 Jealousy Can Guide Us
If we can resist the urge of jealousy and envy to pull us deeply into the fantasies we weave about ourselves and others–‘she has this or that, and I have nothing’–we can see them as signposts that point the way to a truth about ourselves, and use their appearance as an urgent call to look within. – Emma Varvaloucas, “Jealousy & Envy “ |
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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 27, 2018
 One thing’s for sure…If any one of us unleashes our creativity, our world will split open. We’ll find unprecedented ways of solving problems and expressing our souls, and our lives will be forever changed.
– Martha Beck, Blog Article, Creativity Tips from Martha |
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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 26, 2018
 We are the curiosity, compassion and intelligence within. Authentic being is the awareness that is aware of it all.
– Cheri Huber |
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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 26, 2018
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We are the curiosity, compassion and intelligence within. Authentic being is the awareness that is aware of it all.
– Cheri Huber |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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A Mindfulness Break in Your Home
Now that you understand what a Mindfulness Break is, you can try it for yourself in your own home or workplace.
In your Mindfulness Break you may experience relaxation, healing, connection, well-being and a sense of deep peace right in your own home or workplace. This will help you cope better with the circumstances of your life and the situation in the world today with all the unrest and insecurity. With the current administration in the United States, with immigrants flowing into the EU and other countries and being rejected by the US, with the elephants in Africa being destroyed by poaching, with climate change raising the oceans and melting the glaciers, with more lies from the military / industrial complex, it is difficult to maintain a level of inner peace, happiness, and tranquility.
Mindfulness Breaks can help bring relief from these and other concerns by helping you to take it all in and finding peace in yourself, regardless of what is going on in the world around you. Whether you are a single mom or dad who works hard to keep your kids in school and getting good grades, a working family with two incomes, a senior citizen (like me) with time on your hands, or a single or married millennial with questions about your future, this guided meditation process is for you and your loved ones.
[Excerpt from my new book, Mindfulness Breaks: The Zen Teachings of Father Eli, coming soon!]What will you choose today?
One of my favorite teachings from Helen Palmer is that “Energy follows attention!” Where we put our attention is where our energy goes. If we put our attention on relaxing, beneficial people, events and things, we will feel happy and have some inner peace.
If we put our attention on negative things, tension, worry, and discomfort follow. We go into the fight, flight or flee response, or just feel bad. “Energy flows where attention goes.”
Mindfulness Breaks™ generate the relaxation response so our energy flows in a positive direction. The Buddha called this “yoniso manasikara” or appropriate attention. This corresponds to a statement by Father Eli,
“Happiness is a state of mind in which our thinking is pleasant a good share of the time. Notice that HAPPINESS IS NOT AN EMOTION – it is a state of mind.”
– Father Eli, The Second Book of Wisdom
I like the way Lissa Rankin, MD put it in her Inner Pilot Light email today:
Pay attention to things that raise your vibration and light me up.
Dance?
Nature?
Intimate conversations with trustworthy friends?
Certain kinds of music?
Veggies and green juice?
Gathering in spiritual community?
Snuggles?Now pay attention to things that lower your vibration and dim me.
Road rage?
Gossip?
Board meetings?
Alcohol?
Cheetos?
Complaining?
Overtime?
Criticizing others?
Criticizing yourself?What will you choose today?
Ready for a bonfire,
Your Inner Pilot Light
I would add news channels, racism, and Trump to the list of things that lower your vibration. Just stop reading and watching the news for one week to see if you experience any relief of tension in your body. I know that when I used to pay attention to the jerks on commercial TV, I would get all anxious and I could feel it in my body. I stopped the news and I stopped the anxiety.
So what will it be? Happy, relaxed emotions like love and compassion? Or tense, conflicting emotions like anger, stress, hatred? The choice is up to you.
You might want to try my Stress Relief Mindfulness Break!
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