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on Thursday, September 1st, 2011
There is so much talk about happiness today that it seems like anything that makes us happy is good and anything that falls under the ‘unhappiness’ umbrella is bad only to chase the things that create the former and avoid the things that make us feel the latter. Has the pendulum swung [...]
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on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Every time I sit down to discuss my practice with my teacher; the first thing that he always reminds me is that the inner practice is the most important. I also hear Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo commenting again and again on the need for each of us to watch our mind. What if [...]
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on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Left to my own devices, I am an intense person – laid back but intense. If I could, I would exercise for one grueling four hour session and then not again until next week (or next month), eat all the healthy, nutrient rich, antioxidant, cancer fighting foods for one giant breakfast for the week. I [...]
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on Friday, March 5th, 2010
In becoming more mindful we create more presence, peace and joy for ourselves and the world around us regardless of what is happening ‘out there.’ It is not just a tactic to reduce stress in the moment, but mindfulness creates a stable foundation to our lives and a more effective way of being in the world. How do [...]
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on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our inner world and the world around us. Here is a little exercise we sometimes give to gain an understanding of what mindfulness or meditation is and why it is vital in creating an inner world by your own design and an outer world that [...]