Basic mindfulness practice tends to focus on polarized moments. When the shit is hitting the fan, mindfulness – when applied – rises above the pit of worry and angst that would otherwise make things worse. It is what it is,…
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Life in a Day
For the first time in a couple of weeks, I decided not to work after putting my daughter to bed. Instead I watched Life in a Day on Netflix, something I’ve been meaning to do for some time. YouTube collected…
Tagged with: aversion, daily life, death, desire, humor, joy, love, nature, video
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
Renunciation as a practice
A few days ago I posted about renunciation and how it often seems minimized in Western practice. Any reader of the suttas knows what a central role renunciation plays in the teaching. The entire purpose of the monastic lifestyle is…
Tagged with: daily life, desire, generosity, mindfulness, renunciation, reprogramming
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized
Turning off automatic pilot
Here’s something I read about many years ago in a Thich Nhat Hanh book (I don’t remember which one) that has stayed with me ever since. It’s a remarkably powerful practice for integrating mindfulness into daily life, and can be…
Skipping Dinner
For the past few months I’ve been skipping dinner most Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was inspired to do this by the monastic practice of not eating after noon. Unlike the traditional monastic practice, I have two meals early in the…
Mindful Driving
Lately I have taken to mindful driving. As a commuter I spend a little over an hour per day in the car driving to and from work, and I know I’m lucky to spend as little time as that. In…
Not Breath
Somebody tweeted a quote from Sharon Salzburg recently – though I cannot find it now or the link it referenced – on the practice of noting “not breath” during mindfulness of breathing meditation. This is such a simple – perhaps…
