You are not your mind.
YOU are the awareness behind it.
Ask yourself: If I had no thoughts, would I still be here?
— The silence that answers is who YOU are.
The mind is a tool. YOU, as the watcher, are asleep until you understand that point. #itsAPractice
It’s been a long day..
And there’s still a lot to do.
Just shhhh for a bit.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
Tonight, a new moon…
Set intentions for safety.
We have each other.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#safeplace
I’m so tired right now.
But once I lay down at night….
The racing thoughts start.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#dealingwithanxiety
The truly hard part….
Is realizing your bud…
Might be a Nazi.
#dailyhaiku
#workingthroughit
#itsapractice
It’s been a tough year.
But it’s just February…..
Seriously,why?
🫠
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#helpingmestaysane
Loss of light so fast….
It’s right to be fearful now.
No one is coming.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#fascismishere
#saveyourself
Don’t feel like writing.
But promised myself I would….
I can do hard things.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#commitmenttoself
IV Infusion.
Self care makes me less grumpy…
Maybe a massage?
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#selfcaresaturday
In a world so weird….
She gives me a reminder..
Maybe just a nap.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#thefelinegaze
One thing about fear…
It will steal your voice quickly.
Don’t submit too soon.
#resistance
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
Feeling cold inside..
Tired of rhetoric so loud!
Put them in a jar.
#dailyhaiku
#itsapractice
#poetry
#ican + #kitchenwitchery
Happy Monday!
Another week. Another opportunity to practice: patience, kindness, #mindfulness and #metta
These are the things we can control in the world.
#BeHappy!
#ItsaPractice
It's easy to be mindful
It's difficult to remember to be mindful
To be fully awake is to be mindful in every moment
It's a practice
#itsapractice #meditation #mindfulness #vipassana #jhana
Trying to explain to a long term daily drinking / weed smoking friend that the best drug - by far - is presence.
Showing up for life.
And with it comes open heartedness, intimacy and real connections with everything and everyone.
Best Drug Ever!
#metta #mindfulness #vipassana #itsapractice
Sitting on a plane practicing #metta
Looking at all the people in front of me and intending:
May you be happy
May you be healthy
May you be peaceful
May you be free
#ItsApractice #mindfulness #vipassana
Another day
Another opportunity to practice kindness
Another opportunity to practice generosity
Another opportunity to practice patience
Train the mind!
#ItsApractice #metta #vipassana #jhana
Japanese watercolor painting of a waterfall
Suffering is simply the resistance to what is (eg reality)
Reality => It's raining
Suffering => I don't want it to rain. It's not fair... I wanted to...
Don't get angry about things you cannot control
#vipassana #wisdom #itsapractice #metta
#metta makes me want to be kind, loving and helpful to others.
#equanimity helps me to not get too caught up with them.
It's a balance
#itsapractice
#meditation #vipassana #mindfulness #buddhism
Woman meditating
It's early morning
I'm alive
The smell of coffee
Another day
Another opportunity to practice kindness
May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free!
#itsapractice #metta #vipassana #meditation #mindfulness #jhana
That which knows anxiety is not anxious
That which knows fear is not afraid
That which knows anger is not angry
Be #mindful
Be happy
Be peaceful
Be at ease
#metta #vipassana #meditation #jhana #itsapractice
The eye of a hurricane
#Mindfully reading the news
Reminding myself
You are the eye of the storm
#Equanimity, Stability, Peacefulness
Let the storm rage if it will
In an unstable world,
I find my peace within
It's a practice
#metta #itsapractice #vipassana #meditation
A monk meditating peacefully in a destroyed city
Don't allow yourself to fall victim to hate or fear
#metta #meditation #vipassana #BeHappy #ItsaPractice
I used to like airports because of the fantasy of all the places I could go. Now I like airports because once you're through security or on the plane, there's nothing to do but be mindful.
Every free moment is a moment to practice.
#itsapractice #mindfulness #metta #meditation
You can protect yourself and others. You can stand up for what you believe in. You can be strong and forceful... All without hate.
#metta #itsapractice #vipassana #meditation
Monk meditating in the woods
Once one has learned how to tap into ones inner wellspring of pleasure, joy, ease and well being, one stops looking for these things in the outside world. When you stop looking for satisfaction in external things, life gets easier, relationships flow better... #itsapractice #meditation #metta
May you be free from misery
May you be free from suffering
May you be free from pain
Sending out the #metta vibes on a beautiful day
#behappy #itsapractice
