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15 ways to practice compassion today « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. 15 ways to practice compassion today. August 19th, 2015. I hear quite a bit about compassion, that brand of selfless love we usually judge ourselves to be lacking. Talking about compassion may be one reason it is so frequently misunderstood as something that we. Be doing. But compassion doesn’t need doing. It exists already in the harmony of things just. Their own idea of compassion. 1 At the grocery store, give your place in line to the person behind you. 3 On the way out, give ...
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Paradise in plain sight. The answer is practice. August 16th, 2016 - 4 Comments. Q: I am confused when you say, “Mindfulness without meditation is just a word.”. Do you mean that in addition to practicing mindfulness whenever we can throughout the day, we also need to spend time in quiet mindfulness meditation? If one happens to only read books about mindfulness, the practice aspect may be overlooked. Another analogy might be telling ourselves that we are full, when in fact we have failed to eat. You’ll ...
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how do you find a Zen teacher? « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. How do you find a Zen teacher? July 30th, 2015. A question that comes up nowadays: How do I find a teacher? If you have been drawn to my work then it is over for you, I dare say. You will not be fooled by lukewarm teachers with watered-down dharma. So in a way you are spoiled. In another way you are terribly lucky. Just continue to meditate on that thought: who is my teacher? Don’t give it a second thought. Have faith in yourself as the Way. 5 Comments ». It has taken me so long ...
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what to tell the children « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. What to tell the children. June 18th, 2015. She taught me everything by the time she was three. But I keep forgetting. Attuned then, finally, to what is. A person might actually pick up a rather shocking bit of news. Despite all the talk about talk, contrary to the rarefied status of the spoken word, regardless of all the good press about interpersonal communication, there’s hardly ever very much that needs to be said. 8220;What did you do at school today? And concoct something o...
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moving toward love « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. July 28th, 2015. I was two days home from three weeks in silence when the calls and emails came. The fall, the break, the orphaned kids,. She was only sick twelve days. The surgery, the setback, the job loss,. Nothing on the horizon. The unexpected and unimaginable,. He’s on morphine now. Do for others, do for others, do for others. When they appear. How? May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy. May all beings be well. May all beings be safe. Photo by Pierre Carreau.
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your child is a boat on the ocean « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. Your child is a boat on the ocean. June 28th, 2015. Your child is a boat on the ocean. There are clear skies and calm nights. There are storms and rain and fog. You cannot control the course. Every time you exhale, the boat is carried safely toward the horizon, its distant harbor and home. You are the breeze. Read more on Annapurna Living. 4 Comments ». 8212; June 28, 2015 @ 9:36 am. Comment by Clare — June 28, 2015 @ 6:07 pm. Thank you for this profound message. Email check fail...
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blaming Steve Jobs « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. June 23rd, 2015. This afternoon I went into the backyard and noticed a patch where everything has shriveled and the ground is cracked and bare, and although this wretched drought is in its fourth year, it seems like it happened overnight. The garden is dying. I blame Steve Jobs. Him, and the legion led by him. I saw it happen. I saw it happen with me and I saw it happen with nearly everyone else. And now there is hell to pay. To make room for. So I’m heading out to walk thi...
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a healing summer « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. July 5th, 2015. During a three-month summer. Or training period, a novice monk is selected to serve as the head trainee at the monastery. He or she will monitor the practice inside the meditation hall, acting as a model and mentor for those who join in. The monk maintains order, harmony, motivation, and discipline through the depth of his or her own. The non-distracted awareness that is the healing nature of meditation. Means “peaceful dwelling.”. Paradise in Plain Sight. 2014 by...
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Having the time of your life « Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road
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Paradise in plain sight. Having the time of your life. September 17th, 2007. I often tell people they have all the time in the world. They look up from their frantic scramblings, their scattered minds, feeling overwhelmed and bogged down, and they think, to put it nicely, She’s insane. So let’s say a word about time. But let’s not say what everyone else says. Let’s not say, for instance, that time flies, or time runs out, or that time waits for no man. Time itself is being, and all being is time. Things ...
