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12/12/2024

“If the doors of perception were cleansed
every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.
For man has closed himself up,
till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

“Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

Dear Ones,
As sometimes happens, I hit a significant downdraft earlier in the week. It took the wind out of my sails over the course of about 36 hours.

I'm grateful for all the teachers, teachings, practices, and kindred spirits in the MMM Circle that made it a rich and constructive experience rather than the type of crash and burn episodes I suffered with years ago.

Thankfully, the Practice works -- if you work at it.

Today's post, Your MMM Courtesy Wake Up Call: Visible to the Naked Eye., first emerged as I reflected on several special moments in my youth where "Beauty is Truth, Truth is Beauty" was, indeed, "all there is to know on earth, and all ye need to know." I felt the Presence of the Sacred.
Have a look?
https://www.mondaymorningmindfulness.net/2024/12/visible-to-naked-eye.html
One Love,
Lance

Hey Locals:
This Sunday: Be Still and Know!
Sunday, December 15 9:00 - 3:30
Community Yoga and Wellness Center
Greenfield MA

"Mindfulness and Meditation allow us to open our hearts, relax our bodies, and clear our minds enough to experience the vast, mysterious, sacred reality of life directly. With Practice we come to know for ourselves that eternity is available in each moment.

10/28/2024

"Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. "
-- Thich Nhat Hanh

“You are the sky. Everything else
– it’s just the weather."
-- Pema Chodron

It's always a blessing to touch -- and be touched by -- by Simple Wonder. Sometimes it happens on the meditation cushion. Sometimes elsewhere. This week I muse about a twilight walk through the boundless sky in Your MMM Courtesy Wake Up Call: Outside the Box. Have a look?
https://www.mondaymorningmindfulness.net/2024/10/outside-box.html
For Now!
One Love,
Lance

"Mindfulness and Meditation allow us to open our hearts, relax our bodies, and clear our minds enough to experience the vast, mysterious, sacred reality of life directly. With Practice we come to know for ourselves that eternity is available in each moment.

06/19/2024

Dear Folks,
You may have noticed -- or not -- that I've mostly disappeared from Facebook and the MMM Blog for awhile. Facebook seems to be "feeding"us more ads and "suggested" posts than the personal connections that we had enjoyed in the past.

It's been a long and difficult couple of months.

As it turns out, I responded to a telephone call in late March -- and my time and energy has been consumed by an attempt to support my 86 year old brother. I actually began writing about this in April from Oklahoma. Events swirled on, and I revisited the post a number of times, wrestling with what was going on for him and I. The post and I finally came to a "conclusion."

Here it is:
Your MMM Courtesy Wake Up Call: Blowing in the Wind.
https://www.mondaymorningmindfulness.net/2024/05/blowing-in-wind.html
Have a Look?
One Love,
Lance

PS. Of course, in infinite matrix of causes and conditions, everything changes. Stay tuned?

"Mindfulness and Meditation allow us to open our hearts, relax our bodies, and clear our minds enough to experience the vast, mysterious, sacred reality of life directly. With Practice we come to know for ourselves that eternity is available in each moment.

11/11/2023

At age 77, having just emerged from two months of a rather nasty extended play version of COVID, I can readily identify with the fleeting beauty of today's sunset.

I really wasn't feeling well and had no physical energy for a couple of months. I thought i had turned the corner several times, only to run smack dab into a wall again. The Five Remembrances I'd chanted innumerable times in Zen services over the decades were no longer theoretical.

Yet, facing my own sickness, old age, and death and looking them straight in the eye for real has been a good thing. I don't find myself "raging at the darkening of the light," or fearing the Final Frontier.

Instead, I've been making another deep dive into the teachings, insights, and practices that emerge from the Tibetan Book of the Dead. I've found the perfect combination of pillows to support myself in Shavasana. I practice Dissolution at Death at least a couple of times a day as part of my daily meditations.

Like life, I believe death can be faced -- and embraced -- with insight, skill, and compassion. Like life, death takes Practice. That calls for a commitment, some time and effort, and patience and persistence. I'm down for that. I'd like to bow out gracefully.

I certainly have no immediate plans to exit the stage, mind you. I'm in no rush. I love this sometimes tragic, sometimes comedic, mystery with all its plot twists and turns of phrase. I love the wild and wiggly cast of characters that have appeared to share in its many scenes.

Yet, at this point, I'm well aware that I've got many more yesterdays in my backpocket than tomorrows. I 'd like to face the final curtain call with a clear mind, a full and open heart -- and a deep bow.

I blame the Practice for that.

For One and All,
One Love,
Lance

PS I'm looking forward to the cast party at the Bardo Ballroom with a sense of gratitude, wonder, and curiosity as well. I hear the light show there is amazing.

For more musings on Life and Practice, check out Your MMM Courtesy Wake Up Call at www.mondaymorningmindfulness.net