Teachings on Love
WE PRACTICE FULL awareness in order to realize liberation, peace, and joy in our everyday lives. Liberation and happiness are linked to each other: if there is liberation, there is happiness, and greater liberation brings greater happiness. We know that if there is liberation, peace and joy exist in the present moment. We do not need to wait ten or
... See moreThich Nhat Hanh • Transformation And Healing: The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Buddhims)
Deep, conscious breathing is the best way to center ourselves in the heart of love. By taking time each day to practice deep breathing exercises, we increase our conscious attunement to our spiritual core. Moreover, meditation is mandatory in order to discover the divine peace that resides between our thoughts.
Dannion Brinkley, Kathryn Brinkley • Secrets of the Light: Lessons from Heaven
Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our own territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy of mindfulness, we can calm things down, understand them, and bring harmony back to the conflicting elements inside us. If we can learn ways to touch the peace, joy, and happiness that are already there, we will become healthy and st
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We need to cultivate the wish to be free of these things so we can enjoy the wonders of life that are always available — the blue sky, the trees, our beautiful children. After three months or six months of mindful sitting, mindful walking, and mindful looking, a deep vision of reality arises in us, and the capacity of being there, enjoying life in
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