Tag: mindfulness

Our thoughts act like dream glasses

"…look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them. Sometimes our thoughts act like dream glasses. When we have them on, we see dream children, dream husband, dream wife, dream job, dream colleagues, dream partners, dream friends. We can live in a dream present for a dream future. Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all. While things in the dream may change and give the illusion of being vivid and real, it is still a dream we are caught in. But if we take the glasses off, maybe, just maybe, we might see a little more accurately what is actually here" … [click on title to read and view more]

Kindness heals…and it can even pay off your debts! (no kidding, watch this)

So simple!! Treating people will love and care will always be the right thing to do. It's unfortunate that capitalism and our entire society doesn't generally appreciate this truth. … [click on title to read and view more]

The genuine heart of sadness

If you search for awakened heart, if you put your hand through your rib cage and feel for it, there is nothing there except for tenderness. You feel sore and soft, and if you open your eyes to the rest of the world, you feel tremendous sadness. This kind of sadness doesn't come from being... Continue Reading →

You can start your meditation practice in baby steps

You can start your meditation practice in baby steps, like suggested in this short video. A short mindfulness practice: … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The karmic rule…

I think you have to follow the kharmic rule -- that any action taken in anxiety, creates more anxiety. Any action taken in anger, spreads anger. Any action taken in violence, spreads violence. Any action taken in calm, spreads calm. Any action taken in equanimity, spreads equanimity. Any action taken gently, spreads gentility. To call... Continue Reading →

Remaining with yourself must be the complete priority…

The nurturing of vigilance lies in this growing rootedness around not abandoning yourself, not moving away. Remaining with yourself must be the complete priority, otherwise the world is your master. You will run from and feel limited by external circumstances. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Feel that love?

Those who don’t feel this love pulling them like a river, those who don’t drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like supper, those who don’t want to change, let them sleep. This love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve... Continue Reading →

Getting old and dying

I've definitely noticed there are so many wonderful things about aging now that I'm aging! Adyashanti talks about some of that here. How wisdom comes with age and maturity. I wish I understood that when I was younger. Instead I was caught up in the youth culture myself and missed opportunities with the elders in... Continue Reading →

Unconditional

Unconditional Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere; Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within; Opening to my loss, I gain the embrace of the universe; Surrendering into emptiness, I find fullness without end. Each condition I flee from pursues me, Each condition I welcome transforms me And becomes... Continue Reading →

Clarity and empathy

Making people out to be evil when they are simply unconscious obfuscates the problem. When we are clear on how unclear others can be we begin to be able to find compassion and empathy and thus a way to communicate too. We learn this by traveling through and recognizing our own lack of clarity.

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