Daily Reflection Sit

Play, change it up, create it to be comfortable.

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!

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”.

Where does your inclination lie? What supports settling- body, breath, heart or mind?

It is possible to reduce suffering. There is hope; we are not completely hard wired!

Suffering ends when we let go of holding on. Feel the release into more ease.

Notice suffering and see if you can let go of or soften around it. Find ways to reduce its harmful impact.

Highlighting the Eight Folds of the Eight Fold Path, Which is a thorough Treatment plan to address dissatisfaction and mental suffering.

Sila expresses itself as an ethically attuned heart that recognizes and rests in its own trustworthiness and the trustworthiness of others.

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.

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!

Orientation is toward non-harm toward other, but also toward self.

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.

Taking an inventory of speech before, during and after: how is this landing?

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.