Can you find 10 seconds a few times in your day? Just 10 seconds and just over a minute to listen to some wise advise. Ajahn Sucitto Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds28
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#tds27 Finding our ground in conversation
Notegraphy Do a close reading of this poem. In what ways might embodying this poem help us with interpersonal attention? Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds27
#tds26 Holding your question
You first ask yourself ‘What is my question?’, you might want to start with a question as simple as ‘What should I do?’ The second stage is to repeat the question to yourself as you go through your day and as you pay deep attention to what is going on around you. You are not… Read more »
#tds25 Follow the quiet
Go outside and walk in the direction that is the quietest. Continue until you’re in the quietest place possible. Take a moment to absorb it. Tell us about the experience in 1 short sentence. Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds25
#tds24 Invisible to you, obvious to someone else
Alexandra Horowitz built her enjoyable 2013 book On Looking around this idea: Covering territory she considered familiar, but with experts on typography, plant life, public space, geology, etc. Rob Walker Things that she could not see, were obvious to somebody else who was trained to attend to the world differently. Today take time to talk to somebody… Read more »
#tds23 Today I practice noticing my defenses
I will admit to one other person in conversation when I am getting defensive and tell them about what I am defending against. This will still the mind in conversation. A pause before explaining to another what is making us defensive makes this easier. Tell us what is a sign (thought, feeling in your body,… Read more »
#tds22 A day without….
Choose a time period that will be challenging but not impossible and unplug. Step away from the computer for <time chosen> and do something else. Tell us how long and what you did. There is a lot of advise on how to unplug from technology. The trick is not to judge it, but to make… Read more »
#tds21 Simple Pleasures to brighten your day
Well, we have 75 simple pleasures for you to choose today. Image Source Wikimedia Pick one and take time to enjoy it. Show us in a photo. Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds21
#tds20 Consider your silences and deploy them deliberately
Watch this film about the art of silence in film making. If you do just that you will have found 6 minutes of learning that silence is needed for sound to be useful. You may want to also take the art of silence into your day and build a few ‘moments’ deliberately. How easy was… Read more »
#tds19 Get to know your patch of grass
Find ‘the broad lawn, spread out, sit alone and watch a small patch of grass. Observe and record ‘what happens there’. Stay with your patch of grass long enough to get to know it.’ A. Sullivan Source Image Wikemedia Show us your patch of grass in a photo. Tweet a link for your response to… Read more »
#tds18 Poetry and impermanence
Notegraphy Do a close reading of this poem over a cup of tea and a 30 minute break (or even a whole hour) to remind yourself about the impermanent nature of life. Share an insight about stillness in your day as a result of doing this. Tweet a link for your response to @livedtime and… Read more »
#tds17 Change anything
‘The reality is that our minds, our attention, our abilities of mental perception are embedded in our lives. In the type of mental activities we engage in, the types of emotions we foster, the type of physical activities we engage in…and so [stillness] practice starts with: ‘Look at the way you are living!!’’ Alan Wallace What can… Read more »
