We all come into and go out of this world as passing gatherings of structured energy.
Paying attention on purpose in the present moment and non-judgmentally.
As long as you are breathing there is more right with you than wrong with you, no matter what is wrong.
[R]emain open to not knowing, perhaps allowing yourself to come to the point of admitting, I don't know, and then experimenting with relaxing a bit into this not knowing instead of condemning yourself...
[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was a moment of pain, sadness, despair, or fear. This work involves above all the regular, d...
[I]t is useful at times to admit to yourself that you don't know your way and to be open to help from unexpected places. Doing that makes available to you inner and outer energies and allies that aris...
While meditation is not all about sitting still on the floor or in a chair, taking your seat both literally and metaphorically is an important element of mindfulness. We could say that in essence, it...
When we spend some time each day in non-doing, resting in awareness, observing the flow of the breath and the activity of our mind and body without getting caught up in that activity, we are cultivati...
When it comes right down to it, the challenge of mindfulness is to realize that this is it. Right now is my life. The question is, What is my relationship going to be? Does my life just automatically...
What does happen as we intentionally pay attention to our breathing is that we realize pretty quickly that we are
To, co vypadá jako slabost, je ve skutečnosti vaše síla. A to, co vypadá jako síla, je často slabost, snaha skrýt strach. Je to jen hra nebo fasáda, ať působí sebepřesvědčivěji na ostatní, nebo dokonc...
To break out of this trap of always being driven by our own desires, it is not a bad exercise to ask yourself from time to time, What is my own way? What do I really want? Would I know it if I got it?...
Through it all, we attempt to bring balance to the present moment,understanding that in patience lies wisdom,knowing that what will come next will be determined in large measure by how we are now.
This means learning to work with the very stress and pain that are causing you to suffer.
There is more right with you than wrong with you—those
There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.
The mind states of liking and disliking can take up permanent residency in us, unconsciously feeding addictive behaviors in all domains of life. When we are able to recognize and name the seeds of gre...
The attitude of letting go, of letting things be as they are, of non-attachment, does not imply a condition of reactive distancing or detachment, and is not to be confused with passivity, dissociative...
Right in that or any moment of non-doing, you are already OK, already perfect, in the sense of perfectly who and what you are. And therefore, right in that moment you are already at home in a profound...
Non-doing can arise within action as well as in stillness. The inward stillness of the doer merges with the outward activity to such an extent that the action does itself. Effortless activity. Nothing...