Hello - with Love & Other Meditations by Venerable Visuddhacara
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The Miracle of Mindfulness It seems so simple and uninteresting — this mental factor of mindfulness. Just be aware of whatever you are doing, saying, or thinking. Just stay present. How more unimaginitive can it be? Yet this simple factor of mindfulness can make a difference in your life. Sometimes the most simple thing can be the most effective and powerful tool in effecting transformation and change in us. It is like the answer is right there starring us in the eyes but we never saw it because we never expected it to be so simple or mundane, we had expected something much more complex, exotic or esoteric. Yet all that we need is just bare awareness, just a simple presence of mind. Strange how the most simple solution is sometimes overlooked! Mindfulness is something which can be practised at any time and anywhere — that’s what makes it so unique. At any moment you can pause and institute mindful awareness of whatever you are doing, saying or thinking. Be it a thought, a mental state or a physical action, one or other of these states could be observed at any moment. Just subjecting yourself to the gaze of mindfulness can bring about a great transformation in yourself. As the ancient teachers say: look within and therein you’ll find the answer. Verily, the answer lies within and not without.
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AN INWARD JOURNEY BOOK
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Hello – With Love & Other Meditations Visuddhàcàra with illustrations by Boey Mei Chee AN INWARD JOURNEY BOOK Published by INWARD PATH