- TOPICS
- Mindfulness and the Second Part of Life
- Mindfulness is:
- * nonjudgmental observation
- * impartial watchfulness
- * nonconceptual awareness
- * present-time awareness
- * non-egotistic alertness
- * awareness of change
- * participatory observation
- http://www.shambhala.com/html/learn/features/buddhism/basics/mindfulness.cfm
- 1. Mindfulness reminds you of what you are supposed to be doing.
- 2. Mindfulness sees things as they really are.
- 3. Mindfulness sees the true nature of phenomena.
- LINKS
- On This Journey We Call Our Life - Living the Questions
- http://www.mindfulness.com/
- "To the second question (for the second half of life) Hollis offers up some poignant questions to be asked (but not necessarily answered) by honest, humble, self-seekers willing to ask and grow.
- ...
- By What Truths Am I Living My Life?
- What Is My Shadow and How Can I Make It Known?
- What Is My Myth?
- What Is My Vocation?
- What Are My Spiritual Points Of Reference?
- What Fiction Shall Be My Truth?
- What Is My Obligation to the World?
- So, Ahem . . . What’s This Death Business?
- What Supports Me?
- What Matters, in the End?"
- Life Atop Mt. Soledad - Sandy Levin
- http://www.mindfulness.com/2010/12/10/mindfulness-now-now-now-now-now/
- “A brightening pink glow to my one o’clock hints at the coming sunrise.
- It peaks, then shines a pinpoint of light.
- The orange-yellow globe rises quickly over the mountains.
- My glasses reflect rays and I look away, so bright and glorious, welcoming a new day.
- Thank you, God, for this beautiful gift.”
- Egypt's Muslims Attend Coptic Christmas Mass, Serving as "Human Shields"
- http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/3365.aspx
- "Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community."
January 13, 2011 8:00 - 10:00 P.M.