“Humility and gratitude go hand in hand. The feeling of gratitude is an interaction between the mind and the body. Both will benefit from it. Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn, to be grateful for what we receive day by day, simply toContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving 2015!”
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Reading: Mindful action
“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we have now has been the result of past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions: so we haveContinue reading “Reading: Mindful action”
Reading from Class: Buddha’s teaching on the art of living by Goenka
“Buddha taught…just to observe nature as it is by observing the reality inside. Out of ignorance, we keep reacting in ways which harm ourselves and others. But when wisdom arises – the wisdom of observing reality as it is – this habit of reacting falls away. When we cease to react blindly, then we areContinue reading “Reading from Class: Buddha’s teaching on the art of living by Goenka”
Reading: Practice Living Your Yoga
“Practice can be understood as a willingness to return to the reality of this very moment, that is, to observe with dispassion and clarity exactly what is–right now… …relying on paying attention to the thoughts and sensations of the moment will give me a chance to respond to life less from my patterns of defenseContinue reading “Reading: Practice Living Your Yoga”