A number of readers wrote to say that hadn’t been receiving their Daily Emails…and WHAT HAPPENED!!!! It was yet another manifestation of what appears to be our own private Mercury retrograde: planetary or other influences that have made our technology spin out of control, one thing after another. We were reminded of Thich Nhat Hanh’s great…
Read MoreA Mindshift for When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed and Lost
At illustrator Monica Ramos‘ website, we stumbled on a section called 🙁 “Sometimes I want to fall off the face of the Earth” A solo show about about feeling overwhelmed and lost. Overwhelmed and lost is a feeling we know well, and hear about frequently from friends. Ramos’ image vividly describes the dual nature of…
Read MorePractice: Ask ‘What’s Not Wrong?’
The other day a friend sent us this image of a homeless person lying amidst a drawn virtual room. We have no doubt it was staged by an artist (whoever he/she is) but it still has a feeling of randomness, that life could ironically set things up that way. There are the symbols of a cozy…
Read MoreTree Cloud: What Might We See if We Were Really Looking
Our friend Christopher Eldredge emailed us this image on the very morning that we read this passage from Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Sun My Heart. And IT reminded us of Maria Robledo’s perfect image.
Read Moremindfulness practice 101: hang a reminder you’ll see first thing
Not being the best of meditators, we rely on Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh to gently guide us in mindfulness practice, which, he points out, you can do anywhere, anytime: washing the dishes, walking, cleaning the house, listening to a friend. In The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation, he outlines…
Read Moredaily tonic: how to enjoy every moment
We find this simple practice from Thich Nhat Hanh‘s great book Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life to be a tonic. You can do it anywhere — subway, shopping mall, supermarket…It changes everything. It’s on a par with Bill Murray’s “Grab this day by the neck and kiss it”. Related posts: ‘don’t give up what…
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