Assertiveness, self assertion, free from vs. free in, mindfulness of vs. mindfulness in.
Entering into presence - asserting desire, free from desire or tracking desire. Embodied wisdom as cellular wisdom.
the assertive (sense of) self, new york style; mindfulness in/into instead of mindfulness of; seeing along with, tracking desire, experience etc.; meetiing across rigidity of views; not From somebody To nobody but From somebody To anybody, multibody
Mindfulness is becoming very popular in many areas of modern life: as a stress reduction, in schools, prisons, hospitals, in the workplace and so on. But what is mindfulness, and what was the Buddha talking about when he encouraged us to practice it? Right mindfulness, or Samma Sati, develops wisdom and understanding, decreasing unwholesome states of mind, increasing wholesome
Mindfulness of sound reminds us of the natural quality of mindfulness and mindfulness of the body and breathing helps us to be more centered and grounded
Every moment of mindfulness we are weakening the forces of greed, hatred & delusion (roots of suffering) and strengthening the forces of non-greed (letting go & generosity), non-hatred (loving-kindness) and non-delusion (wisdom). This talk explains how that works.
The course of practice is explored: how mindfulness works, willingness to open to our suffering, discovering our wholesome qualities & the Buddha within, dealing with forgetting who we are, then sharing our love & wisdom with the world.
The practice of the Dhamma is a powerful protection that comes about by wholeheartedly applying mindfulness, the four protective meditations, restraint, virtue, going for refuge, patience, or the parittas.
Instead of being at the mercy of desire and attachment we need to understand the sticky nature of every form of desire – and then to weaken and abandon it. Besides using mindfulness there are a number of approaches to skilfully deal with desire.
