Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Meditation helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect with other people, to re-access our resourcefulness, our clarity and our ability to focus and keep an open heart.

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

My understanding is that to love, we need to be able to totally surrender to the living/dying nature of this world.

Offer some gesture of kindness to yourself. Sometimes it's just a message, to say: "It's okay. You're going to be okay. We've been through this before." The intention is reassurance, that you are not alone and you can do this. It is the most powerful way to come out of what I call the "trance of unworthiness."