Time can be a dread Once a while, I observe animals and pets and envy their pragmatism, calm and, maybe, their wisdom. Their life is not fun, mostly routine. They suffer like all of us and yet they do not seem to make a “big deal of their dull and non-exciting life ”. […]
Change: Resisting vs. Accepting How are we dealing with changes? Do we resist them? Accept them? Don’t care? Do they make you happy or sad, optimistic or worried?, angry or serene? Remember this: everything we take for granted is constantly changing in way or the other. The formation of the clouds in the […]
Fear, its attributes and how to try to overcome it. By Harish Verma Fear is an emotion that is our companion from the womb to the tomb. The cave man lived with the fear thunder, going hungry without food etc. And we live in the ultimate fear our safety […]
Mind is like water Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If you put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; adding sugar, […]
MEDITATION IN DAILY LIFE by Kris Mohan Physical & mental Stress is a fact of daily life. If we analyze the root cause of stress and suffering, we would conclude that, beside hatred and ignorance that is illusion/delusion, “desire/graving” is the main culprit in all its manifestations. Many of our sorrows and causes of […]
Mindfulness on the GO: Practicing smiling We have to look always somewhat serious. This is what our society is expecting from us. But, for few days, please allow yourself to smile spontaneously once a while during the day w/o any specific reasons. Strange isn't !
Mindfulness on the GO: Noticing & accepting our dislikes This is another good on the go mindfulness exercise: become aware and paying attention to your aversions, what you dislike, the arising of negative feelings toward someone or something. This is the opposite […]
Mindfulness on the GO: Appreciating the little stuff Learning to appreciate even to be grateful about this and that or about someone is a wonderful mindfulness practice that anyone can practice several times during the day. Initially it will not be easy especially when we are taking things for grated, when we are on […]
Mindfulness 24/7 Practical exercise #3 Listening Mindfulness is to pay attention, to focus on the present moment and any of its components. To be mindful is two fold: 1)To be like a mirror: reflecting things as they are in the present moment using a thoughtless mind that is without a pre-conceived mindset in a […]
Mindfulness on the go: Practical exercise #1 using your non-dominant hand Mindfulness is to pay attention, to focus on the present moment and any of its components. To be mindful is two fold: To be like a mirror: reflecting things as they are in the present moment using a thoughtless mind that is without a […]
