When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the…
Tips on how to be a good listener to yourself so you can be a better listener to others. David Rome writes, “How often do you feel really listened to? How often do you really listen to others? (Be honest.) We know we’re in the presence of a good listener when we get that…
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves ― slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. ― Thich Nhat Hanh
Christopher Willard writes about informal mindfulness practices for those of us who don’t have five minutes to contemplate a raisin. “I can still remember the raisin from that first mindfulness class I took in a family friend’s basement office, almost twenty years ago. I myself was only 20 years old and that first awe-inspiring taste…
Leslie Davis writes, “On a recent personal retreat, I hiked into Horn Canyon in the east end of Ojai, California. Due to the severe drought, it had been years since water had flowed alongside the trail there, but now I was delighted to cross the creek a few times, jumping from rock to rock. My…
Smiling Mind produces a free and inspiring app to help you begin or maintain a mindfulness practice! “Smiling Mind aims to build happier, healthier and more compassionate people. Our mindfulness meditation programs are designed to assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress and challenges of daily life.” LEARN MORE ABOUT SMILING MIND OR DOWNLOAD…
Your mind is like a piece of land planted with many different kinds of seeds: seeds of joy, peace, mindfulness, understanding, and love; seeds of craving, anger, fear, hate, and forgetfulness. These wholesome and unwholesome seeds are always there, sleeping in the soil of your mind. The quality of your life depends on the seeds…
Thich Nhat Hanh writes, “Our true home is not in the past. Our true home is not in the future. Our true home is in the here and the now. Life is available only in the here and the now, and it is our true home. Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the…
Dacher Keltner writes, “We are all naturally endowed with a set of passions that enable us to find our purpose, increase our well-being, and navigate our place in the social world. These passions include gratitude, compassion, mirth, and our focus here, awe. Awe is the experience we have when we encounter things that are vast…
When you begin to understand, you begin to see that all things are exactly as they are. And even when you do NOT understand — things are STILL exactly as they are. — Ajahn Chah
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