“The two parts of genuine acceptance — seeing clearly and holding our experience with compassion —are as interdependent as the two wings of a great bird. Together, they enable us to fly and be free.” It is said that mindfulness is like a bird; it needs two wings to…
‘For someone deeply trapped in a prison of thought, how good it can feel to meet a mind that hears, a heart that reassures.’ Ram Dass and Paul Gorman Going away on a spiritual retreat is an act of courage and kindness. When we enter…
“It’s not life that causes suffering, it’s our story about life—our interpretation—that causes so much distress.” Pema Chodron The practice of Mindfulness helps us wake up out of our stories about life. As Pema Chodron, an American Buddhist Nun, tells us, it’s not life/what is happening in…