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MINDFULNESS Archives - New York Spirit
You are here: Home / Archives for MIND. / MINDFULNESS I am writing this at a time when a viral pandemic has girdled the earth. There is a palpable sense of fear and anxiety, accompanied by the insecurity that comes from the disruption of established patterns of life.
InnerSelf
Welcome... Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self. This is the early-bird version of the newsletter/new issue of InnerSelf. The complete version will be online, and emailed to subscribers, late Sunday afternoon. Happy reading! Please scroll down for the featured articles in this new issue of InnerSelf, and also the recap of all the articles that were added to the website during the week. Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week. Marie T.
Everything Is Connected and Forms "The Process"
Image by Gerd Altmann Everything is connected to form The Process. You can prove this for yourself with some simple examples. I’m assuming you’re dressed right now as you read this book. Look at the clothes you’re wearing. How did they get there? Probably because you dressed yourself earlier in the day. Getting dressed was a process. Bring to mind a politician. How did he or she get elected? Again, through a process. Whether it was ethical or corrupt, it was still a process.
Everything Is Connected and Forms "The Process"
Image by Gerd Altmann Everything is connected to form The Process. You can prove this for yourself with some simple examples. I’m assuming you’re dressed right now as you read this book. Look at the clothes you’re wearing. How did they get there? Probably because you dressed yourself earlier in the day. Getting dressed was a process. Bring to mind a politician. How did he or she get elected? Again, through a process. Whether it was ethical or corrupt, it was still a process.
The 5 Truths That Enable Freedom From Suffering
October 7, 2019 by Darren Cockburn Wouldn’t it be great if we knew how to gain freedom from suffering? The good news is that I’m sharing how we can do just that through discovering five truths… Firstly, when I say ‘suffering’, I’m referring to psychological suffering – not the pain we experience in our bodies. Psychological suffering is generated through thoughts.
Forgive Yourself with thie short guided meditation
Posted on August 26, 2019 By Darren Cockburn Comment Download MP3 ~ Donate ~ All Content Forgive Yourself – Forgiveness Meditation Do you know the practice of forgiveness has a huge impact on our ability to stay mindful? Most of us will relate to finding ourselves lost in thought and feeling unpleasant due to resentment or hatred towards ourselves or other people. And we may be able to recall times when we’ve forgiven somebody or ourselves, and experienced a sense of peace and increased awareness.
Forgive & Be Mindful
July 31, 2019 by Darren Cockburn Do you know that the practice of forgiveness has a huge impact on our ability to stay mindful? Most of us will relate to finding ourselves lost in thought and feeling unpleasant due to resentment or hatred towards ourselves or other people. And we may be able to recall times when we’ve forgiven somebody or ourselves, and then experienced a sense of peace and increased awareness.
InnerSelf
Welcome... Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self. This is the early-bird version of the newsletter/new issue of InnerSelf. The complete version will be online, and emailed to subscribers, late Sunday afternoon. Happy reading! Please scroll down for the featured articles in this new issue of InnerSelf, and also the recap of all the articles that were added to the website during the week. Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week. Marie T.
The Seven Principles of Conscious Digital Device Usage
The speed at which digital device usage has spread is phenomenal. Many of us are spending hours of our time each day using these devices – usually looking at screens. I’m referring to things like phones, computers, tablets, TVs, virtual reality headsets and smart watches. There’s an exponentially increasing number of digitally enabled processes. From ordering products online, to paying a bill in a restaurant or organizing a meeting with friends.
088 - Living a Life of Harmony - Book Interview with Marianne Pestana
Mindfulness Online Training Download MP3 ~ Donate ~ All Content If you like my work, please vote for me and enable the teachings to help more people. I’ve been nominated for Kindred Spirit Magazine’s “Emerging Voice” 2019 award. Voting includes entry to a free prize draw! Here’s a recent interview I had with the lovely Marianne Pestana on her radio show – Moments with Marianne. We discussed spiritual teachings from my new book Living a Life of Harmony including….
085 - 8 Spiritual Truths About Money
Posted on June 12, 2019 By Darren Cockburn Comment Download MP3 ~ Donate If you like my work, please vote for me and enable the teachings to help more people. I’ve been nominated for Kindred Spirit Magazine’s “Emerging Voice” 2019 award. Voting includes entry to a free prize draw! Click here to vote We all have to deal with money in our lives. Making it, spending it, giving it away, using it to be generous, saving for the future and so on.
Act with Kindness, Considering Everyone and Everything
Stated negatively: Do not be intentionally harmful or single-minded in your actions Kindness towards people means being considerate, friendly and generous. The vision is that all your actions consider the whole. The opposite to kindness is intentionally causing harm. The Process rewards us for deeds of kindness, and corrects us for deeds of harm. There are always consequences for our actions. This phenomenon is known as karma in many religions and philosophies.
Act with Kindness, Considering Everyone and Everything
Stated negatively: Do not be intentionally harmful or single-minded in your actions Kindness towards people means being considerate, friendly and generous. The vision is that all your actions consider the whole. The opposite to kindness is intentionally causing harm. The Process rewards us for deeds of kindness, and corrects us for deeds of harm. There are always consequences for our actions. This phenomenon is known as karma in many religions and philosophies.
Presence Meditation: Awareness of Thought and Breath
Over the years I have practiced a number of Buddhist meditation techniques, including Mindfulness of Breathing, Loving Kindness, and Anapanasati on a daily basis. Whilst learning about Eckhart Tolle’s teachings, I developed a meditation technique to directly cultivate Presence. Being in any of the stages of Presence Meditation is beneficial and we can move from one stage to the next at our leisure. We should be kind to our self as we practice and move naturally through the stages at our own pace.
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