Mindfulness is simply being aware of: 1) What is happening now, inside and outside self, as it is and without wishing it to be different. 2) Enjoying the pleasant  moment as it is and without expecting it will never stop ( which it will not  ) 3) Accepting the unpleasant moment as it is […]

         Meditation: What are the obstacles and excuses? Meditation is to be aware, to focus, to observe a specific chosen subject without using any analytic, judgmental and decisional mental process. It is a awareness-based contemplative mental state where the mind becomes just mirror. When thoughts and emotions pop-out, we accept them; then we let them […]

                                      Being before thinking or having a  thoughtless mind  Thoughtless mind or the mind before thinking mind is a weird concept, a typical spooky Zen stuff. Anything that we listen to, read and say ----all of this is thinking coming from the mind of someone regardless the source: Wikipedia, Google, the Bible, Koran, Buddhist Sutra, […]

This is a short list of books you may interested to read. Mindfulness in plain English    by B Gunaratana     Wisdom pub. Being peace  Thich Nhat Hanh       Parallax.   A great teacher, easy to read and many other books. Who is my self?  A. Khena      Wisdom The heart of Buddhist meditation   Dalai lama    Shambhala On […]

                                              Anxiety:  Watching anxiety with awareness If you notice that you are becoming more and more anxious because you are stuck in the traffic and you may miss an important meeting, simply try to be fully aware of your anxiety. Make your mind competing with itself: the anxious one against the awareness one. But […]