 The Luminous Gap
Entering the awakened state of mind, even for a moment, is always preceded by an experience, however fleeting, of extreme contrast and conflict. Even on the highest and most subtle levels of attainment, negative and positive continue together side by side, until one makes the leap beyond them both. – Francesca Freemantle, “The Luminous Gap in Bardo” |
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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 April 22, 2019
 Death Is a Part of Living
Until you realize the fundamental fact that reality is really in the moment, you’re thinking about long-term goals–‘when I do this’ and ‘when I become that’–so you think, I don’t want to die, because then I won’t be able to do all these things. But if you’re living in the present, death becomes a part of living. – Jason Lewis, “An Interview with Jason Lewis” |
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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 April 11, 2019
 Body as Illusion
There is no ‘body’ in the limbs, – Shantideva, “What Body?” |
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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 January 31, 2019
 “Through meditation practice we learn to enter into silence, and there the fruits of the practice reveal themselves: wisdom, which is seeing deeply into the true nature of life, and compassion, the trembling of the heart in response to suffering. Wisdom reveals that we are all part of a whole, and compassion tells us that we can never really stand apart. Through this prism we see life with openness, knowing our oneness. We find wisdom and compassion coming to life, transforming how we understand ourselves and how we understand our world.”
– Sharon Salzberg, A Heart as Wide as the World |
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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 January 11, 2019
 Nothing Happens Without a Cause
Nothing happens without a cause. Things are the way they are not because of chance or the will of a deity but because people have acted in particular ways and generated particular consequences. The world we inhabit is the product of our actions, which are themselves reflections of our minds. – Andrew Olendzki, “Medicine for the World” |
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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 December 16, 2018
 If you want your children to be happy, spend more time teaching them joy by embodying it
– Martha Beck, How to Stop Procrastinating |
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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 December 11, 2018
 Extending mourning to “sustained mourning” means taking time in addressing our emotion and the existence and nonexistence of others. By taking time I hope to gain the opportunity to learn that every enemy is only another human being, and that every victim has a potential aggressor within.
– Eiko Otake |
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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 November 16, 2018
 The Zen You Bring
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. – Robert Pirsig, “The Loneliest Road in America” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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