Cultivate Mindfulness through Simple Tasks
Simple Tasks Can Lead to Mindfulness. Who knew? In the Plum Village Tradition we have Bells of Mindfulness – things that bring is back to the present moment. The sound of a bell, church bells, a ringing phone are common Bells of Mindfulness. But we don’t have to limi ourselves to literal bells. We don’t […]
Bells of Mindfulness
Listen, listen, the sound of this bell brings me back to my true home. What is my true home you might ask? Thich Nhat Hanh would say, “The here and now.” Sayadaw U Tejaniya would say, “Presence. Awareness.” I’d say, “Yes! And yes!” Learning to come back to the here and now, in present moment […]
How to create happiness in life
A way to create happiness is to notice when something makes you happy. It’s hard to be happy if we are always noticing the things that are other than we want them to be. It might even be impossible. So we practice noticing what’s going well for us, what Thich Nhat Hanh calls the non-toothache, […]
Aware. Share. Care.
When an experience feels unpleasant reflect: Aware: This is an unpleasant experience. Aware that this is a feeling of discomfort/difficulty/suffering. Share: This is part of the experience of being alive. People all over the world are having this same feeling right now. Care: I care about this difficult feeling. I am here for myself in […]
Hand Model of the Brain
The hand model of the brain can help us to understand the inner workings and give us a greater chance to escape from our reactivity and develop a greater activity to respond from a place of choice.
