Daily Reflection Sit

Anicca dukkha and anatta, is another way of understanding the world we live in. “Nothing personal but everything changes!” Let’s savor the ease and let go of the stress.

Settling back into the mind-body-heart eco-system.

It is our relationship to thinking that creates mental distress.

We are “complex cats” as Bill likes to say. There is a whole cast of characters that live inside that vie for center stage. In mindfulness, through its friendly posture of caring attention, we can get acquainted with them, as they appear, and learn how to “love them into the fold of mindfulness”, as I am wont to say.

Like a kintsugi craftsperson, we can love all of the broken parts back into wholeness. All parts are welcomed.

No compassion fatigue here! From a mindful perspective we can learn to care for ourselves in real time!, for those parts that are hurting, are in pain physically or emotionally, AND/WHILE caring for others’ pain and suffering.

Mindfulness moves us out of our dualistic perspective into a wider, more inclusive position.

How we create more suffering by creating unrealistic expectations.

Identifying with self-defeating narratives is what creates Dukkha.

Understanding the causes and experiences of Dukkha affords us wonderful opportunities for freedom from Dukkah.

We start to move in the direction of “Anatta” when we step out of our own personal view and into a wider view that includes our own AND others' needs and feelings.

The Experience of Selfing - on and off the cushion.

Correcting common misunderstandings of this core concept.

Exploring the creative meditative move toward ease of well being.

Things happen, plans change, life is unpredictable. What is uncomfortable? Attend kindly!!! What is comfortable? Notice & appreciate. FEEL for the ease amidst the dis-ease that is present!...the Sukha amidst the Dukkha.