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Practicing Peace: How to Meditate
This is the seventh — and last! — post in my series Practicing Peace, in which I am sharing some of the practices I do throughout my days, including mindfulness, self-connection, and meditation. See...
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Coming Full Circle
Orlando and I woke up and had breakfast and then we went out. We arrived at our meditation class at a Tibetan monastery. Another homeschool mom had organized the class, and we showed up at and sat on...
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I fell into the hole again… oh so irritable and full of resistance, listening to all these terrible voices inside, running away from them at the same time letting them drive… Yesterday morning, sitting...
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How can I set right a tangle which is entirely below the level of my consciousness? Nisargardatta: “By being with yourself… by watching in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to...
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Nest
A tree fell across the path — a pine with a broad, low canopy, where the kids had loved to play. It seemed to have fallen slowly, and was resting there, leaning over, with most of its roots still in...
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The Corner
I was meditating in my new little nook when Mica came in. “Hi, Mica.” And then a few minutes later, “Hi, Orlando.” They both jostled for position in my lap (not easy when I’m sitting on a meditation...
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All these arise
Just these words… May I be safe. May I be happy. May I be healthy. May I live with ease. Over and over again, for myself, and then for a benefactor, for a loved one, for someone I feel neutrally about,...
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Inside My Heart
“Compassion lives in a wise resonance with the tender and painful aspects of life.” — DaeJa Napier Yearning I want to let go of criticism. Criticism of others, of myself. I could put myself first,...
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Fluidity
I’m running down the two-lane island road… there are few cars, fewer people, and a horse. I notice the cadence of my feet, how they meet the pavement, how they flex and lift, and how my forward motion...
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Balance
One year ago, I was inspired to spend 2012 practicing love, meditating on the four brahma-viharas (translated as “divine abodes” or “best homes”). I was to spend three months on each: lovingkindness —...
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