Saint cloud — From our single cell beginnings, to this very moment of breathing in and out, death has been a part of our life. Almost every cell in our body is replaced in just a single year of existence, so we live with death every day. From day to day, nothing is ever the same. Not in ourselves and not in the world we live. Just being alive means existing in a constant state of flux. We know there is no ...
Saint cloud — we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change. ~Buddha’s Little Instruction Book We have now reached th...
Saint cloud — In a few weeks, a new family will make this their home for the spring and summer. It won’t be long and little birds will leap into the air looking to fly like they have seen their parents do. They wi...
Saint cloud — Different from all other human activities, the goal of mindfulness is one of non-doing. The purpose is for you to discover who you already are and for you to be yourself. So the paradox here is in o...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Thirteen) Wholeness: seeing and recognizing that nothing occurs in isolation.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Fourteen) Equanimity : a mind abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility or ill-will.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Eleven) Impermanence : live now! because death is soon coming.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Twelve) Non-judging : suspend your need to judge, just watch whatever comes up and breath
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Ten) Patience : simply be open to the fullness of each moment.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Nine) Trust... yourself and your feelings.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Eight) Things to do today: Exhale, inhale, exhale. Ahhhh...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Seven) We have only today!
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Six) Non-striving : trying less and being more
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Five)In life we cannot avoid change...
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Four) Letting Go : like what you do when you go to sleep
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Three) Acceptance: to see things as they really are.
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day Two)Approach each day with "beginner's mind".
Mindfulness on Hermit Lake (Day one) Impermanence… over night the temperature plunged 30 degrees (F)