How to be in the moment in the face of life difficulties. How to live “into life” in the presence of loss and death. The power of gratitude and trust, and ways to cultivate them as mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness teaches us the way to develop a non judgmental presence in all the moments of our lives. Equally mindfulness challenges us, inviting renunciation, investigation and simplicity.
Our human relationships give rise to pain and pleasure, fear, suffering and love. As we bring our experience into the light of mindful awareness, we awaken compassion and discover the truth of our connectedness.
Mindfulness as bare attention is supported and developed by bringing the content of clear comprehension, or full awareness, into practice. This includes clear comprehension of purpose, of suitability, of domain of meditation, and of reality.
What is mindfulness and what are the qualities that make mindfulness such a good friend to have? We discover the simplicity of mindfulness and how we can strengthen it in our practice.
Using the way of the Dharma—including the Four Noble Truths and foundations of mindfulness from the elders of the Forest for Retreat Practice—to nourish our own practice.
