Mindfulness Meditation (For Everyday Life)

affirmation of freedom, and of life's harmony, beauty,
and richness.
Sometimes you feel in touch with it; other times you
may not. Even when you feel depressed, burdened,
confused, sitting can affirm the strength and value of
this life lived now. If you can muster the patience to
sustain your sitting for even a brief time, it can bring
you in touch with the very core of your being, that
domain which is beyond up or down, free or
burdened, clearsighted or confused. This core is akin
to awareness itself; it doesn't fluctuate with mental
state or life circumstances. It is mirrorlike, impartially
reflecting what comes before it. This includes a deep
knowing that whatever is present, whatever has
happened to shake your life or overwhelm you, will of
itself inevitably change, and for this reason alone,
bears simply holding in the mirror of the present
moment - watching it, embracing its presence, riding
its waves of unfolding just as you ride the waves of
your own breathing, and having faith that you will
sooner or later find a way to act, to come to terms, to
move through and beyond. Not by trying so much as
by watching, by letting things be, and feeling them
fully moment by moment. Mindful sitting meditation is
not an attempt to escape from problems or difficulties
into some cut-off "meditative" state of absorption or
denial. On the contrary, it is a willingness to go nose