Tag: mindfulness

Mindful multitasking

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How many things can I do at one time and still be fully present and mindful? This is something I have questioned for a while now, and a recent discussion with Bhikkhuni Vimala inspired me to examine this even more…

Distraction, delusion, doubt and desire

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Distraction, delusion, doubt and desire are only a few of the words that can be used to describe what happens when someone does not act in a way that we think they should. Our own mindfulness can easily become judgmental…

Don’t listen to me!

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I am the student, not the teacher I am not a Guru, a Buddha, nor sage or profit. I am nobody and no one that should be thought of as a teacher. Then again, I don’t think that we should…

The suffering of physical pain

Physical suffering does not have to be mental suffering Two days ago I began having severe pains in my right arm. The pain seemed to originate for my shoulder and shoot downward to my wrist and fingers. As the day…