 Wisdom at Work
The desire to know something is wisdom at work. Being mindful is not difficult. But it’s difficult to be continuously aware. For that you need right effort. But it does not require a great deal of energy. It’s relaxed perseverance in reminding yourself to be aware. When you are aware, wisdom unfolds naturally, and there is still more interest. – Sayadaw U Tejaniya, “The Wise Investigator” 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 November 23, 2019
 The Mere Fact of Being
It is precisely our recognition of life’s inevitable hardships, along with our uprooting of the attachment that exacerbates them, that allows us to appreciate the mere fact of being. Suffering and its unwholesome causes are not to be escaped but to be confronted–and eventually transformed into wisdom and compassion. – Rev. Patti Nakai, “Someone Is Jealous of You “ 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 October 14, 2019
 Wisdom Will Resurface
Wisdom does accumulate–not in a linear arithmetic progression but in a complex, dynamic system. Each understanding sheds light upon the others in an interactive living process. Insights that seem unassailable may suddenly meet passionate doubt, all clarity shattered at the very moment it is most needed. Then, just as suddenly, wisdom will resurface, stronger for having vanished, wisdom that now knows of its own disintegration. – Nina Wise, “Sudden Awakening” 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 September 23, 2019
 Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am Everything, and between the
two my life moves. – Nisargadatta Maharaj 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 August 13, 2019
 Discovering the Mind
We do not need to be afraid of our mind. We can go on a journey of discovery and experiment. Then we are able to play with our mental processes and develop our mental ability in wisdom and compassion. – Martine Batchelor, “Life’s Meditation, Mental Habits, and Creative Imagination “ 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 04, 2019
 Abbot Lot came to Abbot Joseph and said: Father, according as I am able, I keep my little rule, and my little fast, my prayer, meditation and contemplative silence; and according as I am able I strive to cleanse my heart of thoughts: now what more should I do? The elder rose up in reply and stretched out his hands to heaven, and his fingers became like ten lamps of fire. He said: Why not be utterly changed into fire?
From Thomas Merton: The Wisdom of the Desert I’ve never quite lost the perspective that what we call “reality” is a projection of consciousness. Suffering is genuine, significant, and truly horrible. But under it — around it, containing it — is something much more true. It brings light and grace to all the horror. It makes sense of everything. – Martha Beck, Virtually Freaking Out, Shiny Objects Blog 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 28, 2019
 The Magic of Reflecting
Through the magic of reflecting on the teachings, their force–sometimes clear, sometimes obscure–will cause ferment in our minds from which we can gradually distill the wisdom of reflection. This requires discipline, but also bravery–the bravery to dig deep down to uncover our confusion. – Lama Jampa Thaye, “How Do We Learn the Dharma?” 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 29, 2019
 A Tulku’s Take on Nirvana
The essence of our consciousness is already love and wisdom. Karma, concepts, and emotional patterns are only temporarily preventing our consciousness from unfolding its enlightened nature. – Tulku Thubten Rinpoche, “Nirvana: Three Takes “ 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 01, 2019
 The Truth about Suffering
I once thought Buddhism would save me from suffering. That was before I started to grow older and wiser. And it isn’t so much the wisdom that changed my mind about the end of suffering as it is the aging. – Wes Nisker, “The Question” 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 26, 2019
 Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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