Enjoy a smile today, and may be take time to reflect on times in your life when you choose distraction to avoid siting with your thoughts and feelings. Know that all of us human do this and that noting our habits with compassion can change them. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds3072 Cultivating a spirit of inquiry
Make active attempts to create mutuality, ‘power with’, encourage others to disagree with your view of the world. “You see it differently? Tell me more.” is one way to start the conversation. What other ways did you try? Share some conversation starters with us. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the… Read more »
#tds3071 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 »
#tds3070 How to achieve monkey mind
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 »
#tds3069 Today we practice renunciation
Renunciation is not giving up the things of the world, but accepting that they go away. — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Can you let go of a very dear ‘stone’ today to avoid drowning? Share with us how it helped you find stillness in your day. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include… Read more »
#tds3068 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 »
#tds3067 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 »
#tds3066 A game of balance
“a reflexive lens for “busy”-ness, which is so often self-imposed and–for me at least–can come from a failure to meaningfully prioritize and accept that some things are always going to fall to the wayside.There is no win condition, only the number of tasks completed before getting overwhelmed.” Anastasia Salter A game based on ‘Overwhelmed: Work, Love,… Read more »
#tds3065 Forget multitasking, try monotasking
Paolo Cardini challenges us to think about our multi-tasking lives: “How efficient is Multitasking? Let’s consider for a while the option of Monotask. Someone defined multitasking as an act of procrastination which allows us to lie on the surface of the problems.” Looking like we are achieving much, yet deepening nothing. Today you mono-task and… Read more »
#tds3064 Meditation 101- a 2 minute animation
Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide from Gobblynne on Vimeo. If all you do to balance stillness and activity today is watch this enchanting animation you will have done a lot to understand why this matters. Continue to practice? That is up to you. There are some great resources in iTunes that are free and from… Read more »
#tds3063 Enchanted looking practice
“Looking may be called enchanted when the act of attention draws a circle around itself from which everything but the object is excluded, when intensity of regard blocks out all circumambient images, stills all murmuring voices.” Stephen Greenblatt Today you get to find a few things to practice your circle of enchanted looking. After just… Read more »
#tds3062 Delicious pie and the value of patience
Your stillness exercise today is: take 4 minutes to smile with this video and ‘enlighten’ yourself! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds3062
