Mindfulness Meditation (For Everyday Life)

But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be m ...

your thoughts about them. Sometimes our thoughts act like dream glasses. When we have them on, we see dream children, dream husb ...

My inside, listen to me, the greatest spirit, the Teacher, is near, wake up, wake up! Run to his feet - he is standing close to ...

or you want to convince someone else how wonderful it would be for them, just look at it as more thinking and go meditate some m ...

critical choices, and use their energies to grow in strength, wisdom, and compassion. A willingness to embrace and work with wha ...

It is possible through meditation to find shelter from much of the wind that agitates the mind. Over time, a good deal of the tu ...

or relax. Pretty much everybody can breathe easily. And under the right circumstances, pretty much anybody can concentrate, anyb ...

down, standing on one leg, running, or taking a bath. But to stay at it for even five minutes requires intentionality. To make i ...

here. What we frequently call formal meditation involves purposefully making a time for stopping all outward activity and cultiv ...

I grew in those seasons like corn in the night, and they were far better than any work of the hands would have been. They were n ...

see the stars that you are looking back in time millions of years. The past is present now and here. Then go and sit or meditate ...

getting, progress-oriented people. But who is to say that his realizations of one morning spent in his doorway are less memorabl ...

Non-Doing in Action Non-doing can arise within action as well as in stillness. The inward stillness of the doer merges with the ...

Like ancient harmonies! "Good work!" the Prince exclaimed, "Your method is faultless!" "Method?" said the cook Laying aside his ...

My cleaver finds its own way. I cut through no joint, chop no bone. "There are spaces in the joints; The blade is thin and keen: ...

Prince Wen Hui said, "This is it! My cook has shown me How I ought to live My own life!" (Chuang Tzu) ...

Doing Non-Doing Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energ ...

letting go of all doing - a merging of mind and body in motion. We thrill in watching a superb performance, whether athletic or ...

moment in its fullness without imposing anything extra on it, perceiving its purity and the freshness of its potential to give r ...

appreciating, and responding to the bloom of each moment. Patience Certain attitudes or mental qualities support meditation prac ...