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Archive for April, 2016
‘Mindful Seeing’…
Saturday, April 9th, 2016Awareness is the light… Attention is the lens… And compassion is our heartfelt intent underlying the motivation to ‘see’ openly, clearly, and to better understand the nature of our own experiences. To see things from a mindful perspective is to simply notice– to take note without judgment, assumption or opinion. It’s to ‘accept’ so that […]
Awakening
Saturday, April 9th, 2016Don’t let the mind re-direct where the heart intends to move you. The wisdom of the heart intuitively knows what the mind cannot.
Back To Nature
Friday, April 8th, 2016In nature we discover simplicity and contentment… Springtime in New England provides a wonderful opportunity for us to simply get out and re-connect with nature. This can be a truly restorative experience- whether in the forest, an open meadow, a riverbank, seaside or lakeside, etc. The power of the natural world encourages us to let […]
Awakening
Friday, April 8th, 2016In the middle of all this chaos, there is this sense of serenity, peace, order, and clarity. It is in this meditative ‘space’ that we can discover the transformative power of simply being.
Awakening
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016Funny thing about our “story”… we are both its author and a character. “Storylines” can always be re-written.
Working with Emotions…
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016In our formal meditation practice- as we sit in our ‘breathing space’, feeling the breath, feeling sensations in the body, we can be aware of different emotions as they arise in our direct observing experience. There might be the feeling of happiness or sadness; there might be the feeling of joy or anger. We might […]
Awakening
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016We cannot honestly see ourselves in the ‘mirror’ when we are unable to accept its reflection.