Tag Archives: Mindfulness

New Year Aspirations for 2012

The New Year resolution is a story as old as time. You are presented with an opportunity to reflect on the past and make goals for the future…the resolution to do better makes you feel motivated for a little while…then … Continue reading

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Being Peace

Greetings from Southern France. I’m in Plum Village for the next three months, embarking on the next chapter of what is shaping up to be quite a journey. I’m here for a variety of reasons, primary of which is to … Continue reading

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Wake Up!

I’ve spent some time in the last year thinking through what I wanted my life to look like. This culminated recently with an aspiration to immerse myself within mindfulness practice and teaching, without quite knowing how I was going to … Continue reading

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Metaphors of the mind

I’m finishing a month long tour with a group of monks and nuns, and it’s been a supremely nourishing experience. I’ll be writing more about it during the next couple posts, and for now would like to leave you with … Continue reading

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Raising awareness

There are a variety of definitions of mindfulness, but they all pretty much agree on one thing: practicing mindfulness leads to an increased awareness. If the ‘how’ centers around mindful practice, it is perhaps more relevant here to explore some … Continue reading

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The Art of Conscious Living

I’m attending the Creating a Mindful Society conference this weekend, and am quite excited for it. One of the featured presenters is Jon Kabat-Zinn, and I recently had a read through of his first book: Full Catastrophe Living. It serves … Continue reading

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Mastering failure

Failure. No one likes it yet we all do it. You set a goal in the present and then at some future time you don’t follow through as you had planned. Getting up early, passing an exam, calling someone back, … Continue reading

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Who’s driving your bus?

A couple summers ago I was in Nepal riding a bus. It was a day long trip in a well-worn vehicle (this was no Greyhound), and we began our journey at dawn. This particular ride got off to a slow … Continue reading

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The interference of judgment

Judgment is interesting. While necessary for survival, it can interfere with seeing things clearly. Judgment is simply the evaluation of evidence in the making of a decision. Some judgements are conscious (e.g. deciding to read a book because a friend … Continue reading

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