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Noticing: Attention Let’s try an experiment in noticing together. First make yourself comfortable, and allow your breathing to come into a slow and steady rhythm. Place the soles of your feet against the ground and lay your palms face up in a relaxed and open position in your lap. Count slowly to four with yourContinue reading “Attention”

Noticing: Unlovable There is a very sad and painful story most of us fret about internally, it is the story of ‘I am unlovable’. This is a big problem we believe we need to fix with the activity of changing the unlovable qualities of our self to become lovable qualities. From early childhood we receiveContinue reading “Unlovable”

Noticing:Habits Habit.at meditation is named for the notion that our habits are our habitat, or how what we do repeatedly creates the theme of our lived experience. I’ve written much here about building the helpful habit of meditation but I’ve realised I need to point to an important distinction about exactly what habit I’m suggestingContinue reading “Habits”

Noticing:Fixation Have you noticed when, for example, the suffering of loneliness, abandonment and rejection arises, it has a tendency to gather momentum, to grow? It seems to include a magnetic force of inclusion for all similar states, for curiously even rejection seeks to include. The identity will gather evidence of the ‘truth’ of suffering, andContinue reading “Fixation”

Noticing:Suffering You’ve probably heard the first of the Buddhist four noble truths, ‘Life is suffering’. I first encountered Buddhism as child who was an avid bookworm. I felt an immediate sense of resonance with Truth as offered in the teachings of the Buddha, but this truth, life is suffering, has taken me a long timeContinue reading “Suffering”

Noticing:Noticing Lets speak of the bisness of the is-ness. As we learn the art of noticing, we of course come to notice that we notice. This kind of meta moment is a glorious opening of portals, for our very nature is Attention. To attend is to receive, to be ready, to listen, to notice. WhatContinue reading “Noticing”

Noticing:Happiness One of the defining preoccupations of our times has been on the pursuit of happiness. It strikes me as odd that we believe happiness is something we need to chase after. Why would a natural state of being flee from us? Its that old chestnut again, ‘ if you love something set it free’.Continue reading “Happiness”

Noticing:Kindness Consider a cup. Its form is created for the purpose of receiving, yet when full its purpose is to give. When hugging we open our arms to give and then this same gesture in turns becomes a flow of giving and receiving. When breathing we live in a flow state of giving carbon dioxideContinue reading “Kindness”

Noticing:The Greatest Friend Meditation is one of the most nourishing activities you can do for yourself in this life. Here’s a wonderful thing I’ve come to understand through many years of practice. Life has gifted every one of us three loyal friends. Loyal Friend number one is The BreathThere in the background of your lifeContinue reading “The Greatest Friend”

Noticing Control To find, one must lose. To be born, one must die. To become connected, one must have been disconnected. To trust, one must be abandoned.Our brains interpret experience using the tool of contrast. The way we perceive objects is through the play of shadow and light. It is important to notice that perceptionContinue reading “Control”