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| Allegiance to Life
Feeling alarm or devastation can guide us to a deep sanity, reminding us of who we are and what we need. It can remind us that we belong to this larger body and that we care for it. Our power to act, our power to take part in the healing of our world, our power to bring things back into balance, comes from the same source as that devastation. Our pain for the world, and our power to take part in the healing of our world, both come from the same place. – Joanna Macy, “Allegiance to Life” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, |
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| This water’s shape is round or square according to the container that holds it. In the spring warmth, it is liquid; in the winter cold, it is solid. When its path is open, it flows. When its path is obstructed, it stands quiet. How vast it is, yet its source is so small it is difficult to find. How wonderful it is in its streams, which flow endlessly. In the jade rivulets, the footprints of dragons remain. In the deep pond, water holds the bright halo of the autumn moon. On the tip of the king’s pen, water becomes the compassion of clemency. On the willow branch, it becomes the clear fresh balm of compassion.Only one drop of the water of compassion is needed and the Ten Directions are all purified. “Verses of Consecration” from “Chanting of the Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh “There is a wrong understanding of Mindfulness-they may believe that mindfulness in an instrument that can help business men get more money and the military to kill better. That is why if you have not seen the seven other elements in the path of Mindfulness, you have not seen Mindfulness, and that is not Right Mindfulness.” The other seven that he “We have seen that one person can bring liberation and healing to thousands, even millions of people. Each one of us, whether a factory worker, a politician, a waitress, businessperson, an entertainer, or a father coaching a soccer game, shares this deep desire. But it is important to remember that to realize this wonderful ambition we must first take care of ourselves. To bring happiness to others, we must be happiness. And this is why we always train ourselves to first take care of our own bodies and minds. Only when we are solid can we be our best and take good care of our loved ones.” I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. They do not touch enough on what is not wrong. . . . Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and to see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? – Thich Nhat Hanh, “Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh: An Interview” |
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| Stand with Your Shadow
I believe that traditions can promote peace and they can promote violence. There are shadows in humanity, and therefore there are shadows in our traditions. One has to stand with one’s shadows and one’s traditions, which is difficult to do, and learn to use the values of compassion, restorative justice, and reconciliation as pathways toward healing. – Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, “The Torah of Nonviolence” |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 29, 2020
 I Heal Myself on All Levels
This is a time of compassion and a time of healing. Go within and connect with that part of yourself that knows how to heal. It is possible. Know that you are in the process of healing. Discover your healing abilities–those that are strong and powerful. You are incredibly capable. Be willing to go to a new level to find abilities and capabilities that you were not aware of so you can truly heal yourself on all possible levels. – Louise Hay Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for May 22, 2020
 The First Step
For white America, [the] systematic undoing of centuries of racial indoctrination, [the] letting go of the ‘conceptual paint’ it has uncritically absorbed about black Americans, is the necessary first step toward the epistemological humility and egoless listening we are morally obliged to bring to our encounters with all Others. Another name for such selfless, healing listening is love. – Charles Johnson, “Every 28 Hours” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for February 13, 2020
 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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Mini Mindfulness Break for October 26, 2019
 If enough people start mending their true nature in the incredibly interconnected world we’re creating, the cumulative effect really could begin healing the true nature of, well, everything.
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Mini Mindfulness Break for October 13, 2019
 Letting Go and Reaching Out
If we’re able to catch an angry thought as it’s budding, we can let it go. The same is true of despair or hopelessness. And when letting go is too difficult, a good medicine for dealing with these emotions is to reach out and help others, healing them and ourselves. – John Daido Loori Roshi, “Between Two Mountains” Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for July 14, 2019
 No hero’s journey ever ends, and your next adventure is already happening. The moment you accept the call to adventure, the road of trials begins finding its way from your unconscious awareness into your consciousness, freeing and expanding your Imagination, helping you become the healing you hope to create.
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Mini Mindfulness Break for January 20, 2019
 Egocentric karmic conditioning/self-hate specializes in the “that’s beautiful/that’s ugly,” “that’s malevolent/that’s healing.” The dualistic world of the illusion of a self separate from Life is constantly comparing/judging. But we know that dualistic process is an illusion. There’s no such thing as this or that; there’s only and always this AND that. One whole.
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