attention? How do we effectively pay attention when we appear to be so self-preoccupied? What have we become harboring so much habit, addiction, and affliction? How has […]

Monday, November 16th, 2015

fearlessness is openness…

Awakening

Monday, November 16th, 2015

If we cannot honestly wrap the space of stillness, calm, and openness around these patterns of thoughts, feelings, and impulses- how can we then clearly come to know how they are- what they are- and why they are?

Sunday, November 15th, 2015

new perceptions, new pathways…

Bodhi: ‘Goals’

Sunday, November 15th, 2015

Setting and achieving goals in life requires a clear intent- a quality of intent. What are we reaching for… and what is its value- both intrinsically & extrinsically? To sustain our goals, we must cultivate and remember with abiding intent. Can we sustain them may depend upon what we truly learn and apply along the […]

Awakening

Sunday, November 15th, 2015

Awakening without a ‘storyline’ we are ‘naked’ to experience directly & intimately things as they are- arising & passing to simply be noticed & let go.

Awakening

Saturday, November 14th, 2015

A healthy relationship with yourself is knowing & understanding yourself in a friendly manner. It’s this ‘friendship’ that nourishes our well-being.