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« Reply #45 on: Dec 29, 2009 11:10 am »

So being in the  now is not about the pain. Unless being in the now for you would be focusing on the pain that you are in. What about the chair you are sitting on, and the light that is shining down upon you. The air that is blowing on your face.. Etc..

Yes i would agree. i think that we do have limitations on awareness in the now. At these times we can focus on other things. My approach would be to constantly practice the presence which would bring another factor into the equation. i think that mindfulness is a good practice. There are times that practicing the presence would help for me and there are times when mindfulness should be used to remedy being absorbed in practicing the presence when there are practical matters to take ccare of.....

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« Reply #46 on: Jan 12, 2010 01:33 pm »

Interesting book, " Little Book of Zen " , I found this :

Ummon's  " Every Day is a Good Day "

" Ummon addressed the assembly and said, "I am not asking you about the days before the fifteenth of the month. But what about after the fifteenth ?
Come and give me a word about those days.
And he himself gave the answer for them. " Every day is a good day "

The days before the fifteenth of the month could be the days before today, or could be the days before you were born,
or the days before your enlightenment.
Ummon is not asking about what has happened before the present moment
" What happens after the fifteenth? " is Ummon's way of asking what happens to consciousness at this point in time and in the future.
No one could answer Ummon, so he gave the answer himself -

'when you are in samadhi, every day is a good day, you don't ask about the past, nor wonder about the future. You are here, you are now.'



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« Reply #47 on: Nov 21, 2013 03:38 pm »

Hi steve!
what do you do for that ?
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One thing we can do to practice mindfulness is to talk to ourselves....reminding ourselves what we are doing each and every moment: Now i am washing dishes. i am being a good listener on the phone.  Now i am typing these words. i am doing it to serve a higher purpose; God. i am serving you Lord. i am serving you!
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« Reply #48 on: Nov 21, 2013 04:19 pm »

Hi steve!
what do you do for that ?
Prabhat Sinha

One thing we can do to practice mindfulness is to talk to ourselves....reminding ourselves what we are doing each and every moment: Now i am washing dishes. i am being a good listener on the phone.  Now i am typing these words. i am doing it to serve a higher purpose; God. i am serving you Lord. i am serving you!

I talked to myself for years and ended up in the nut house. I especially like macadamias! I had a girlfriend named Macadamia. She had a hard shell to crack! Also psychic she was &€£¥₩$#!=%.could see through your windows.
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« Reply #49 on: Sep 25, 2017 02:03 am »

I often find myself being grateful and thankful for the friends i have and praying for them. Also i often ask to be placed and be aware of the divine order around me. It is nice to have an afternoon off to think of God and practice our spiritual sadhana.
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« Reply #50 on: May 12, 2022 08:53 am »

One of the most challenging parts of spiritual practices I’ve found is to be so involved with your work, what ever it may be, that you forget practicing the presence. If you get really involved with your work it is easy to forget practicing the presence of the divine who we are serving. The true purpose of our work is serving the divine.

We often forget that our service could go on more gracefully if we included the Masters in our efforts and service. We can gain skills and aptitudes that we didn’t find possible if we only open up to the divine possibilities. Sometimes it’s better to close shop and meditate rather than going on and on struggling with work. Because God can and will make up for our deficiencies.
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