Make the most of life – Page 61

Taking risks

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

Leap and the net will appear.

Zen saying

photo :David long

Sunday Quote: A place for mystery

June 21, 2015June 20, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

On the day of the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year…

If we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are,

and where we come from,

we will have failed

Carl Sagan, 1934 – 1996 U.S. Astronomer and Cosmologist

A wise not-understanding

June 18, 2015June 13, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

Why not then continue to look upon it all as a child would, as were looking at something unfamiliar, out of the depths of your own world, from the vastness of your own solitude, which is itself work and status and vocation? Why should you want to give up a child’s wise not-understanding in exchange for defensiveness and scorn, since not understanding is, after all, a way of being alone, whereas defensiveness and scorn are a participation in precisely what, by these means, you want to separate yourself from.

Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Early morning walk

June 13, 2015June 12, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

I am thinking, or trying to think, about all the imponderables for which we have
no answers, yet endless interest all the range of our lives,

and it’s good for the head no doubt
to undertake such meditation;

Mystery, after all, is God’s other name, and deserves our considerations surely.

But, but – excuse me now, please;
it’s morning, heavenly bright,
and my irrepressible heart begs me to hurry on into the next exquisite moment.

Mary Oliver, Trying to Be Thoughtful in the First Brights of Dawn

Finding happiness inside…

June 10, 2015June 9, 2015 Karl Duffy4 Comments

The main object of religion

is not to get a man into heaven

but to get heaven into him

Thomas Hardy

photo from Glendalough by katzegoesireland

This modern world

June 5, 2015June 2, 2015 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

The endless cycle of idea and action,
Endless invention, endless experiment,
Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness

T.S. Eliot, Choruses from the Rock

photo ananta bhadra lamichhane

About this Blog

Mindfulbalance supports the slow, patient practice of mindfulness meditation, as a way to find balance and meaning in life, reduce stress and develop health and wellbeing. It contains reflections to encourage the practice of meditation as well as occasional posts from psychology, spirituality and the wisdom traditions. The daily posts are prompted by Rilke's advice: "Write about what your everyday life offers you, your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind, and your belief in some kind of beauty". Written in County Laois, Ireland