Step by step
a new-born lamb
eternal spring
Zen Master Soen Nakagawa
1955
Friday, March 9, 2012
A Personal Safari to Find Our Inner Lioness
A Personal Safari to Find Our Inner Lioness
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A Personal Safari to Find Our Inner Lioness
By Debo888
Created Mar 2 2012 - 8:13am
By Deborah Viapiana-Ricci, TSB Contributor 
March beckons as February parts. March will begin with our "inner lioness" lying in wait…for just the right moment to carry out her “mindful” mission. Yes, the message for March will be Mindfulness.
Dr. Ellen Langer's book, “Mindfulness” speaks of how much being mindful can make an incredible difference in all of our lives.
And, truth be told, most of us lull in and out of our days rather mindlessly…sadly. Bringing this kind of awareness to the table won’t be as easy as a fleeting conversation about it. Nothing this meaningful can be truly sought after lightly.
It’s all or nothing, my friends…we are awake or we sleep; not much gray area there, I’m afraid. Every year, we New Englanders ponder the oncoming of the first taste of spring. There’s just something about winter leaving us with the hope of warmer days on their way.
Each season has something to offer but I think spring in this part of the country is a welcome event. We begin to chase away the dreary days with thoughts of our garden to come. The magic of it all somehow makes us glad to be alive. It’s a wonderful time, indeed. Okay…now for the tough part. We’ve had all winter to be holed up with our hopes and dreams.
S0, now what are we willing to do to bring them to fruition? Have you been journaling? What have you been thinking about? What kinds of things do you want to change? We have work to do if we intend to have a great crop of accomplishments come harvest time…and spring is the perfect time to start! Here’s what we’ll do. Let’s pick one thing we could use a little more clarity about.
We’ll take small steps to build on that idea so we bring ourselves closer to manifesting our desired outcome. We don’t need to have all the pieces in place at once, just so long as we keep our eye on the prize. You know…our very own prize…the one we’ve been searching for a good long while.
Then, plot a course by being accountable to yourself…Create a list of measurable results and peck them off one at a time. Maybe you have a gal pal who wants to embark on her own treasure hunt and is willing to help you with yours. You can meet once a week and report of your successes and celebrate together. I love crossing things off my list, don’t you? As we happily step into March, summon your inner lioness and keep an eye on the periphery of your life…mindfully…one day at a time, and in two weeks when we check back in with each other, let’s share our victories, big and small…they ALL matter.
Now then…get some water, sit down with pen and paper and make that list…keeping it small though. We don’t need to set ourselves up for failure. Remember thirty short days is all it takes to begin a new pattern of behavior…not that much in the vast scheme of things.
When the end of the month rolls around, our lioness will give way to our peaceful lamb that can begin calmly guiding us with a pace of grace.
Deborah Viapiana-Ricci is a freelance columnist living in McKinney, with her husband, Wil. She can be found brushing her mane and practicing her roar just in time for spring! Feel free to write Deborah@teresinas.com
March beckons as February parts. March will begin with our "inner lioness" lying in wait…for just the right moment to carry out her “mindful” mission. Yes, the message for March will be Mindfulness.Dr. Ellen Langer's book, “Mindfulness” speaks of how much being mindful can make an incredible difference in all of our lives.
And, truth be told, most of us lull in and out of our days rather mindlessly…sadly. Bringing this kind of awareness to the table won’t be as easy as a fleeting conversation about it. Nothing this meaningful can be truly sought after lightly.
It’s all or nothing, my friends…we are awake or we sleep; not much gray area there, I’m afraid. Every year, we New Englanders ponder the oncoming of the first taste of spring. There’s just something about winter leaving us with the hope of warmer days on their way.
Each season has something to offer but I think spring in this part of the country is a welcome event. We begin to chase away the dreary days with thoughts of our garden to come. The magic of it all somehow makes us glad to be alive. It’s a wonderful time, indeed. Okay…now for the tough part. We’ve had all winter to be holed up with our hopes and dreams.
S0, now what are we willing to do to bring them to fruition? Have you been journaling? What have you been thinking about? What kinds of things do you want to change? We have work to do if we intend to have a great crop of accomplishments come harvest time…and spring is the perfect time to start! Here’s what we’ll do. Let’s pick one thing we could use a little more clarity about.
We’ll take small steps to build on that idea so we bring ourselves closer to manifesting our desired outcome. We don’t need to have all the pieces in place at once, just so long as we keep our eye on the prize. You know…our very own prize…the one we’ve been searching for a good long while.
Then, plot a course by being accountable to yourself…Create a list of measurable results and peck them off one at a time. Maybe you have a gal pal who wants to embark on her own treasure hunt and is willing to help you with yours. You can meet once a week and report of your successes and celebrate together. I love crossing things off my list, don’t you? As we happily step into March, summon your inner lioness and keep an eye on the periphery of your life…mindfully…one day at a time, and in two weeks when we check back in with each other, let’s share our victories, big and small…they ALL matter.
Now then…get some water, sit down with pen and paper and make that list…keeping it small though. We don’t need to set ourselves up for failure. Remember thirty short days is all it takes to begin a new pattern of behavior…not that much in the vast scheme of things.
When the end of the month rolls around, our lioness will give way to our peaceful lamb that can begin calmly guiding us with a pace of grace.
