Mini Mindfulness Break for February 15, 2020

For anything new to be born, the existing arrangement of particles and situations must die.

– Martha Beck, Your Position from the Starting Block: Insight from Martha

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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering!

All my best,

Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 14, 2020

It costs so much to be
a full human being
that there are very few
who have the enlightenment or the courage to pay the price.
One has to abandon altogether
the search for security
and reach out to the risk of living
with both arms.
One has to embrace the world like a lover.
One has to accept pain
as a condition of existence.
One has to court doubt and darkness
as the cost of knowing.
One needs a stubborn will in conflict,
but apt always to total acceptance
of every consequence
of living and dying.
–Morris West
Australian novelist

– Morris WestAustralian novelist
1916 – 1999

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–Jerome

 

1916 – 1999, enlightenment, existence, Reduce Symptoms Guided Meditation

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 13, 2020

It Is What It Is

The world is what the world is, and I will work in the best way I can to do the healing I can, to take loving actions.

– Roshi Bernie Glassman, “Working in the Cracks “

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Jerome Freedman, PhD
–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 12, 2020

The Gate of Not-Okay

The only thing that can make us uncomfortable with being alone is not liking who we are. That’s what we do when we face the wall: we face who we are. Being okay with however that arises is the most compassion and the most honesty you can ever offer yourself–to just accept yourself as you are. Even if you don’t like it, that’s okay, because not-okay is always a practice gate. We can always include what we don’t like in ourselves. But letting go of worrying about having to become perfect: that’s a gift that we give to ourselves.

– Merle Kodo Boyd, “Okay As It Is, Okay As You Are”

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 11, 2020

If something excites you, go for it. If it excites and scares you, go for it twice as fast.

– Martha Beck

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 10, 2020

Appreciation Is Key

I think for every human being, appreciation in daily life is key. Through having appreciation for everything, you’re able to expand so much as a human being, with your heart and your spirit and your mind.

– Ife Sanchez Mora, “Interview with Nichiren Buddhist Singer Ife Sanchez Mora “

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 09, 2020

How to Be

Dogen said: ‘Directly upon encountering the dharma, we will abandon the law of the world.’ In other words, once we discover the true order behind the appearance of things, our lives will no longer be dominated by the conventional values of society–the seeking to outshine, outrace, outgain.

– Henry Shukman, “How to Be in the World”

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 08, 2020

Great Compassion

The virtues of great compassion are infinite; they could be expounded upon forever without exhausting them, but it boils down to this: Whoever has great compassion can extinguish all obstructions caused by past actions and can fulfill all virtues; no principle cannot be understood, no path cannot be practiced, no knowledge not attained, no virtue not developed.

– Zen Master Torei, “Great Compassion”

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 07, 2020

My path is the path of stopping, the path of enjoying the present moment. It is a path
where every step brings me back to my true home. It is a path that leads nowhere.
I am on my way home. I arrive at every step.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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–Jerome

 

Mini Mindfulness Break for February 06, 2020

Searching for Self

This mind that we identify as the self, which we could call ego-mind, controls everything we do. Yet it can’t actually be found–which is somewhat spooky, as if a ghost were managing our home. The house seems to be empty, but all the housework has been done. The bed has been made, our shoes have been polished, the tea has been poured, and the breakfast has been cooked.

– Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, “Searching for Self”

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–Jerome

 

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