It's not what you look at that matter. It's what you see. (H.D. Thoreau)
4 minutes reading time Any city can be a challenging place to practise mindfulness. There are many 'sense contacts' which can easily lead to a feeling of overwhelm. At the same time, a city offers wonderful opportunities to practise mindfulness. Here are some ideas. Feel the movement of walking. Feet touching the pavement. Human body …
Compassion is a beautiful quality of the human heart, to be touched by anothers joy and pain, to wish another person well. At times we might experience a feeling of alienation from others. But we also know what it feels like to be kind, loving, to wish each other well. To be able to forgive. …
We live in a time in which rest has become a luxury. Being 'busy' for many of us has become the normal state of being, interrupted by occasional times of rest. The problem often is though, that we have become so used to busyness (either in physically doing things or thinking about things we should …
There's an obsession in our society with 'doing', often at the expense of 'being'. The habit of always DOING something carries within itself the risk that we forget how to simply BE with ourselves and our environment. In my perception, the tendency to avoid getting in touch with what IS, gets bigger and bigger in …
Busy, tired mindCome homeThe door is openI've put the fire on for youRestThe work is done for nowSettle into the cozy homeWhich is this bodyPlenty of spaceFor all the guests knocking on the doorWanting to join usThe loud ones, keen to disturbWill soon enjoy the quiet, tooJust make sureTo keep this fire going
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