Zazen - Everyday Mindfulness

A good article (slightly long) about meditation and how to focus on the "now" and your current experience to calm yourself and be at peace.

Standing on top of a mountain when I've gone skiing, 3am talks in the car with my friends, that special relationship "look and smile" from across the room, these are all things that feel great. What I don't do enough of is to sit back and savour these moments.
There are also times (especially at work) where we are so heads down, bottoms up that they whole day passes without us looking out the window to see the lovely autumn day outside.

I liked this quote from the article:

When you pay close attention to your experience, you begin to freshly notice the difference between those actions that are truly worth doing, and those that aren't. When you pay attention, you just know. It's not a mystery. And when you know what experiences are really worth having, you can have more of them, and fewer of the less satisfying experiences, and your life will be richer for it.

So sit back and take in your surroundings. Problems will unravel, worries will untangle, and you'll understand just that little bit more about yourself.

Damn! three cheap calls already:

good entry kc. We definitely have to take some time out of our crazy lives to just sit and breathe. We need to enjoy more of the little happy things and cherish the people that share our lives.
Breathe in, breathe out.....
addy - 19 May '06 - 13:35

you know, i remember having a 3am talk with you :) you drove me home to blacktown, and we sat outside my house for ages chatting about anything and everything :) great nite ^_^
reenie (email) (link) - 19 May '06 - 20:57

Yeah, I do remember that night. Seems like we never have time for those kinds of things nowadays :(

Hope you're having fun in London!
JookBoy (link) - 11 June '06 - 18:09