Mindfulness Meditation (For Everyday Life)

too strongly that we do know where we are going, especially if we are driven by self-serving ambition and we want certain things ...

his ignorance of the many ways things might unfold or open up in life. Of course, the dwarf in fairy tales is no outer person ei ...

to be found," and he proceeds to tell him where it is and how he is to go about getting it, which is quite complicated. This bro ...

story says we can only fare well if we proceed with an awareness of the way things are, including a willingness to admit not kno ...

You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way? ...

The thinking mind can at times be severely fragmented. In fact, it almost always is. This is the nature of thought. But awarenes ...

habitual to the point of being imprisoning, and also just plain wrong. Another way to look at meditation is to view the process ...

Going Inside It is easy to come by the impression that meditation is about going inside, or dwelling inside yourself. But "insid ...

the outer world, not having to look elsewhere for something to fill us up or make us happy, we can be at home wherever we find o ...

Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find A thousand regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them and be Expert in hom ...

Part 2- The Heart of Practice What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. (Oli ...

majesty and solidity. There is a stability to it which speaks volumes, broadcasting inwardly and outwardly. The moment the perso ...

enough to hold such a wide range of objects in awareness without getting lost in them or attached to particular ones, or simply ...

Taking Your Seat It helps to come to the cushion or to the chair with a definite sense of taking your seat. Sitting meditation i ...

Dignity When we describe the sitting posture, the word that feels the most appropriate is "dignity." Sitting down to meditate, o ...

that we came to feel undeserving on our own. We were helped to feel unworthy. We were taught it in a thousand ways when we were ...

affirmation of freedom, and of life's harmony, beauty, and richness. Sometimes you feel in touch with it; other times you may no ...

to nose with pain, confusion, and loss, if that is what is dominating the present moment, and to stay with the observing over a ...

mindfulness in the sitting practice. Invoking qualities of elevation, massiveness, majesty, unmovingness, rootedness, helps brin ...

What to Do with Your Hands Various subtle energy pathways in the body have been mapped out, understood, and used in particular w ...