This is a sharing of how mindfulness became an unexpected core part of my own spiritual journey and path into and out of practice as a physician.
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This is a meditation on Fredrick Buechner‘s beautiful words. “…Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Listen to Your Life [2.12.25]
The Tibetan teacher , Shabkar, said: To meditate without kindness is simply to inflict hardship on yourself. What does this mean for you in this practice, right now? Please Note: The meditation ends at 18:10 and starting 18:11 is a small talk regarding the quote above.
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The radical turn of mindfulness meditation is to meet whatever is here, instead of worrying about how to “fix” ourselves to stop whatever is coming up. This practice explores “The Welcoming Prayer.” If “God” language doesn’t work for you, please feel free to substitute as best for you. The Welcoming Prayer Welcome, welcome, welcome. I … Continue reading Sitting Meditation: Welcoming
Gravity is a mysterious connecting force that is always available as an anchor. In this meditation, we open to a contemplation on the relation between time/space/gravity and this moment now. Please note: there is no accompanying talk for this meditation.
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Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life. -Jack Kornfield In this sharing we explore both the openings and challenges of gratitude practice ending with an Inquiry Practice.
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Gratitude can be a useful resource, but is not always accessible. In this practice, we start where we are, experimenting and exploring the region of gratitude.
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here are different ways of relating to the “tigers” we encounter in this life. In this sharing we explore two possibilities. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
This is a practice on the sanity of grounding with our inter-relatedness.
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This is a practice in noticing how mindfulness naturally arises on its own and how to tap into that arising skillfully. Please note: no talk this week.
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