Sublime

Meditation is actually a very simple exercise in resting in the natural state of your present mind, and allowing yourself to be simply and clearly present to whatever thoughts, sensations, or emotions occur.

Mindfulness is an elegant Buddhist practice that brings our bare attention to what is going on in the here and now. It does this by freeing us of our mental habit of entertaining ourselves with ego-based fears, desires, expectations, evaluations, attachments, biases, defenses, and so on.

Suggested Practice Stop and Reflect This coming week, building on the practice of coming back to our senses, throughout the day we are invited to walk through the door of becoming more aware of the three roots in our consciousness—the seeking, grasping mind; aversion; and not seeing things as they are. Throughout this coming week, in your stopping

When in worldly activity, keep attentive between the two breaths, and so practicing, in a few days, be born anew.

You might well ask: Then how are we to practice mindfulness? My answer is: keep your attention focused on the work, be alert and ready to handle ably and intelligently any situation which may arise—this is mindfulness. There is no reason why mindfulness should be different from focusing all one’s attention on one’s work, to be alert and to be using

Every time you feel the gentle pause phase at the end of an out breath, you are achieving a mini-relaxation.

Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal. Unlike the frantic pilots, we stop asking, “What do I do next?” The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.