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Why the present moment?
I’m not sure where I read this, but I like it: “What your mind inclines towards plants the seeds for the next moment.” We all talk about...
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jon walker
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Being present.
A quote I like: “The essence of working with another person is to be present as a living being. And that is lucky, because if we had to...
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jon walker
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
Change.
This from the book Courage to Change from Al Anon: "We can become too busy avoiding change to enjoy the gifts we fear to lose. By...
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jon walker
- Jul 10, 2021
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Working with those butterflies.
Lisa Feldman-Barrett, the psychologist who has done groundbreaking work on emotions, describes hearing a karate instructor telling her...
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jon walker
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Late-onset Mindfulness? Check with Mr. Thoreau.
A useful quote for everyone, but perhaps more so if you came to these practices later in life: “If you have built castles in the air,...
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jon walker
- Jul 7, 2021
- 1 min
An easy gift.
An observation about mindful communication: You can listen someone into being. Image courtesy of David Hoeffler and Unsplash.
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jon walker
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
A Sam Harris Microhit on Happiness
Sam Harris has an incredible way with words, and his app is well worth using. There is a fee, but he will graciously write it off if you...
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jon walker
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
A Sharon Salzberg Quote
Sharon Salzburg is truly amazing. Here is a quote from her series on 10% Happier: “I think that what we do in meditation is really the...
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jon walker
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
A different version of the Serenity Prayer
Shared with me by the amazing mindfulness teacher Stan Eisenstein. Thanks so much, Stan! God grant me the serenity to accept the things I...
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jon walker
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
What is normal?
A great observation from one of my favorite teachers, Jeff Warren: “Sometimes it’s only when we get a break from our excessive mental...
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jon walker
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Do you want it to stop?
From Sayadaw Tejaniya, a very profound teacher whose own struggles with depression started him on the spiritual path. He can say really...
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