What is mindfulness?
Last updated on 3rd November 2011
You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars.
- Thomas Traherne
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.
It is a truism ... that men who are comfortable with their own aggression respond more lovingly to the world in general. - George Vaillant
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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.
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. - Walt Whitman
If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion. Dalai Lama
There are no paths, paths are made by walking. - Australian Aboriginal saying
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.
Who will prefer the jingle of jade pendants if he once has heard stone growing in a cliff? - Lao Tzu
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- Theodore Roosevelt
For the man who wears shoes, the whole world is covered with leather.
- Traditional
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.