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“This being human is a guest house.  Every morning a new arrival.  A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor…” excerpt from the Guest House by Rumi
Such a beautiful expression Rumi makes here.  What if we treated everything that we experienced as a welcome guest?  What if we did [...]

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This is from Thich Nhat Hanh’s little book:
The Long Road Turns to Joy.  It’s another one
of his little gems that is small enough to fit
in a pocket or purse.  And truly it is a gem, even
the title is a treasure in and of itself.
This passage below is a little poem that he offers
to use in [...]

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Here again, out of Thich Nhat Hanh’s little book:
Be Free Where You Are, we have his thoughts
on habit energy.  I’ve been using his suggestions
below along with mindful breathing to move beyond
old habits and patterns of thought.  It is very simple
to do, you can do it anywhere.  Just smile at your habit
energy, thank it and then [...]

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The following excerpt comes from ‘Be Free Where You Are’.
It’s a tiny little pocket size book, you could carry with you
anywhere.  Thich Nhat Hanh spoke at a Maryland Correctional
Institute in 1999 on freedom, which really speaks to everyone
and this is a passage from it:
When a storm comes, it stays for some time, and then it [...]

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Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation,
should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on
an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves.
The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens
I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind.
I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have
were I giving the baby [...]

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… consciousness is said to be a field,
a plot of land in which every kind of seed has been planted,
seeds of suffering, happiness, joy, sorrow, fear, anger, and hope.
The quality of our life depends on which of these seeds we water.
The practice of mindfulness is to recognize each seed as it sprouts,
and to water the [...]

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I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was
autumn and the other leaves were falling.  The leaf told me,
“No.  During the whole spring and summer I was completely
alive.  I worked hard to help nourish the tree, and now much
of me is in the tree.  I am not limited by this form.  I am [...]

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 ”We often ask, ‘What’s wrong?’  Doing so, we invite painful seeds of sorrow to come up and manifest.  We feel suffering, anger, and depression, and produce more such seeds.  We would be much happier if we tried to stay in touch with the healthy, joyful seeds inside of us and around us.  We should learn [...]

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Quoted from: Thich Nhat Hanh – Peace Is Every Step
Flowers and Garbage “Defiled or immaculate.  Dirty or pure.  These are concepts we form in our mind.  A beautiful rose we have just cut and placed in our vase is pure.  It smells so good, so fresh.  A garbage can is the opposite.  It smells horrible and [...]

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