Whatever we dwell upon becomes the inclination of our minds.
“Your mind is like a piece of land planted with many different kinds of seeds: seeds of joy, peace, mindfulness, understanding, and love; seeds of craving, anger, fear, hate, and forgetfulness. These wholesome and unwholesome seeds are always there, sleeping in the soil of your mind. The quality of your life depends on the seeds you water. If you plant tomato seeds in your gardens, tomatoes will grow. Just so, if you water a seed of peace in your mind, peace will grow. When the seeds of happiness in you are watered, you will become happy. When the seed of anger in you is watered, you will become angry. The seeds that are watered frequently are those that will grow strong.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh So when we practice mindfulness meditation we actively turn towards helpful, 'wholesome' attitudes that are our deepest, true nature - opening to, allowing... bringing kindness and curiosity towards our experience... letting in the good, enjoying... non-judging, non-striving... patience and trust... Without a destination or goal in mind, but as a practice ("Don't meditate to fix yourself, do it as an act of love" ~ Bob Sharples)
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Consider the yellow post-it pad before the pen riddles it blue. Blank. Stack of blank. Stack of yellow blank with glue. Pray that blank might stick to you. Imagine you might enter rooms with so little plan of your own. To be the slate, not the list, the void, not the Litany of Things to Do. To cultivate an emptiness. To let whatever’s next come next. ~Rosemary Wahtola Trommer |
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