 Defining Emptiness
Emptiness simply means an absence of reactivity. When you relate to somebody, there’s not you and me and your little mind running its little comparisons and judgments. When those are gone, that is emptiness. – Charlotte Joko Beck, “Life’s Not a Problem” 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 July 15, 2019
 A Life Informed by Death
If we really faced our fear of death, our lives would ultimately be lighter and more joyful. I don’t propose death awareness to depress us. It enhances our ability to live more fully. – Larry Rosenberg, “Only the Practice of Dharma Can Help Us at the Time of Death” 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 July 10, 2019
 What is the ground that gives us the freedom to make the new future? …”The stilling of inclinations, the relinquishing of bases, the fading away of reactivity, desirelessness, stopping, nirvana.” Nirvana is that space within ourselves that’s not inflected or determined by our impulses, habits, reactivity, and so on, and that allows the possibility of another way of life which is called the Eightfold Path…
– Stephen Batchelor 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 June 25, 2019
 “Believe that your strongest yearning is meant to be fulfilled.”
– Martha Beck, The Gathering Room 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 June 14, 2019
 Clear Thinking
Debating trains you to be clear and gives you an analytical mind. When you study Buddhism you can analyze what really makes sense rather than simply memorizing. And to daily life, you bring skills in analysis and clear thinking. – Rinchen Khando Choegyal, “Standing as Equals” 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 May 31, 2019
 As any good Buddhist will tell you, the only way to find permanent joy is by embracing the fact that nothing is permanent.
– Martha Beck, Finding Your Own North Star 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 April 24, 2019
 Our Fearsome Friend
If we understand fear as an evolved survival mechanism, we gain some perspective and perhaps some release from our identification with the feeling. We might even arrive at a place where we can bow down to fear, seeing it as a friend who is looking out for our very life. – Wes Nisker, “It’s Only Natural” |
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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 March 04, 2019
 Mindful Eating Practices
When we slow down and eat mindfully, our life and health takes on a much deeper quality. Being present with every bite benefits us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We feel nourished on all levels and this has a significant influence on the rest of our day. – Jerome Freedman, Mindfulness Breaks: Your Path to Awakening NOTE: This month we celebrate my teachers, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Father Eli, who taught me so much about meditation, “mind stories” and visualization. My book, Mindfulness Breaks, Your Path to Awakening, celebrates Thich Nhat Hanh and Father Eli. The book was released last month. Chick on the link below or in the bio for more information. |
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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 30, 2019
 People whose hearts have been injured armor themselves against further pain, rejecting anything with the potential to touch them deeply. If you tend to respond to love by running or panicking, don’t push yourself. You must eventually get over the problem if you want your emotional wounds to heal, but you can’t force this to happen. Just try to accept as much compassion as possible, in whatever form you can stand it. Persist in this effort and, over time, your resistance to love will relax.
– Martha Beck, Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live |
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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 22, 2019
 “We look for God in all the wrong places. He’s hiding in the last place we ever look, within our own hearts and souls. We think we’re chasing after and following Him, but it’s more like He’s trying to catch us and we’re running away!”
– Maharajji |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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