Awareness – Page 337 – Mindfulbalance

Sunday Quote: letting go of pushing

August 31, 2014August 25, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

Life is not a problem to be solved,

it is a mystery to be lived.

Osho

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A quiet happiness

August 29, 2014August 28, 2014 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

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I have no power of miracle

other than the attainment of quiet happiness.

I have no tact

except the exercise of gentleness

The Oracle of Sumuyoshi, Shinto Shrine, Osaka, Japan.

Photo Bill Nicholls

Ordinary

August 28, 2014August 21, 2014 Karl Duffy2 Comments

The sacred is in the ordinary…

it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s own backyard…

travel may be a flight from confronting the scared — this lesson can be easily lost.

To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous

Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist, 1908 – 1970

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A bigger picture

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 Karl Duffy3 Comments

The Comet Jacques passed over Ireland these last few days, but unfortunately cloud cover made it difficult to experience this “once in a lifetime” event. It will not be back for another 20,000 years. The night sky tends to put things into perspective:

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.

When you look into infinity you realize that there are more important things than what people do everyday.

Calvin in Bill Watterson‘s Calvin and Hobbes

A different day

August 20, 2014August 19, 2014 Karl Duffy8 Comments

If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience,

know only that you have chosen to do so,

and that the opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, The Joy of Living

A wider container

August 15, 2014August 11, 2014 Karl Duffy1 Comment

Awareness is not the same as thought.

It lies beyond thinking, although it makes no use of thinking, honoring its value and its power.

Awareness is more like a vessel which can hold and contain our thinking, helping us to see and know our thought as thought rather than getting caught up in them as reality.

Jon Kabat Zinn, Wherever You go, There you are

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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