What details of your life could you pay more attention to?
When I chop carrots, I should chop carrots; when I walk in the park, I should walk in the park; when I poop, I should poop.
PROMPT: Attention
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Category Archives: Mindfulness
PROMPT: Negative Feelings
A practice of feeling gratitude is extremely beneficial in that regard. Simple meditative practices help one become aware of thoughts and feelings more quickly, before they are fed through rumination, making the down-spiral cycle easier to disrupt.
And, sometimes, I rant. This usually veers quickly into comedic territory and I’m reminded of the ridiculousness of taking human life too seriously, given the absurdity of being primates in pants who love shiny things. (It would be unimaginable if human life weren’t absurd.)
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Stalking Tiger [Free Verse]
A giant tiger stalks,
baring teeth, tensing claws,
closing the distance
in deep shadows that exist
entirely within the man's mind.
While others, from safe distances,
can see the fearsome beast clearly.
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PROMPT: Clutter
Where can you reduce clutter in your life?
My mind. It’s a constant battle.
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Zen Garden [Lyric Poem]
I see those serene figures sit
amid Zen Garden evergreens.
Like Benkei, they don't move a whit,
Their minds are free of thoughts & dreams.
The moss is growing on them, now,
and birds have left their fecal splat.
Don't envy how they've found the Dao,
but how they have no need of hats.
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PROMPT: Future Past
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
I spend the most time trying to figure out how to live mostly in the present. The past is dead and the future is unknowable, so I might as well settle into this moment.
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PROMPT: Should Know
What’s something you believe everyone should know.
At the risk of mixed metaphor and cliche: how to walk a mile in another person’s shoes while keeping in mind that no one is the villain of his or her own story.
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PROMPT: Tomorrow
To live in the now.
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PROMPT: Motivation
The need to break free of the program -- e.g. to be master of fear & anger, not slave to them.
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PROMPT: Peace
What brings you peace?
Being in the now, and feeling – but not feeding – emotional sensations.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 