Sublime

We feel satisfied. Actually we are beyond satisfaction and dissatisfaction. We are present. We are Presence.

We get a tantalizing taste of what Buddhists call the enlightened life.

Inner Critic

Now try to hold that awareness while quietly counting backward by sevens from one hundred. You can feel the mind trying to hold two things at once, flickering back and forth between the feet and the mental math.

Mindfulness

Psychotherapist

Teaching Tip: There is no requirement that participants share their life story or hardest struggles. That is actually often contraindicated. We want to encourage participants to stay with the present-moment experience and keep their comments focused on the practice.

favorite book, by an ancient sage named Shantideva.

“Listen Like a Sponge,” or a picture of an ear and a sponge, in relevant places.