Daily Reflection Sit

As we deepen our meditation practice we become more discerning in a felt and embodied way of our attractions and aversions and preferences. We see with greater clarity how we got caught in stories. We feel for what is harmful and orient in the direction of well-being and more skillfulness. This is one of the ways we cultivate wisdom.

In each letting go, from moment to moment, we are developing and deepening trust, and then wisdom more easily arises.

Using Valarie Kaur’s phrase “You are a part of me I do not yet know”, as a way to invite ourselves into the openness and vulnerability of wonder as we connect with all beings, including ourselves.

How often is what we see and understand colored by our conditioned perceptions? The way we free ourselves, and “go beyond” our habits and conditioning, is to see ourselves, just as we are and have been.

Wisdom changes how we see and relate to ourselves, each other and the world.

It is a path, a path of slow and gradual awakenings, ah-ha moments, understandings that lead to less stress and more ease of wellbeing. . It is conditioned in by the totality of our experience– all of the bumps in the road, all of the detours, the scraped knees, broken hearts, our tendencies toward extremes, and the many moments of feeling our way back to center. It comes from mindful reflection and discernment of what has happened, not once but many times, such that each time a piece of the puzzle of inner learning is revealed.

Appreciate small moments of clarity and insight; fewer bells and whistles, more appreciative moments