PAUSE to simply BE…
Archive for November, 2015
Awakening
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015To ‘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.
Awakening
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015Wander & 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, 2015Do 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 […]
Awakening
Monday, November 16th, 2015If 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?
Bodhi: ‘Goals’
Sunday, November 15th, 2015Setting 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, 2015Awakening 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, 2015A healthy relationship with yourself is knowing & understanding yourself in a friendly manner. It’s this ‘friendship’ that nourishes our well-being.