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Month: April 2014

Our original Unity

April 30, 2014April 29, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

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We are already one.

But we imagine that we are not.

And what we have to recover is our original unity.

What we have to be is what we are.

Thomas Merton

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The way of not pushing

April 30, 2014April 28, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

SweepingMonk

Most people want to have pure clarity,

but sweep as you will,

you cannot empty the mind.

Keizan Jokin, Zen master, 1268–1325

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Getting real

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Karl Duffy1 Comment

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It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work

and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.

Wendell Berry

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Loveliness

April 29, 2014April 30, 2014 Karl Duffy2 Comments

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For lack of attention

a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Evelyn Underhill

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No gap

April 28, 2014April 25, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

thinking

At the moment of going there, just go there.

At the moment of coming here, just come here.

There is no gap

Dogen, Guidelines for Studying the Way

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Right in front of us

April 28, 2014April 25, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

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We cannot become truly good in a better, more marvellous, and yet easier way

than by the simple use of the means offered us by God:

The acceptance of all that comes to us at each moment of our lives.

Jean Pierre de Caussade, French Jesuit priest, 1675 –  1751, author of The Sacrament of the Present Moment

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Mindfulbalance supports the patient practice of mindfulness meditation as a way to increase wellness, reduce stress and develop greater health, happiness and meaning. It contains reflections to encourage the practice of meditation, guidance if you are just starting, as well as occasional posts on psychology and spirituality. The daily themes are prompted by Rilke's advice: "Write about what your everyday life offers you; describe your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind and your belief in some kind of beauty" Written in Co. Kildare, Ireland

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