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The Space of Possibility

A Traveler’s Guide — Content Map — The Space of Possibility contains every friend, loved one, beast, and critter, every gizmo and gadget, every feeling of love and compassion, every child’s laughter and newborn baby’s cry, every taste of coffee and smell of freshly baked bread, every thought, idea, and expression, every dance, every poem, every painting…

Life Philosophy

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The Space of Possibility
The Space of Possibility

Published in Age of Awareness

·Jun 16

What is Mindfulness?

Clearing Some Confusion Around the Casual Use of ‘Mindfulness’ — ‎The Space of Possibility: What is Mindfulness? on Apple Podcasts Before you begin your vipassana - or insight - practice, learn a bit about what mindfulness is and what it isn't.podcasts.apple.com Mindfulness practice is currently a fad in the West. And that’s wonderful — it’s great that, as a culture, we’re promoting more mindfulness and less mindlessness. But with its surge in popularity, there has also been a lot of misunderstanding as to what mindfulness is. …

Mindfulness Meditation

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What is Mindfulness?
What is Mindfulness?

Published in Age of Awareness

·May 27

Who Are You, Really?

Look Directly At Your Own Mind — We all spend a lot of time thinking about ourselves. We think about what we like and don’t like. We think about where we’ve been, about what we’ve done, and about where we’re going. We obsess about how people view us, about what we’ve accomplished, about what titles we hold…

Mindfulness

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Who Are You, Really?
Who Are You, Really?

Published in Storymaker

·Apr 13

The Divine Connection

Know Directly the Love that Is You — You don’t need to search far and wide for the Divine connection. There’s no need to munch on magic mushrooms, gulp down ayahuasca, fast for forty days, or sit a three-month retreat to witness it. …

Connection

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The Divine Connection
The Divine Connection

Published in Age of Awareness

·Mar 26

Cultivating Loving Attention

Transform Your Unconscious Habits & Behaviors — “What you think and ponder becomes the tendency of your mind.” — The Buddha The problem though, if you’re anything like me, is that so many thoughts slip through awareness unnoticed. It’s like awareness loves to hide itself, to get lost in its contents, and so I don’t even realize…

Metta

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Cultivating Loving Attention
Cultivating Loving Attention

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·Mar 21

The Art of Bare Attention

Start Practicing Vipassana — or Insight Meditation — ‎The Space of Possibility: What is Insight Meditation? on Apple Podcasts Learn about the ancient Buddhist practice vipassana, or insight meditation, and why it's applicable to you.podcasts.apple.com Hey you. Welcome back. Today we’re going to talk about the ancient Buddhist practice vipassana, or insight meditation. Now, just to be clear, this is an entirely secular practice. It doesn’t require you to adopt any dogmatic beliefs. It doesn’t require you to abandon your faith if you have one…

Meditation

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Likely the Most Important Thing You Will Learn to Do
Likely the Most Important Thing You Will Learn to Do

Published in Storymaker

·Jul 20, 2021

I Am…

I am that which never lives and cannot die, the unwitnessed witness and seer you cannot see. Unborn and unformed, I live without a trace And carry not even a shadow. I am that which, with my marvel, bears life, that which gives voice to the earth, to the sun, moon…

Self Awareness

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I Am…
I Am…

Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life

·May 11, 2021

Breathing Life into Morality

What are Your Spiritual Impulses? — What are Your Spiritual Impulses? “Children, love one another.” — John the Evangelist If only these words could awaken the truth in our hearts and guide us with steady hands and feet. Morality, though, can’t be established by words alone. It requires you to look into yourself. …

Morality

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Breathing Life into Morality
Breathing Life into Morality

Published in The Creative Cafe

·May 10, 2021

We Can Wonder

The World Begins With Wonder — Wonder is the beginning. It is the space from which all things unfold, it gives birth to questions, it is the womb of understanding. It molds from the empty space of awareness all that can be known. Deb Wood — my love, my partner, my human— recently held up a…

Wonder

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We Can Wonder
We Can Wonder

Published in Storymaker

·Apr 16, 2021

How do you hold your Love?

How do you hold your love? Do you hold her from stillness, with nowhere to go, with nothing to do? How do you hold your love? Do you hold her with acceptance, with open hands and arms, with unabashed surrender? How do you hold your love? Do you hold her from…

Love

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How do you hold your Love?
How do you hold your Love?
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