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Daily Reflection Sit
Join us daily at 10:30 AM (Eastern)
DAILY SIT :: DECEMBER 2020
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December 01: Softening up the Breath
Play, change it up, create it to be comfortable.
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December 02: Tenderizing the Heart
Kindle the ATTITUDE of kindness and care. Invite the heart into your practice, at the beginning and while you are practicing. This is the atmosphere we want to practice out of!
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December 03: Orienting Attention
When setting up the practice of mindfulness the instruction reads, “...set mindfulness to fore”, not your own perspective. Shift out of “your view” and into “a non-judgemental, non-self referential posture of caring attention to the experience of well benign right now, in the present moment”.
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December 04: Putting it All Together
Where does your inclination lie? What supports settling- body, breath, heart or mind?
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December 07: Third Noble Truth
It is possible to reduce suffering. There is hope; we are not completely hard wired!
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December 08: Good News! Suffering is Curable
Suffering ends when we let go of holding on. Feel the release into more ease.
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December 10: Cultivate a Taste for Nirodha
Notice suffering and see if you can let go of or soften around it. Find ways to reduce its harmful impact.
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December 14: The Fourth Noble Truth: Highlighting the Eight Folds
Highlighting the Eight Folds of the Eight Fold Path, Which is a thorough Treatment plan to address dissatisfaction and mental suffering.
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December 15: The 4th Noble Truth: Living into Freedom Through the 8-Fold Path
The 4th Noble Truth isn’t a list but an invitation to live into freedom by developing the 8 strands of the Noble 8-fold path.
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December 17: The 8-Fold Path Folded Into Sila, Samadhi, Prajna
Non-harm sets the stage, protects me and protects you. Non-harm puts the mind and heart at ease which allows meditation practice to deepen and understandings to arise!
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December 21: Overview of Sila With Emphasis Upon Inquiry and Discernment
Orientation is toward non-harm toward other, but also toward self.
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December 22: Sila, an Ethically Attuned Heart
Sila expresses itself as an ethically attuned heart that recognizes and rests in its own trustworthiness and the trustworthiness of others.
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December 24: Sila Feels Good!
Sila is also the practice of seeing, feelings and appreciating what is already going well. As you move through your day take notice of and appreciate the ease that comes when things run smoothly.
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December 28: Exploring Speech, Both Skillful and Unskillful
Taking an inventory of speech before, during and after: how is this landing?
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December 29: Further Exploration of Wise Speech
Wise speech, the 3rd path factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, is an expression of our commitment to truth and harmlessness. Feel free to play with wise speech this week so that it aligns with and supports your larger aspiration for freedom.
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