Deborah Viapiana-Ricci is a freelance columnist living in McKinney, with her husband, Wil. She can be found brushing her mane and practicing her roar just in time for spring! Feel free to write Deborah@teresinas.com
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Jiddu Krishnamurti: Meditation (Part 1) - YouTube
Jiddu Krishnamurti: Meditation (Part 1) - YouTube
ploaded by KrishnamurtiArchive on Jan 8, 2011
ploaded by KrishnamurtiArchive on Jan 8, 2011
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A Wholly Different Way of Living: San Diego, California 1974
28th February 1974 17th Conversation with Dr. Allan W. Anderson
'Meditation - 1'
A: Mr Krishnamurti, in our last conversation we came almost up to the point where we were about to begin another, on the subject of meditation. And I was hoping that today we could share that together.
K: Right, sir. Sir, I don't know if you are aware of the many schools of meditation - in India, in Japan, in China, the Zen, and the various Christian contemplative orders, those who pray endlessly, keep going day after day; and those who wait to receive the grace of God - or whatever they call it. I think, if I may suggest, we should begin, not with what is the right kind of meditation, but what is meditation.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Eternal Now
Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.
- Mother Teresa
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Beginner's Mindful Learning
Sit down before facts like a little child, and be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly whatever and to whatever abyss nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
- T.H. Huxley
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Asilomar State Marine Reserve Waves
Northern edge of Asilomar Beach, a beautiful area close to Monterey, CA...
Friday, December 10, 2010
Brain Waves
| State | Brain Wave Frequency | Associated With |
|---|---|---|
| Beta | 14 – 21 cycles per second (cps) and higher | Waking State, the five senses. Perception of Time and Space |
| Alpha | 7 – 14 cps | Light sleep, meditation, intuition. No Time & Space limitation. |
| Theta | 4 – 7 cps | Deeper Sleep, Meditation. |
| Delta | 0 – 4 cps | Deep Sleep. You are unconscious at Delta. |
The Five Rules for Mind-Body Healing
Five major mental techniques that have important effects on the self-healing processes.
The Five Mental Techniques Are:
- The need for relaxation and quietude.
- Learning to focus your attention on one thing (e.g. breathing), which allows you to develop mental self-control and avoid distractions.(The above two points are achieved through meditation).
- Learning visualization or imagery techniques since pictures are the preferred language of the mind.
- Incorporating intent into the process, a wish for some goal to be reached and an expectation that it will.
- The evocations of strong positive emotions during the healing process.
It sounds simple right? But it’s much harder in practice before we have been trained to react to bad health and illness in the wrong way – by forgetting to observe the effect our mind has on the disease.
Your mind is the single most effective tool for benefitting your physical health.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Mindfulness
Certainly, mental rehearsal and thoughtful reflection can be useful at times. But there are better ways to do it than through the haze of unconscious preoccupation and absorption. If you have real problems, it will be important to work them with a clear mind.
If you are routinely out of touch with the present, you may miss more than the morning commute. You might be thinking of other things while playing with your children, lost in thought when you are with friends, missing tender moments with your lover, oblivious to the beauty of a sunny day or the place you are in short, missing out on life.
Mindfulness Meditation is about learning to experience life fully as it unfolds—moment by moment. One popular misconception about meditation is that it is a way to make your mind blank so you can escape from what you are feeling. Jon Kabat-Zinn wants you to understand that meditation is an invitation to wake up, experience the fullness of your life, and transform your relationship with your problems, your fears, and any pain and stress in your life so that they don’t wind up controlling you and eroding the quality of your life and your creativity. It is not about running away, or manipulating mental states.
Through the practice of mindfulness, you can learn to develop greater calmness, clarity and insight in facing and embracing all your life experiences, even life’s trials, and turning them into occasions for learning, growing and deepening your own strength and wisdom.
In his program, internationally-known meditation teacher Kabat-Zinn shows you how to:
If you are routinely out of touch with the present, you may miss more than the morning commute. You might be thinking of other things while playing with your children, lost in thought when you are with friends, missing tender moments with your lover, oblivious to the beauty of a sunny day or the place you are in short, missing out on life.
Mindfulness Meditation is about learning to experience life fully as it unfolds—moment by moment. One popular misconception about meditation is that it is a way to make your mind blank so you can escape from what you are feeling. Jon Kabat-Zinn wants you to understand that meditation is an invitation to wake up, experience the fullness of your life, and transform your relationship with your problems, your fears, and any pain and stress in your life so that they don’t wind up controlling you and eroding the quality of your life and your creativity. It is not about running away, or manipulating mental states.
Through the practice of mindfulness, you can learn to develop greater calmness, clarity and insight in facing and embracing all your life experiences, even life’s trials, and turning them into occasions for learning, growing and deepening your own strength and wisdom.
In his program, internationally-known meditation teacher Kabat-Zinn shows you how to:
- Access your own deep inner resources for learning, growing and healing
- Enrich your experience of everyday living by being fully present in the moment
- Reduce stress by responding creatively rather than reacting mindlessly
- Bring greater clarity and understanding to everything you do
- Function more effectively within your apparent limitations and problems by cultivating your fundamental strengths
- Reestablish contact with your physical body to heighten and expand experiences of pleasure and vitality
- Reduce or overcome addictive or self-destructive behavior patterns
- Develop a strong daily meditation practice
Mindfulness Meditation can give you back a high degree of control in your life, beyond the automatic actions and reactions that so often drive our behavior. It can free you from being stuck in fear or uncertainty and help you to take life on as an adventure in growth and learning and feeling. Begin listening today, and discover what it’s like to see the world you actually have, not the one you think you are missing, and to live the life that is yours to live in its fullness, moment by moment and day by day.
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