Mindfulness - a way to live

It might be easy when you are are on vacation, but it's possible to be mindful every time, at least to some degree.
When I swam in the ocean today, I tried to be with the body as much as possible. It's as with sitting meditation, you now and then loose your focus and begin to think.
So then you have to go back to the body; how does the water connect to the arms and so on, is it warm or cold, how does it behave when it meets your head and hair?
Is the water very salty, does it feels fresh?

It's possible to do the same when we take a shower. We can get in touch with the water and body, we can even be thankful to the body; the skin that protects us, the heart that beats so many thousand times a day, and even at night.
And when you come from a northern country like I do,  it's very easy to see the sun as a gift. To let the sun caress your face, to feel that you are one with the sun and just let the thoughts go for a while.

The body is a gift, yes even our whole life is a gift to us. We haven't made a decision to come to this earth. It's more accurate to say that nature sent you us here, nature including your parents.
But if we have no permanent self our parents are more like a pattern of connections. A pattern that always moves like waves.
And you are a new wave, always connected to the sea. Just for a while you are here, and can call yourself and individual.
But if you look at yourself as a continuation  of your parents, the sun, the sea, the mud and so on, there are not so much individuality, even if it feels like it is.

And if there isn't a separate self in there, it's really natural to feel connected to the water and the sun, the mud and even to flowers. So, as long as you have those things near you there are always opportunities to be mindful.



















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