Great read and meditation inspiration: “Neuroscience of Meditation: How To Make Your Mind Awesome” “A good quick way to see it from a neuroscience perspective is as “attention training.” (You know, attention. That thing none of us has anymore.)”
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Reading: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness”
Originally posted 4/9/2013: From Georg Feuerstein’s book Yoga Gems: “So long as we are on automatic, we are propelled by our own habit patterns, and this merely reproduces our state of unenlightenment. The moment we introduce mindfulness, however, we can control undesirable thoughts, motivations, emotions, and actions and activate their positive counterparts.” – Georg Feuerstein With renewal of spring, I wasContinue reading “Reading: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness””
Reading: skill in action
“A great phase in man’s advancement is that in which he passes from subconscious to conscious control of his own mind and body.” F.M. Alexander Yes! We are all on the spectrum…and experience reminds me the spectrum is HUUUGE!
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: More from WTFA
Building on the previous reading on awareness balanced by loving-kindness vs. knee-jerk tendencies towards judgement: “The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently…The ground of not causing harm is mindfulness, aContinue reading “Reading: More from WTFA”
Reading: more from Pema’s WTFA:HADT
“There is nobody on the planet, neither those whom we see as the oppressed nor those whom we see as the oppressor, who doesn’t have what it takes to wake up. We all need support and encouragement to be aware of what we think, what we say, and what we do. Notice your opinions. IfContinue reading “Reading: more from Pema’s WTFA:HADT”
Reading from Class: “I got the Power!”
This is essentially a re-post from 6/2013. “I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of tortureContinue reading “Reading from Class: “I got the Power!””
Reading from Class week of 4/9/2013: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness”
From Yoga Gems: “So long as we are on automatic, we are propelled by our own habit patterns, and this merely reproduces our state of unenlightenment. The moment we introduce mindfulness, however, we can control undesirable thoughts, motivations, emotions, and actions and activate their positive counterparts.” – Georg Feuerstein With renewal of spring, I was inspired by the illuminationContinue reading “Reading from Class week of 4/9/2013: Georg Feuerstein on “Mindfulness””