Meditation Is Not Evasion
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Dear Still Water Friends, This past week, an old companion returned and provided me a chance to begin anew in my relationship with fear and regret. My old companion is a deep fear of scarcity. I fuel this fear with … Continued| Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center
Image Caption: Portrait of the author’s grandmother by Elaine de Kooning. Photo by Connie Anderson.| Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center
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Image Caption:Thích Nhất Hạnh leading walking meditation, October 9, 2005. Photo by Paul Davis.| Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center
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My ongoing practice with patience continues to change its form based on what I need, modeling the very suppleness I aspire to cultivate. At the moment, Thích Nhất Hạnh’s (Thầy’s) commentary on the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing is my companion. In the sutra, the Buddha teaches sixteen breathing exercises that form the foundation of mindfulness. The tenth is offered to help us gladden the mind: “Breathing in, I make my mind happy. Breathing out, I make my mind happy.”| Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center
Weekly E-Mail Newsletter Each week, we send out an e-mail announcement about our Thursday program, usually including comments and quotes about mindfulness in daily life. (Links to the three most recent Dharma Topic announcements are listed in the right-hand column.) We … Continued| Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center
