I would like you to try an exercise with me today. It is an exercise of the mind, that I think demonstrates how we can retrain or re-mold our minds. First, I would like you to scan your mind to…
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The science of happiness
A wonderful Jon Kabat-Zinn video that I found thanks to my friend Marguerite Manteau-Rao and her Mind Deep Blog. Related posts: Hospice for the living This magic moment Taking a break
An ordinary mind
An ordinary mind can only know ordinary concepts and ideas. Clinging to the self perpetuates desire, which only results in suffering. Through meditation, I believe one learns to calm and train the mind. We are able to direct and remold…
Groundhog Day
So last night, the Family and I watched the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. Beside being an entertaining movie, and filmed locally here in Woodstock Illinois, it is also a great Buddhist message. Bill Murray’s’ character keeps waking up…
My head is in the clouds
“A cloud is a constantly changing visible mass of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended by air in the Earth’s atmosphere.” Now let’s see, I am also a visible mass. I am composed of water and air. I am…