Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
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Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
In the third exercise, the practitioner uses his or her breathing to bring body and mind together as one, so the object of concentration is simultaneously body, mind, and breath. This condition, known as “oneness of body and mind,” is one of total integration.
Satipatthana Sutta, the Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness,
Once our mindful energy has soothed our suffering, we can begin to look more deeply into its nature and sources.
Without judgment, blame, or criticism for having these feelings or images, we just observe, identify, and accept them in order to see their source and their true nature. If there is pain, we feel the pain. If there is sadness, we are sad. If there is anger, then we are angry, but our anger is accompanied by mindfulness. We do not lose ourselves in
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