 When we bear witness, when we become the situation – homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death – the right action arises by itself… Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises.
– Roshi Bernie Glassman Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 07, 2019
 Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
– Thich Nhat Hanh Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 06, 2019
 With a Little Help from my Friends
If you really want to become skillful in your thoughts, words, and deeds, you need a trustworthy friend to point out your blind spots. And because those spots are blindest around your unskillful habits, the primary duty of a trustworthy friend is to point out your faults–for only when you see your faults can you correct them; only when you correct them are you benefiting from your friend’s compassion in pointing them out. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The Power of Judgment” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 05, 2019
 Pain is Our Teacher
While we may never prefer to have pain, it can nevertheless push us in ways we would not otherwise push ourselves–into a deeper and ultimately more appreciative experience of what it is to be genuinely alive. – Ezra Bayda, “More than This Body” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 04, 2019
 Spiritual practice is a bit like riding a bicycle.
Once you have learnt how to cycle there is no need to go over the theory behind how the gears work or the best height for your saddle every time you go for a ride. All you have to do is get on your bike and start pedalling. And the key to this practice is to do the best you can and don’t worry too much about whether what you are doing is right or wrong; eventually you will get the hang of it. – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 03, 2019
 Beauty of the Nameless
Taking a walk – July 19, 2016 Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 02, 2019
 A New Year’s Resolution
I intend to cultivate equanimity and balance–not to panic when things appear to be off track, and not to relax when everything seems to be going smoothly. I intend to cultivate awareness and presence and not focus too hard on the outcome–paying more attention to the process and developing understanding and sympathy for myself and others. – David Nichtern, “A New Year’s Resolution to Consider “ Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 01, 2019
 The Truth about Suffering
I once thought Buddhism would save me from suffering. That was before I started to grow older and wiser. And it isn’t so much the wisdom that changed my mind about the end of suffering as it is the aging. – Wes Nisker, “The Question” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for April 30, 2019
 A Precious Death
Where there is no death, there are no risks, and life is utterly meaningless. Life is precious, and so death must be precious too. Our job is to figure out why. – Shozan Jack Haubner, “Consider the Seed” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for April 29, 2019
 My life is filthy with miracles, and yet droughts last as long as they last. The ice caps melt. Polar bears starve. Right now, that sucks. But maybe it’s more important to be driven into despair, humility, and open mind than to get my way in any given moment.
– Filthy With Miracles, Martha Beck’s Shiny Objects Blog |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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