“… tools and techniques … are not the most challenging aspect of bringing truth and beauty into the world. The real challenge is … the formation of the human heart behind the skillful hand.”
Palmer, P.J. “A hidden wholeness: The journey toward an undivided life – Welcoming the soul and weaving community in a wounded world.” John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco, 2004.
Mindfulness practice is about noticing when we drift away from our mature, authentic being mode (open, warm, kind, peaceful, no agenda), into fear-driven, reptilian, doing mode (tight, anxious, angry, scared, strong agenda), then gently coming back to home base, again & again & again & again & again & again .... endlessly … We thus alleviate suffering and do the least harm – to ourselves and others – naturally, by being authentic.
We all wish to be happy, so we observe what doesn’t & does work, then completely naturally, we do less & less of what doesn’t work, and do more & more of what does.
“When wanting and fearing aren’t restricting the view, there is the freedom to love.”
Packer T. “The Wonder of Presence and the Way of Meditative Inquiry.” Shambhala, Boston, 2002.
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