If important enough for us to be aware, that which we deny, distract, or avoid to ‘see’ will eventually get our attention and wake us up.
Not Too Personal…
by meditative - August 5th, 2019Not 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, 2019In 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, 2019When 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, 2019Sitting 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.