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December 21, 2015
2015: The Year in Review
Greetings everyone! It's been a busy 2015 and I'd like to share with you some of the highlights and give you links to the some of the contents I produced over this year. There is lot's more to come in 2016 and I appreciate everyone's support. I was busy writing for blogs, was interviewed for some articles in the media, and my books The The post 2015: The Year in Review appeared first on Mindfulness Matters.
December 9, 2015
Bodhi Day 2015
In honor of Bodhi Day, I wrote a reflection on the Seven Factors of Awakening, which are based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. You can read about these on the main Beliefnet site. I hope this contemplation on awakening helps to move you ever so slightly towards living a more awakened life.December 8th marks Bodhi Day, a Buddhist holiday observed worldwide. It...
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December 2, 2015
New Year’s Buddhist Style
Mid-January marks the celebration of Mahayana Buddhist New Year celebration (although many Mahayana Buddhist such as Japenese Zen, celebrate the New Year on December 31st).The New Year is a funny holiday for Buddhists. When you invite mindfulness into your life and endeavor to...
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November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving 2015
If you've read my posts about Thanksgiving before, you know my basic premise is that we should be thankful everyday, not just this day. In fact, we could be thankful in every moment we are alive. Each moment that we are not, we are missing...The post Thanksgiving 2015 appeared first on Mindfulness Matters.
November 2, 2015
Meditating on Resistance
Earlier this season, just about the time when kids went back to school, I started noticing something. Roxy, a dog in my neighborhood would bark plaintively for almost an hour after the school bus picked up her young people to take them to school.
It just so happened this was my meditation hour and so I spent the time listening to her bark. It was a wonderful lesson on resistance to the reality of the present moment.
There were different levels of this resistance that presented...
It just so happened this was my meditation hour and so I spent the time listening to her bark. It was a wonderful lesson on resistance to the reality of the present moment.
There were different levels of this resistance that presented...
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Meditating on Resistence
Earlier this season, just about the time when kids went back to school, I started noticing something. Roxy, a dog in my neighborhood would bark plaintively for almost an hour after the school bus picked up her young people to take them to school.
It just so happened this was my meditation hour and so I spent the time listening to her bark. It was a wonderful lesson on resistance to the reality of the present moment.
There were different levels of this resistance that presented...
It just so happened this was my meditation hour and so I spent the time listening to her bark. It was a wonderful lesson on resistance to the reality of the present moment.
There were different levels of this resistance that presented...
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October 14, 2015
How to Live Well with Chronic Illness and Pain
I wrote a prepublication endorsement for Toni Bernhard’s latest book:
How to Live Well With Chronic Illness and Pain:
As a psychotherapist treating chronic pain, I...
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September 22, 2015
S is for Sangha
Mindfulness A to Z official release is here!Here is an excerpt from "S is for Sangha"
The sangha is the community of people who follow the teachings of the Buddha, or more generically, anyone who engages in mindfulness meditation. When the sangha meets, we touch that invisible, underground sense of connectedness that...
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September 21, 2015
E is for Effort
Mindfulness A to Z official release is tomorrow!Here is an excerpt from "E is for Effort"
We may need to encourage ourselves gently in the direction of practice. Challenges arise. Daily life is complicated and busy; it may seem like we have no time to practice. But the effort required to be mindful in any given moment...
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S is for Self
Mindfulness A to Z official release is tomorrow!Here is an excerpt from "S is for Self"
Who are you? Emily Dickinson would reply:
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Most of us would naturally reply, “I am me.” More precisely, though, I am a me, one of many who have a sense of self. The...
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