Spirituality

Guided Meditation: Use Distraction to Hone Your Focus

In this week’s guided meditation, mindfulness teacher and designer Toby Sola shows us how we can use what distracts us to strengthen and sharpen our attention. The post Guided Meditation: Use Distraction to Hone Your Focus appeared first on Mindful.

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A Transracial Adoption Story of Love and Resilience

“Make it a great day that ends with a smile in your heart.” Growing up, I always heard my father speak variations of these words. They’ve always sort of been ingrained in my head, but now more than ever are forever planted. He lived by them. He breathed them. And in...

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The Dalai Lama on Surviving the Climate Crisis Together

Franz Alt: Your Holiness, dear friend, fifteen years ago you said to me in an interview: “The twenty-first century could become the happiest and most peaceful one in human history. I hope so for the youth.” Do you still cherish that hope? His Holiness the Dalai Lama:...

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How to Step Into the Present Moment

Many meditation practitioners believe that formal sitting meditation is the pinnacle of practice, relegating other meditation practices to a secondary status. Contrary to common belief, the Buddha taught that mindfulness, and even awakening, can be cultivated in any...

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Rima Fujita Has a Dream

After graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City, the artist Rima Fujita was introduced to the most prestigious art dealers in the New York art world. This seeming good fortune came with a dark cloud. She was deceived, dealers stole her work, and she...

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Mom’s Final Lesson for Me

A while back, I heard a sermon about how difficult it is to drive a car forward without a rearview mirror. The message was that our past—including all of our experiences, decisions, and relationships—guides us to move ahead smoothly. For a person with dementia, this...

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