Living Mindfully
“Described by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago, mindfulness is a way of learning to see life as a unified whole. When we live mindfully, life is no longer divided between what we have to do and what we want to do. Life is no longer divided between ‘our’ time and time for others. All of life becomes our time. All of life becomes an opportunity to be alive and aware. When we live mindfully, we learn to be happy and content, whether interacting with our patients, filling in an appointment time in our calendar, enjoying time with someone we love, or relaxing with a cup of coffee.”
~ from Mindful Therapy, by Thomas Bien
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
~ Henry Miller
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 6:29 AM
4 Comments:
the meditating cat is purrfect.
Is living mindfuly something like living in the Spirit? I've found that resorting to my mantra instantaneously moves my mind away from preoccupations into mindfullness; I also call it perfect peace.
"All of life becomes an opportunity to be alive and aware."
Yes!
The message on the sidewalk reminds me of a favorite pastime I haven't done in a while. Used to scratch words, poetry, and various scripture or verses in the sand on the beach and leave it for whomever to read- or simply for the ocean to absorb.
The cat looks content!
Profound and succinct.
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