Today you get to find a quiet spot and read this Medium article by Sarah Buttenwieser. A 4 minute read how can you not have 4 minutes to invest in your well being? Well, it may be 10 after you do your task: select from the article and/or add to it and make your very own list… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds758 Your daily impermanence
Become aware of and collect experiences in daily life that remind you of the impermanence of this life, of emotions, of things… Sometimes, just when we find ourselves wishing for something to last forever may be the moment to remind ourselves that all in life in impermanent. Can you name just 1 thing that… Read more »
#tds757 Your fear list
“I thought this might be a good practice for a Daily Stillness activity: Listing our fears keeps them from being a surprise – we can get comfortable around them.” Today your job is to start making your very own fear list to befriend. This may take more than today…that is okay. One day… Read more »
#tds756 But did you see the gorilla?
Today, just a short video about inattentional blindness. Watch it to the end if you want to learn something, even if you did see the gorilla… And after the video, you may want to read about inattentional blindness in an article by Daniel Simmons: “How could they miss something right before their eyes? This form… Read more »
#tds755 Can you move through your day with delight?
If not the whole day, can you set aside an hour today and move through it with ‘the same delight in which a a child moves through a game’? Check how you feel after you have done it. You may discover why Margaret Mead was interested in those of us who could choose to access… Read more »
#tds754 Can you dwell in boredom today?
James Ward organizes The Boring Conference every year. He says in the article that it celebrates “very specific people talking about very specific things”. Interested in being bored for a while but cannot come to London? Don’t despair. The web has some boring talks from the 2014 conference for your daily stillness practice today. Pick… Read more »
#tds753 Is it boring after 2 minutes?
All you need to do today is find a very boring thing and sit with it for longer than you ever thought possible. Can you find the place after the monkey mind goes quiet to just be with it and listen to new wisdom it may hold? Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure… Read more »
#tds752 The days are speaking to us whether we are aware of them or not
Make today “a day and time on the calendar to simply be with reflective energy”. If you really cannot do it today, make that appointment, at least! Ryan tells us that making time for reflection in this way offered new insight into his practice and he gives us some wonderful questions to structure that reflection… Read more »
#tds751 A silent moment
Spend time adding thoughts to the mind by trying to make sense of this quote on silence (does it make sense or is it more Inspirobot?) or just find a quiet place and sit without words for an hour or so. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds751
#tds750 Be attentive to what is at hand
“Photographer Alison Harris spent six years photographing the sky from her window in Italy. The result is a series of photographs that gradually evolved into A Window in the Sky, an exhibition at Spaziotemporaneo gallery in Milan. It also became a simple, contemplative practice that we can all easily do.” Today, can you find a… Read more »
#tds749 Stillness in communication
Take your camera with you and do some people watching. Make a photo that shows stillness in conversation. Somebody listening attentively, two people staring at the clouds…enjoy your walk. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds749
#tds748 Go watch a cloud
We thank Celia Landman for this magical daily stillness. There is such a thing as the ‘The Cloud Appreciation Society’ on this web of ours! You can subscribe to get a ‘cloud a day’. Many cloud lovers from all over the world take amazing photos and submit them. There is even an app! There are many options… Read more »
