Daily Reflection Sit

Let’s learn the ways of skillful speech by tracking HOW WE SPEAK to ourselves in the privacy of our minds and outwardly to others AND noticing THE RESULTS, THE EFFECT. This is good practice.

Exploring the dance between wants and needs.

Moving story of gestalt therapist with ALS shared.

May your voice be an instrument of love. Learning to practice this in the face of harsh, aggressive speech. Tai Chi gives a great embodied example of how we can practice.

How quickly can we appreciatively Notice negative self-talk, Unhook from it, and Kindly unwind from the stress of it?

Practicing the Brahmaviharas can be the foundation for building deeply loving intimate relationships which protect against sensual/sexual misconduct

When did the phone become our best friend we can’t live without? When did we need PSA’s to tell us we need to not text in a movie theater, or when driving? How mindful are we when we pick up our phones? Consider deliberately creating scroll-free time in the day as well as scroll time.

HUMAN BODIES are fragile…they are made of organic material–flesh, bone and blood. They break, bruise, scar, hurt, ache, decay, bleed, ooze, cry, thirst, hunger, dry out, overheat, cringe, flinch, freeze in fright or cold, ingest, digest, excrete, inhale, exhale,….and only live about 70-80-90 years, if we are lucky. So we must learn to live in accord with their own unique nature and not disrespect, misuse or abuse them.

The Four Great Endeavors teach us different ways of using energy wisely, in the service of letting go of stress and bringing forth ease of wellbeing. With these are meditative moves we can evaluate for ourselves to see if they are moving us in the direction of less suffering.

What would change if we practiced viewing the body as temple?

Notice the sticky attachment to the unwholesome, the negativity bias,the inclination of the wandering mind to go looking for trouble.

Is the body not a temple? We would not put garbage in a temple, Yet we often eat what we know to be unwholesome.

Slow down for a few bites and feel craving as it arises. Does that add anything positive to the experience of taste?