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OK, so maybe road rage is a bit of a stretch. Or harsh. So I’m getting off the interstate. There are two exit lanes, I’m in the left of the two lanes. Someone in the right lane blows past me, only to get in front of me quickly because they wanted to turn left, and …
All of us are apprenticed to the same teacher that the religious institutions originally worked with: reality. Reality-insight says . . . master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to the bus as it is to …
I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from … …harming living beings. …taking things not freely given. …sexual misconduct. …false speech. …intoxicating drinks and drugs causing heedlessness. according to Thich Nhat Hanh First Training Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to …
I’ve come across a few very interesting books, and am sharing them here for a two-fold purpose: To retain for my own memory and use To share with all of you The first of the books is called Mindfulness in Plain English by the Venerable Henepola Gunaratana. You can view it in PDF format by …
Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda English version by Alastair Reid Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth let’s not speak in any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without …
Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Take a moment and make it perfect. ~Unknown If you came to this site by Twitter, by Googling Mindfulness or through a random click, I believe your impulse wasn’t entirely random; there is an underlying impulse that made this topic, which is ultimately about mindfulness, desirable to you. Well, …