
Making Space: Creating a Home Meditation Practice


We have to learn the art of stopping — stopping our thinking, our habit energies, our forgetfulness, the strong emotions that rule us. When an emotion rushes through us like a storm, we have no peace. We turn on the TV and then we turn it off. We pick up a book and then we put it down. How can we stop this state of agitation? How can we stop our fe
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You also can make a contract with a particular distance, perhaps from your work area to the restroom, and vow that when you walk that distance every step will be solid and mindful; otherwise you will go back and do it again. It’s a wonderful way to learn how to live every moment of your daily life deeply, resisting being carried away by your habit
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When we practice mindful breathing or mindful walking, we bring our mind home to our body and we are established in the here and the now. We feel so lucky; we have so many conditions of happiness that are already available. Joy and happiness come right away.