Path of Mindfulness

in Daily life

LIVING MEDITATION

REFLECTIONS ON MEDITATION

CREATIVE LIVING

Living Meditation

Based on our inherent quality of

intelligence, we can attain enlightenment

while living household life and

contemplating impermanence within our

self.

Meditation means cultivating the mind to

achieve insight wisdom and ultimately-

liberation.

What is ‘cultivating the mind’?

To understand the mind you have to watch

and pay attention with an uncluttered and

silent mind.

Try to experience watching yourself in

silence. That silence is the silence of the

mind free from discriminations, free from

likes and dislikes, free from clinging.

To meditate, no need to sit in

padmasana!

Thoughts and emotions by themselves are just momentary and possess no life of their own. By clinging to them you prolong their stay.

Only when your mind is free from clinging and rejecting, you can see anger as anger, desire as desire. Understand and deal with anger, desire and ignorance as they occur. Train your mind to watch itself even while you are busy with your normal life.

Meditation =

Mindfulness + Equanimity

If you can be mindful without judgement

and without likes and dislikes then you are

practicing with an inner silence and

equanimity.

Staying with the moment and viewing

everything without likes and dislikes.

Prajna:

Penetrating insight wisdom

To look into yourself directly is to come

back to your own source and to reach an

inner equilibrium and silence. It is only

from this inner equilibrium that you can

view the outer chaos objectively as a

circumstantial situation. See the cause

behind the chaos , resolve it in the best

way for the circumstances.

Silent Mind

A truly silent mind is alert and sensitive to

its surroundings. This is because it is

devoid of judging, clinging or rejecting.

The silent mind is free from hatred, anger,

jealousy, confusion and conflict.

By their nature, thoughts are transient and

go if the ‘I’ interferes and says ”Let them

Go”

The Laws of Love and the Laws

of Life:

When we love unconditionally, we help others to feel secure and safe, validated and affirmed in their essential worth, identity and integrity.

As human beings we are responsible for our lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions and not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to our values.

Six major deposits that build the

emotional Bank Account:

1) Understanding the individual; 2)

Attending to the little things; 3)

Keeping commitments: 4) Clarifying

expectations; 5) Showing personal

integrity; 6) Apologizing sincerely when

you make a withdrawal.

Personal Management:

Put first things first

R U an effective manager of UR self ?

Follow UR own deep values, their source.

Act to actualize UR proactive first creation.

Organize & execute around priorities

FIRST: Important -Urgent, then

[+Important-not-urgent]

Focus on relationships & results

Know when U got to say a firm ‘NO’