Better Communication: Self Awareness and Meditation

This week’s blog is an excerpt from chapter six of my book. During week six of my introduction to mindfulness, I pondered how I communicate. More accurately, I pondered how I fail to communicate.  Rethinking how we talk to others, how we listen or don’t to …

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The Fascinating Life of J. Krishnamurti

Welcome to The Mystical One!  If this is your first visit, start here for more information and download the ebook that inspired this blog here. I had heard of J. Krishnamurti over the years – read many lovely quotations by him and heard snippets of his …

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The Way to Self Acceptance Part Deux

     If you missed The Way to Self Acceptance Part One, you can read it here.          When a stressful situation arises in my life, I don’t immediately remember to take refuge in the buddha, the dharma the sangha, or Jesus.  My …

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The Way to Self Acceptance

    When I first discovered Thich Naht Hanh (insert heart), I decided to do an exercise of constant mindfulness.  This was based upon his account of what happened when he joined the monastery.  He says there was a “poem” for everything you do, including going …

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