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My Meditative Moments

Awakening

Daily Reflection - July 28th, 2020

We have truly lost our ‘way’ when fear triumphs over fact. We must remain disciplined and diligent in transforming our fears with fact and truth.

‘Seeds of Mind’

by meditative - April 16th, 2020

The mind is like a garden… and ‘home’ to many different kinds of seeds. It knows no discretion as to what is seeded, rooted, and to what may ultimately flourish in its ‘soil’. The mind is receptive to whatever we ‘plant’ in it- ‘flowers’ & ‘weeds’- whether we are aware of it or not. Left […]

‘Gemmelsmerch’ is what?

by meditative - April 15th, 2020

Gemmelsmerch is the power of a given object, person, event, etc, to distract one from one’s purpose (coined by US psychiatrist Edward Hallowell) It’s like the gravitational force behind what draws away our focused attention… the energy behind all the various activities swirling & tempting the discursive & busy mind. Can we control the numerous […]

Can We Live With The Pain?

by meditative - August 18th, 2019

Suffering= Pain x Resistance Resilience= Pain x Acceptance Our ability to work with our pain can diminish our suffering while enhancing our resilience. This ‘heartfulness’ may help us to embrace what we may not be able to change. It may also give us the insight and resource to transform the emotions and ‘storyline’ that often […]

‘Wakefulness’

by meditative - August 7th, 2019

‘Awake’, we come to remember to take pause to be in this moment- to routinely allow a calm and relaxed composure to wash over our entire being as we simply witness our own accessibility to be fully present. In this space of awareness we come to notice things as they are- as they are arising […]

Not Too Personal…

by meditative - August 5th, 2019

Not everything is about us. We don’t have to take others, our own experiences, or ourselves too personally. Life is all a matter of interpretation, and we are all part of a much bigger picture interdependent upon causes and conditions that transcend us individually.

‘True Grit’

by meditative - August 2nd, 2019

In practice, we learn to deliberately ‘stay with it’ or to ‘stay the course’ regardless of what is presently happening before us. With the diligence of a judgment-free awareness, we may cultivate a firmness of mind and spirit- a habit of forbearance to become less reactive- and an unyielding courage to simply observe and acknowledge […]

‘The Practice of Just Being’

by meditative - July 30th, 2019

When we cease to try and surrender to awareness, the world takes on a different light… “Ceasing to try”- ceasing to be anywhere else but here and now… sitting in stillness in quiet and calm awareness. There is nowhere else to be and no one else to be. Sitting in stillness with our ‘choiceless awareness’ […]

‘Detoxify’

by meditative - July 17th, 2019

Sitting on the cushion each day can help us to realize the sometimes ‘toxic’ nature of our habitual minds- the afflictions and aversions of mind that drive our reactive tendencies. To sit with our own ‘rawness’ of just being allows space to arise for a detoxifying & transforming dose of reality.   

‘Smile in Training’

by meditative - July 15th, 2019

Try this little exercise for yourself every morning in front of the mirror. Keep it ‘light’ and don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself as you and your ‘smile’ train for a warmer, more gracious way of facing a new day and a new beginning… especially when the inclination to feel & be this way […]

Mindfulness is…

by meditative - July 11th, 2019

Awareness knows freedom even in the presence of a discursive mind… When we are still and quiet, there is a space that seems to open up. There is a light that appears to illuminate what crosses into this seemingly infinite space. As we are willing ourselves to sink deeper into this space, there is a […]