Avoiding routine in mindfulness practise

[beherenow.space]

Does anyone have a my tips for preventing mindfulness becoming a repetitive habitual routine that can make the mind dull rather than spontaneous and alive? Do you think that is a danger of a fixed and regular mindfulness practise?

You can see that those who pursue a system, who drive the mind into certain practices, obviously condition the mind according to that formula; therefore, the mind is not free. It is only the free mind that can discover, not a mind conditioned according to any system, whether Oriental or Occidental. Conditioning is the same, by whatever name you may call it. To see the truth, there must be freedom, and a mind that is conditioned according to a system can never see the truth.

http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamur ... 160202.php

[JonW]

Vary meditations from week to week. Sitting with eyes closed is not the only option.
Read around the subject.
Connect with like-minded souls. I started a mindfulness meet-up group in my home town of Brighton. After three years the group had 575 members. I made some great friends through the group. It cost me less than ten pounds a month to run.
Become more active on this forum. I'm always surprised and not a little disappointed to see how many members disappear as soon as they get their questions answered. Stick around and help us grow this mindful community.
JW

[beherenow.space]

Wow 575, that's excellent. Was that using the meetup.com website?

[JonW]

Hi Stephen. It was, yes. I'm now living in a tent and I'm unlikely to be in one place for long so a friend has taken that group on. I'm looking into the idea of having a kind of pop-up group I could operate whenever I arrive in a new town.
Jon
mindfulpilgrim.com

[beherenow.space]

Living in a tent!? By choice rather than by necessity I presume? How long have you been doing that?

[beherenow.space]

Just had a look at your website. Excellent idea, hope it goes well :-)
I'm planning on doing a podcast interviewing experienced mindfulness practitioners and I'd love to interview you for it.
Stephen

[JonW]

Hi Stephen,
It would be a pleasure to be interviewed by you.
All good things,
Jon

[beherenow.space]

Great, I'll let you know when I am set up and ready.
Stephen

[beherenow.space]

Hi Jon
Podcast all set up:
https://beherenowspace.wordpress.com/interviews/
And
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/min ... 87982?mt=2

Are you free next week, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening?
Would you be able to do it over Skype?

Stephen

[FeeHutch]

This sounds very exciting I hope you get the interview done and I look forward to hearing the podcast.