 It Is What It Is
The world is what the world is, and I will work in the best way I can to do the healing I can, to take loving actions. – Roshi Bernie Glassman, “Working in the Cracks “ Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 12, 2020
 The Gate of Not-Okay
The only thing that can make us uncomfortable with being alone is not liking who we are. That’s what we do when we face the wall: we face who we are. Being okay with however that arises is the most compassion and the most honesty you can ever offer yourself–to just accept yourself as you are. Even if you don’t like it, that’s okay, because not-okay is always a practice gate. We can always include what we don’t like in ourselves. But letting go of worrying about having to become perfect: that’s a gift that we give to ourselves. – Merle Kodo Boyd, “Okay As It Is, Okay As You Are” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 11, 2020
 If something excites you, go for it. If it excites and scares you, go for it twice as fast.
– Martha Beck Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 10, 2020
 Appreciation Is Key
I think for every human being, appreciation in daily life is key. Through having appreciation for everything, you’re able to expand so much as a human being, with your heart and your spirit and your mind. – Ife Sanchez Mora, “Interview with Nichiren Buddhist Singer Ife Sanchez Mora “ Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 09, 2020
 How to Be
Dogen said: ‘Directly upon encountering the dharma, we will abandon the law of the world.’ In other words, once we discover the true order behind the appearance of things, our lives will no longer be dominated by the conventional values of society–the seeking to outshine, outrace, outgain. – Henry Shukman, “How to Be in the World” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 08, 2020
 Great Compassion
The virtues of great compassion are infinite; they could be expounded upon forever without exhausting them, but it boils down to this: Whoever has great compassion can extinguish all obstructions caused by past actions and can fulfill all virtues; no principle cannot be understood, no path cannot be practiced, no knowledge not attained, no virtue not developed. – Zen Master Torei, “Great Compassion” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 07, 2020
 My path is the path of stopping, the path of enjoying the present moment. It is a path
where every step brings me back to my true home. It is a path that leads nowhere. I am on my way home. I arrive at every step.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 06, 2020
 Searching for Self
This mind that we identify as the self, which we could call ego-mind, controls everything we do. Yet it can’t actually be found–which is somewhat spooky, as if a ghost were managing our home. The house seems to be empty, but all the housework has been done. The bed has been made, our shoes have been polished, the tea has been poured, and the breakfast has been cooked. – Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, “Searching for Self” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 05, 2020
 Motivation to Awaken
We do have the potential to awaken, but we must do the hard work of distinguishing when we are motivated by greed, hatred, and delusion, and when we are motivated by their opposites–generosity, kindness, and wisdom. – Lynn Kelly, “First Thought, Worst Thought “ Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 04, 2020
 Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.
– Charlotte Joko Beck Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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