mindfulness

The film comes from a place where I use to meditate or just stroll around. If you are quiet, the animals will accept you and even be curious. This little watersnake came quite near... When we let our thoughts go, we can easily  feel that we share some kind of consciousness, with the rest of the animals:With a snake, a fish, or a bumblebee that you saves from drowning... We share feelings of scariness, satisfaction, concentration and probably of pleasure. You will not see a snake meditate. But you can see a concentrated snake like this, smelling for pray with it's tongue. The snakes probably don't think much, probably not worry for the future or for death. So they don't have to meditate to be calmer. Planning for the future is necessary,  but we don't have to do it all the time... We try to make our life safe. But we all now that bad things can happen anyway. If we all the time are afraid for something we will miss a lot of things. To care for a pet o...

If you become peaceful, you will help other people with just your appearance. Like a beautiful tree. So try to take care of your self, have some time for yourself each day to nourish yourself. We all have feelings of loneliness and emptiness, even if we are around a lot of people. Some of us are so afraid of loneliness, that we have to be connected to others all the time, by phone or the net. But sooner or later we have to cope with ourselves.... Perhaps it's not possible to be peace all the time. And it's important to not condemn yourself if you not are peaceful all the time. But it's for sure something to strive for....

Many of us feel like as we are stuck in a hole. It can be a trauma from the childhood,  or maybe we been hurt as adults. A common way is to distract our selves so we don't have to be reminded of it. It can be shopping, alcohol, destructive sex, it can be looking for fame. The trouble is that it can be addictive. We can be caught in a bahviour. Often it is better to have a look at the feelings, it can be loneliness, sadness, anger,despair.... (if it is even deeper feelings it's better to first go a a doctor) It's okay t have those feeling,  just breath with the feeling and let them be there, if you not are too tired or stressed you can take care of them. If you now what will trigger the feeling try to stay away from it.... there are so many thing out here that will trigger feelings as scariness - on the net, on the TV, in certain newspapers. I have no TV and  read serious newspapers. The net is more difficult. It can be addictive too. maybe he five mkindf...

just be with the nature - watch, for instance, the shadows of the grass                              try too look at the man as nature too music brian eno

Maybe the answer can be - both.... If you look for the word at Wikipedia, you will find the word in two versions, in a Buddhist and in a secular context. But if you have the vision that everything is interconnected, they are of course connected. Both Dalai Lama and Thich Nhath Hanh  has tried, with varied success, to combine both contexts. The problem is that, science won't take thing for true until they prove and even then the scientist has to be open for changes or admit that we don't really understand certain phenomena. While religion has another agenda; to look for security, salvation and often company. Some ceremonies and traditions also strengthen the belief and the group. The more complicated, the better. In a new world, with big challenges we probably need  both contexts. Science can't make meaning and religion can hardly  make progress in thought and behavior. Sometimes religion seems to go hand in hand though, and that seems to be the case in th...

Why not lay down in a park or in a forest. Just listen to the leaves waving and the birds singing. Life can be as simple as that.  If we can enjoy these moments, we don't  have tobe rich and don't have to have other people around all the time. This Earth is a sacred beauty. And we are a part of the planet and of the whole universe.  Be open to yourself, to your fears and your thoughts, even the unpleasant ones. Nature will soothe them.... And when thoughts leave, just concentrate on the breath and then on the scenery...

Perhaps you have had to meet some of your own sorrow or the sadness in the world before you want to start with mindfulness. But that can make you eager for some meditation. Nick Drake didn't have the strength to go on for so long. But he gave us some lovely music. Here is one of his song interpreted by MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO  A women that for sure has seen some sorrowfulness but fortunately has been able to cope with it. If you want to help the world, you better stay as strong as you can, like a tree in the wind. The branches and the leaves can move quickly - but the roots should stay solid.