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Working with our Senses and our State of Mind

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by Steve Vosper So, life can be challenging. We all know this. The question arises, what can we do about it? In my October SMC Newsletter posting, Challenges are the Path, I suggested that perhaps those challenges can be a way forward, rather than obstacles in our lives. In September I had also suggested that Mindfulness is the Key, and that’s where this particular rubber meets the road. With our own basic mindfulness, we can work with our senses, work with our state of mind. We can begin to understand ourselves better, begin to transform ourselves for the better and begin to engage in our lives more fully. That said, this doesn’t involve taking on some kind of dreadful project or big addition to our seemingly endless to-do lists. Nor does it require special skills and experience that only the select few can access or accomplish. It just involves a slight shift in attitude, a slight turning toward ourselves right now. It simply involves being with ourselves, being kind to ourselves in our present situation, …

Challenges are the Path

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by Steven Vosper In my September SMC Newsletter posting, Mindfulness is the Key , I suggested that we could afford to relax and open to our world completely. Then I posed the question, why not, what’s holding us back? I think it’s a good question, a very personal question, and one that’s worth thinking about. Maybe we’re afraid, maybe we’re too busy, maybe we’re too lazy, or maybe we don’t even want to relax and open to our world completely. Whatever the case may be, if something is holding us back in our lives, then perhaps it’s worth exploring further. Maybe we can see it more clearly, understand it more fully and discover something new. Can we actually turn towards our lives, look more closely at the obstacles and the challenges in our lives and find a way through, a path forward? Let’s give it a try. Let’s bring a deeper awareness to the patterns in our lives, the causes, conditions and habits that hold us back. Who knows what we might discover? Perhaps our …

Mindfulness is the Key

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by Stephen Vosper Mindfulness is the key to everything. Being awake in the present moment is the gateway to everything. Being awake and being mindful are completely inseparable. Mindfulness is the natural ability of mind to be aware of something, aware of anything, aware of everything. Through our sense perceptions; sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and from a traditional eastern point of view, thoughts, emotions and intuitions; we can be mindful and awake to the whole world in our own life. This is actually our birthright. By just being awake and mindful, in our natural state, we can begin to appreciate the miracle of our senses, our perceptions, our emotions, thoughts and intuitions as they arise, rather than turning away and distracting ourselves in daydreams and fantasies of all kinds. We can actually be fully awake and alive completely in our lives, right now. We have everything we need to experience our joy and sadness, our doubts and hesitations, our confidence and inspirations. We can afford to relax and open to our world completely. Why not, what’s holding us back? Let’s find out. Come join us, at …