Rest In the River
Let us visualize the waves on the ocean, several waves appearing on the surface of the ocean. Some waves are big, there are those that are small, and each wave seems to have its own life. A wave may have ideas like, “I am a wave. I am only a wave among many waves. I am smaller than the other wave. I am less beautiful. I last less than the other wav... See more
Thich Nhat Hanh • Rest In the River
bridging 2-3: noticing our individuality and our unity, like the wave in water.
While living the life of a wave, a wave can live a life of the water.
Ask people to sit in those different perspectives - the silence that hears your thoughts is the water. Thoughts are the wave
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Mindfulness is the capacity of being there body and mind united. When you drink your orange juice, drink mindfully and you will enjoy your juice because you are really there one hundred per cent.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Rest In the River
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And it should be effortless. The habit energy is struggle. The natural state is effortless ease - to enjoy the miracle of that moment.
Walking meditation is different. Walking is only for walking. You enjoy every step you take. So this is a kind of revolution in walking. You allow yourself to enjoy every step you take.
The Zen master Ling Chi said that the miracle is not to walk on burning charcoal or in the thin air or on the water; the miracle is just to walk on earth. You breath... See more
The Zen master Ling Chi said that the miracle is not to walk on burning charcoal or in the thin air or on the water; the miracle is just to walk on earth. You breath... See more
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walking meditation
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Buddha - The past is gone. The future is not yet here. …The present moment is the only moment you can tough life. Life is available only in the present moment.
Similar practice with other senses - be in the miracle of sight, of sound, of touch, your breath, your functioning heart…
We can do this without effort. Like the pebble in the river
After the pebble touches the surface of the water, it allows itself to sink slowly into the river.
It will reach the bed of the river without any effort. Once the pebble is at the bottom of the river, it continues to rest. It allows the water to pass by.
I think the pebble reaches the bed of the river by the shortest path because it allows itself to ... See more
It will reach the bed of the river without any effort. Once the pebble is at the bottom of the river, it continues to rest. It allows the water to pass by.
I think the pebble reaches the bed of the river by the shortest path because it allows itself to ... See more
Thich Nhat Hanh • Rest In the River
1/1 Meditation guidance - allow rest. Like a pebble in. river
“It is very important to realize that we have the habit energy of struggling.”
Start with simply the pleasure of walking or sitting. Feel that pleasure, and notice the habit energy creep in .
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