Everyday Mindfulness

Heaven, hell and purgatory, It occurs to me (being the sceptic I am) that I have spent time in all three without the aid of a silk lined box and dirt blanket. I saw no lights during the short period I spent without a pulse, in fact the experience felt no different than the void left by a general an...

I just had a lovely drive like I can't recall. I hadn't noticed before but its a great mindfull practice and one I've been doing for a long time since driving has become a pretty instinctive thing. Noticing it though and working with it was really nice. Not to mention I was patient, precise and law ...

Hello Pajko, I can empathise with feeling alien and difficient and being as unique as I thought I was they clung to.me tenatiously, valiantly resisting all challenges with the word but and a misplaced belief in my own thinking. For what its worth my present ease of existence was unimaginable befor...

Hello Jan, Thats great, I can relate. I've been busted up enough to cause a noticable drain on the public health and yoga can be a bit testing at times. During my practice I am mindful and aware of my position and sensations. The trick for me that takes it from a chore to something I enjoy and appre...

Gidday lucid mind, What you have experienced is quite normal, in fact research into the practice will show similiar experiences in a range of different meditative disciplines. Hence the idea of transendental meditation, literally to transcend the confines of your earthly form. Sounds very ethereal b...

True Paul, If the stories are right I'd be in danger of lightening strikes or some such if I did, but on sunday I gave q heart felt word of thanks to the cliff i was about to ascend and all the tangible things that made the day possible. That seems similiar, giving thanks, being gratefull, appreciat...

Thank you Jon, I'm pleased tp be here.

David

Pedestals and guru's. Idolitry is a necesary part of human nature. A child exhibits unquestioning belief in messages received from thier primary care giver for a variety of reasons directly related to biological survival instincts. The idea of unquestioning belief as an adult however can present a m...

The nature of change. Many of my past notions of what was required to affect desirable emotional and behavioural change entailed force of will and conscious micro management of every detail,always with a strict disciplinarian in the background who could not be satisfied. Needless to say my considera...

Hello all, I am a fellow who has been practicing mindfulness and experiencing its profound benefits for 4 or so years, though it was less than a month ago that i learned of its label and common practice. I made this discovery via an app that went some way to explaining the process and when I read w...