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Archive for January, 2016
The ‘View’
Wednesday, January 13th, 2016We are often ‘asleep at the wheel’- distracted & obscured from clearly ‘seeing’ the true nature of who we are- of what we are. The ‘direct knowing’ of our own lives is often ‘veiled’- hidden from our conscious awareness as we remain captive within our discursive tendencies to be occupied and entertained by images and […]
It’s Simply Repetition
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016In our practice, it’s the repetition that develops our ‘mindfulness muscle’…. moment by moment. Whatever is arising, can we simply NOTICE it without indulging it? Do we RECOGNIZE this thought… this feeling… this bodily sensation? Can we simply LABEL it without identifying with it? Settling in with it, can we gently TOUCH it with our […]
Awakening
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016All this anguish for what? We don’t need to suppress it or escape it. Perhaps, we simply need to notice it.
Our 6th Sense of Awareness
Monday, January 11th, 2016Along with self-compassion, the practice of mediation is also fundamentally about awareness, its qualities, its stability, and its reliability. It’s about bare attention, discernment, and clear seeing of the actuality of things- and at the same time it’s also about an affectionate quality in the attention- an openness- a kindness- an intrinsic, heartfelt attention of […]
‘Why Pause?’
Sunday, January 10th, 2016In an emotionally-charged situation, when we stop and take pause, we give the ‘executive center’ or ‘thought center’ (prefrontal cortex) the opportunity for its neurocircuitry to remain in control of the more primitive ‘alarm center’ (limbic) of the brain. Consequently, we are less likely to be reactive to the reflexive impulses (e.g. thalamus & amygdala) […]
Awakening
Sunday, January 10th, 2016This ‘acceptance’ may be as simple as just letting go of the resistance- of opening up and allowing things to happen.
Mindfulness delivers…
Friday, January 8th, 2016You decide for yourself.