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Trust

July 18, 2015July 9, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

The center that I cannot find
is known to my unconscious mind.

W.H. Auden

Waiting

July 14, 2015July 6, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

Existence will remain meaningless for you if you yourself do not penetrate into it with active love,

and if you do not in this way discover its meaning for yourself.

Everything is waiting to be hallowed by you.

Martin Buber

photo harry rose

Not a problem

July 8, 2015July 7, 2015 Karl Duffy1 Comment

Can you imagine, if you really let it in, that you are not a problem to be solved in any way?

Imagine you knew that anything that tells you otherwise is just a movement of thought in the mind that says “Whatever is, isn’t the way it is supposed to be.” So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called “the peace that passes all understanding.

Adyashanti.

photo julio nohara

Bit by bit

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 Karl DuffyLeave a comment

Meaning does not come to us in finished form, ready-made; it must be found, created, received, constructed. We grow our way toward it. And sometimes the precious bit of true self, the unlived bit of soul, hides in psychological complexes, in illness, even in tragedy, even in sin…Some mysterious power uses what we see as horrific as as the defeat of all our hopes to bring about our salvation.

Ann Bedford Ulanov, The Wizards Gate

photo jose antonio bielsa arbiol

Sunday Quote: More

July 5, 2015February 18, 2017 Karl Duffy2 Comments

To reach the sea and be happy with a jug of water is a waste

The sea that has pearls…

And a hundred thousand other precious things.

Rumi

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Being alive

July 4, 2015July 2, 2015 Karl Duffy2 Comments

People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.

Joseph Campbell

photo neil ward

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