Tag: mindfulness

From the movie ‘Tower Heist’: Lester the old doorman: All those years on the job, and it turns out that…

As few will tell us our faults, even if they are obvious to them, we need to increase mindfulness of…

I don’t know if there is already a term for the receiving end of Freudian slips, but I have been…

The foolish hear the tone of harshness, and miss the bitter words of truth. The wise listen to the words…

What if the scientific side is wrong? What if the other side(s) is wrong? What if you are wrong? The…

One who makes trouble for others unmindfully, can become indignant when mindful that others retaliate for their troubles. I hope…

A funny dialogue from the movie ‘Ghost Writer’ Teacher: Focus! Student: I can’t! I’m distracted What is the cure for…

If you do not drive to drink, you will not drink and drive. To not drink and drive, don’t drive…

‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’, simply put, is an ode to life. An ode to living itself: He who…

One of the most deluded kind of meditators are those who imagine they were in deep peace, when they were…

Please be mindful not to let your eagerness to share the Dharma overtake your eagerness to learn and practise the…

Please don’t bluff yourself that you were listening to the Dharma with your eyes closed, when you don’t see yourself nodding…

If you do not learn the Dharma accordingly during a Dharma discussion session, you are being untrue to yourself and…

A: When you lose something in, you gain something else. There’s always balance in life. S: Actually, it’s not always…

A Tit for a Tat (345) Tit: It’s frustrating when others in front walk too slowly. Tat: Most of the time, they…

For someone (or anyone) suffering from bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia: To be frank, it is tedious reading your mails which…

The above is Art Spiegelman’s ‘Synopsis’ of the human condition. This mortal life is as if a definite walk towards…

The sight of Zen is what you are seeing now – seen fully with mindfulness, without preconceptions. The sound of…

He gave his shoes a shake, to empty it of any dirt, before putting them on. But he had forgotten,…

Question: How do be straightforward, yet not curt? And how to be direct, yet not hurt? Answer: Simple – say…