Just as exercise or practicing a sport can get sloppy, last week, my practice of meditation and mindfulness got very sloppy as I just carelessly went through the routines. It showed up in the self-sabotaging form of a scattered brain resulting in not getting anything accomplished.
Therefore, I had to work especially hard to pay attention.
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Mindfulness and awareness are deep human capacities that are simply overlooked in our society. It’s is our faculty of ‘thinking’ that gets all the attention in our culture, when the fact is that when you cultivate thinking with the other faculties of mindfulness and awareness, it actually…
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The right attitude comes from deep inside of us, and is not like the mask of mere positive thinking. The right attitude reflects a higher level of consciousness and comes from our natural state… our core being. A place that acknowledges your own inner strengths, efforts, and accomplishments… a place that facilitates our true capabilities.
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One way to bring awareness into you life is to begin your day by asking yourself good questions, such as, “What am I going to focus on today?” This brings intention to everything you do today. Another question to begin your day would be, “I wonder what…
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Because using the mind skillfully is blatantly obvious and the principles are simple and well-known, do not think for one minute they are not important and worth methodical and careful consideration and application. These principles are wholly pragmatic in one’s life, for…
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I have come to strongly believe that masters, be it musicians, mathematicians, athletes, artists, or computer programmers, are made, not born. We may be born in different environments with different skill levels, but significance resides in if and how we build our skills…
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Below the turbulent sea is a calm ocean. Waves are just as big out at sea, but the depth of the ocean floor allows them to remain serene. The same goes for our mind. “External circumstances have no power to regulate one’s thinking, feelings, decisions, or life.”
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I went kiteboarding this afternoon and quickly realized that when one is kiteboarding, one is practicing a type of Mindfulness, especially when the seas are as rough as they were today. It requires your total presence and a skillful use of attention… and when you are in that state of mind, it feels good. Kiteboarding forces the need to be totally present.
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It is during these moments that the ego rears its head and it plays hard ball. The ego can justify anything when it gets something it doesn’t want or wants something it doesn’t get… and it is very, very good at it.
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As simple as this idea is, and as often as we may have heard variations of this idea, taking the time to contemplate and understand the power of this sentence can be life changing. It was for me. If your inner world is subjective…
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