What is Mindfulness? We read and discusssed an article that unpacks its many meanings in classical Buddhism, for example:
Mindfulness does not just mean being aware or being conscious, because one is always conscious when not comatose or dead. Consciousness is the fundamental quality of mind, un...
We practiced meditation–while sitting and walking–and then watched a short video about stories--how they can inspire, guide, and elevate us. The speaker, Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, says this in her talk:
A good story is like a compass, it points to something true and invites us to orient our own...
This week, after sitting and walking meditation, we read an article about natural awareness and how it relates to meditation:
What some meditative traditions call “natural awareness” is a state of being wherein our focus is on awareness itself rather than on the things we are aware of. It’s “a...