The Art of Contemplation: Gentle path to wholeness and prosperity

I asked her once again, “Experience the same memory, but withhold your story, withhold the conclusions your mind has made. Don’t judge yourself for making them; just see if you can experience the story without them.” Once again, she closed her eyes and imagined what had happened, and then she opened her eyes, and I said, “Before you tell yourself a

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Our whole life could be a ritual. We could learn to stop when the sun goes down and when the sun comes up. We could learn to listen to the wind; we could learn to notice that it’s raining or snowing or hailing or calm. We could reconnect with the weather that is ourselves, and we could realize that it’s sad. The sadder it is, the vaster it is, and

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When your mind is relaxed and open, you are primed to have insights. Insights are just subtle shifts of feeling inside you. With these shifts of feeling, things will look better to you. Things will come easier to you. You are more likely to experience these internal shifts if you pause and reflect frequently. To reflect means to set aside all attem

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Is there a specific bodily sensation that is associated with this experience, and can you say “yes” just to that sensation? Give yourself a minute to consider that and to see if you can. Don’t rush. * Have you seen anyone in your family struggle with something like this experience, and if so can you bring that memory to mind with the purpose of loo

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