How to Train a Wild Elephant

fantasize is wonderful, the basis of all our creativity.

That alternative is resting our awareness in the actual events of the present moment, the sounds heard by the ear, the sensations felt by the skin, the colors and shapes taken in by the eyes.

No matter what you have done wrong or right, no matter what has been done to you, it remains untouched.

In Buddhism we call it awakening to our true self. It is waking up to our life as it actually is, not the fantasy we often live out in our mind.

Mindfulness unifies our body, heart, and mind,

Aversion is one of the three afflictive mind-states described in the Buddhist tradition—greed (or clinging), aversion (or pushing away), and delusion (or ignoring).

When we are unable to be present, we tend not to act wisely or skillfully.

in Buddhism. Rather, it is simply a description of how all humans naturally focus on themselves.

our worldview is self-centered. Self-centered is not a pejorative term