Mindfulbalance – Page 683 – An Irish Mindfulness Meditation Blog: Practicing calm, wellness, meaning and a happier life.

Moment by moment, breath by breath

March 26, 2015March 25, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

Great things are…done…by a series of small things brought together

Vincent van Gogh

Where to look

March 25, 2015March 24, 2015 Karl Duffy5 Comments

If we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves,

it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

(Si nous sommes incapables de trouver la tranquillite en nous-mêmes,

il ne sert à rien de la chercher ailleurs)

La Rochefoucauld,

True potential

March 24, 2015March 22, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

Calm in quiet times is not real calm:

When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature.

Happiness in time of comfort is not real happiness

When you can be happy in the midst of challenges, then you see the true potential of the mind.

Hanchu Daoren, Chinese philosopher, 1572 – 1620

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Make some time today for silence

March 23, 2015March 20, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

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Stop talking, Stop thinking

And there is nothing that you will not understand

Seng-Ts’an, Third Chinese Patriarch

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Sunday Quote: Listening

March 22, 2015March 6, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it,

listen for what it intends to do with you.

Parker Palmer, Let your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

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Learning from nature

March 21, 2015March 13, 2015 Karl Duffy3 Comments

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant.

Let your awareness rest upon it.

How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being.

Allow nature to teach you stillness

Eckhart Tolle

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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