Take Moments To Savor What Is Beautiful

What Would It Be Like If, Right In The Midst Of This Busyness, We Were To Consciously Take Our Hands Off The Controls? What If We Were To Intentionally Stop Our Mental Computations And Our Rushing Around And, For A Minute Or Two, Simply Pause And Notice Our Inner Experience?

I'd Known That I Had The Capacity To Love, That I Enjoyed Seeing Other People Be Happy, That I Had A Real Awe And Wonder About The Beauty Of This World.

The Next Time You Find Yourself In Some Way Trying Desperately To Land Safely, Your Compassion Might Be What Finally Gives You The Courage You Need To Let Go Of The Controls. In Doing So, You Might Discover That Each Time You Let Go, It Becomes Easier And Easier To Re-enter The Atmosphere Of Your Own Aliveness. Gradually You’ll Come Home To The Flow Of Your Own Living Presence, The Warmth And Space Of Your Awakening Heart.

With Mindfulness Training We Are Able To Recognize When We Get Lost In Our Mental Dramas, And Bring A Kind And Nonreactive Presence To The Feelings That Accompany Them.

Somewhere In My Early Twenties I Realized I Was Pretty Constantly Monitoring Myself, Judging How I Was Always Falling Short, Whether It Was About Not Being A Good Enough Daughter Or Friend, Or My Appearance, Or Whatever. I Ended Up Becoming Involved With A Spiritual Path In The Yogic Tradition, Living In An Ashram, Doing A Very Rigorous Spiritual Practice.