What is mindfulness?
Last updated on 3rd November 2011
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. - Eden Phillpotts
Yesterday we had the twelfth & final session of this "Life skills" evening class. There was scheduled to have been a bit less than a three month gap since the last - eleventh - session. However the heavy winter snow we'd experienced had resulted in this last session being postponed.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
- Elbert Hubbard
Never waste a good crisis.
- Winston Churchill (attributed)
I wrote yesterday about the first part of this tenth "Life skills" evening. I particularly discussed development of Goodwill practice - very much in the "Nourishing positive states" section of the "Four aspects" diagram (below). In the second half of the evening we moved on to the "Exploring & processing" section of the diagram with the introduction particularly of various forms of therapeutic writing.
The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament. - Brother Lawrence
If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion. Dalai Lama
Do not think less of yourself, but think of yourself less.
- C. S. Lewis
Yesterday was the ninth evening of this "Life skills" training. I wrote about the eighth session last week. The sequence of regular weekly classes now moves on to increasing gaps between sessions - so it's three weeks until the tenth, a further five weeks until the eleventh, and then an additional eleven weeks until the final twelfth session. My hope is that we will be able to arrange occasional follow-up meetings even after that.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
- Henry Ford
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
- Edmund Burke
Yesterday we had the sixth session of this twelve evening "Life skills" course. I wrote last week about the fifth session. A dozen slides covering material we explored are viewable/downloadable at slides 1-6, Powerpoint or slides 1-6, PDF and slides 7-12, Powerpoint or slides 7-12, PDF.