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Why the physical body doesn’t actually hinder the spiritual one
Posted on October 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
You’ve heard before that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. “I think/reflect, therefore I am.” Within this Cartesian split, I reflect that I am turned more toward what I think of as the higher, spiritual realms than what I have thought of as the denser, physical body. As if the whole purpose of […]
Mindfulness in the waiting room
Posted on October 9, 2019 2 Comments
Mindfulness is about being fully aware in the present moment. Sometimes we set aside time for this — attend a session, create quiet time, go for a walk. Other times it happens regardless of our lives happening around us — noticing our breathing while loading the clothes washer, looking into our dog’s eyes as we […]
A modern fable to ponder
Posted on October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment
I recently read this modern fable, and I’m still pondering it. Upstream/Downstream: A Fable for Our Times It was many years ago that villagers in Downstream recall spotting the first body in the river. Some old-timers remember how Spartan were the facilities and procedures for managing that sort of thing. Sometimes, they say, it would […]
Watching Thoughts Like Passing Clouds
Posted on October 10, 2018 Leave a Comment
I don’t have to have an opinion about every one of my thoughts. A thought is like a hawk in the air: It dances on the wind Yet the sky is unchanged.
The Internet to the Inner-Net
Posted on September 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
This book is not only a must-read, it’s one to be given to everyone you love. Or people you work with. Or both. Good thing the holidays are coming. I pre-ordered three copies to give away, even before I finished reading my gifted pre-release copy! Gopi Kallayil integrates mindfulness into his executive position at Google. Successfully. […]
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