Monthly Archives: July 2012

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Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Shambhala Library Edition
In this classic introduction to the practice of presence, the beloved Buddhist teacher provides indispensable insight on...

Awareness is not something that needs to be manufactured: when there is a gap, awareness enters into us. So awareness does not require a certain particular effort. Such an effort...

the shell i take
the shell it takes
ebb tide


by Vincent Tripi, from Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan.

Once there was a young warrior. Her teacher told her that she had to do battle with fear. She didn’t want to do that. It seemed too aggressive; it was...

When you sit and listen to a lecture, you direct your attention to the speaker; but you also know that you and the speaker are not the only people in...