Tag: mindfulness
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The wild awake.
A suggested reading pause for today. Like a sesshin with backpacks, the pilgrimage was enough like a retreat that some familiar obstacles rose up for me: comparing mind, grumpy fatigue, sharp self-judgment. But these rarely stuck around for too long, as there were so many other forces ready to bowl them over. Powerful if diaphanous…
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The window.
The spiritual path is like spending a lifetime scrubbing a window. Just when you think it’s finally clean, you can’t help but notice there’s still a smudge on the glass.Year after year, you scrub the window, until you realise the smudge you’re trying to remove is the reflection of the one cleaning it.At this point,…
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Conflict and resolution.
Conflict has come from our thought, and it has evolved over the whole period of civilization. Thought has developed in such a way that it has an intrinsic disposition to divide things up…We could sum up by saying that we’ve got to look at thought. In this process, we will come upon some more subtle…
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Lost? Good!
Here is today’s video recommendation. Don’t be put off by the “THIS SPIRITUAL FILM WILL AWAKEN YOU” spiel. I won’t give any spoilers. Just take it for a spin As usual, I recommend putting aside a few minutes to simmer into it rather than just including it in any impatient FOMO scroll.
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Catching winter light.
Kelly had just returned from a trip away. It was late and I went outside to help her unpack the car. On my way back with a case in tow when the sensor light over the porch turned off. A shaft of warm light spilled from the window illuminating a dried clutter of leaves on…
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Flipping switches.
It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that…
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Embracing an analogue life.
Living an analogue life means embracing a more simple and mindful way of living, away from the digital distractions and fast-paced lifestyle of the modern world. In an increasingly connected world, where we are bombarded by digital stimuli, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and disconnected from our physical surroundings. However, by embracing an analogue lifestyle,…
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The reasons some people dont stick with a meditation practice (and why others do).
This paper looked at factors affecting meditation persistence in a population of 953 people in the United States (via online surveys). The authors framed “persistence” within two categories: the number of lifetime practice sessions and current practice frequency. The authors of the paper found that people who were first exposed to a meditation practice through…
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