Spirituality
There’s a deeply situated, innate sense of inner safety we are born with when we receive love and care as infants under the right conditions. But as we grow older and experience events and situations that threaten this core sense of safety, our inner compass finds it...
‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’ Everyday...
“With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend.” ~Kristin Neff For a long time, I carried a question with me that I rarely said out loud. It wasn’t dramatic. It didn’t sound cruel. It felt reasonable—even responsible....
'It's hard to attain the state where nothing is practised and nothing manifested.' Buddha Sutra in 42 Sections
A nine-minute practice to direct our awareness toward what pains us so that we can live with an undefended heart. The post A Meditation to Nourish an Undefended Heart appeared first on Mindful.
As the mind becomes calm, the breath, which was originally coarse, becomes correspondingly lighter and more refined. The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
Do mindful people feel better in their own bodies? Does mindfulness make you kinder? Researchers are diving into these questions and uncovering the benefits of mindfulness. The post Does Mindfulness Make You Kinder? Key Studies On What We Know (and Don’t Know Yet)....
“Ironically enough, when you make peace with the fact that the purpose of life is not happiness but rather experience and growth, happiness comes as a natural byproduct. When you are not seeking it as the objective, it will find its way to you.” ~Unknown I had ten...
‘It is the courage to let go of the familiar, to step into the unknown, and to trust in awareness and wisdom, even when the path ahead is unclear.’ Everyday Buddhism
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~Buddha For most of my life, hoping for something better wasn’t a problem. It was my fuel. If everything had lined up the way I once imagined, it would have looked something...