#meditation
When you're teaching meditation to a group of veterans and one of their service dogs decides he needs some attention. 🐶 ❤️
#Veterans
#ServiceDog
#DogsOfMastodon
#Meditation
#Mindfulness
The term 'acceptance' tends to wear at least two distinct hats.
In everyday language, it often suggests surrender or compromise.
Yet in a more transformative sense, acceptance is seen as an achievement - something not easily attained but reached through focus and an element of 'letting go'.
Acceptance is a courageous act, a potent, conscious choice that enables us to acknowledge our present circumstances or emotions wholly.
Du gehst zu den Lustigen
Doch ihr Lachen ist ohne Freude
Du suchst den Reichtum
Doch er lastet auf Deiner Seele
Du suchst den Erfolg
Doch der Glanz blendet Dich
Du gehst zu den Weisen
Doch ihre Weisheiten sind Gefäße ohne Böden
Du rufst Deinen Gott
Und hörst nur Dein Echo
Du fliehst in die Stille
Doch Dein Schreien will niemand hören
Du suchst den Tod
Doch Dein Suchen ist das Leben -
Was Du suchst, erreichst Du nicht
Was Du fliehst, verlässt Dich nicht.
Uwe Schade
Here's another Guided Nature-Based Meditation. This one from Fall Park in Boyne City, Michigan
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
Dharma's where you find it.
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2023/06/dont-do-anything.html
#AlanWatts, #Buddhism, #hermitpractice, #meditation, #nonattachment, #Tantra #Zen
Tonight! Online or in person (NYC).
Zazen and Dharma Talk by Ryotan Roshi
Thursday, June 8
5:30pm – 6:40pm ET
Join us online or in person for an evening of meditation and a Dharma talk on Buddhist teachings. We’ll begin with 30 minutes of zazen, followed by a
Dharma talk, and conclude with our Thursday evening service. All are welcome to join.
#Zen #ZenBuddhism #Meditation #DharmaTalk #Sangha
https://villagezendo.org/events/zazen-and-dharma-talk-by-ryotan-june-2023-thursday/
Sometimes the best things in life happen completely by accident.
I Accidentally Meditated at Vipassana When I Was 18
https://www.thetaoistonline.org/post/i-accidentally-meditated-at-vipassana-when-i-was-18
📖 #Today 's #Meditation :
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Across millennia, the devil's siren song remains unaltered:
Let it all burn!
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https://www.dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi
#thursday #poetry #spirituality #ethics #motivation #inspiration
I used to listen to this playlist almost daily during my FMLA and DBT IOT last summer. I haven't listened to it in quite a few months. For some reason I loaded it up this morning, and wow, it's like a punch to the gut that I needed.
I put it on for background music, but hearing her spoken word... I found myself having to stop everything I was doing to really focus on her message. To hear her words. To stop. And take a moment. To breathe.
I found this album on the Calm app and then I discovered the spoken word version of it, which is truly just incredible to listen to with real focus. I needed this today.
So I am sharing it again for everyone, should you ever need it.
Reach out if you ever want to discuss any of this or learn more about resources.
You matter.
#MentalHealth #StayInTheMoment #BePresent #Meditation #YouMatter #HackersForMentalHealth
Meditation is not just for monks and yogis. Anyone can learn to meditate and reap the benefits of mindfulness. Meditation can help you reduce stress, improve focus, and enhance well-being.
#Meditation #Mindfulness #Wellbeing
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23718805/beginner-guide-meditation-mindfulness-how-to-meditate
Think You're Self Reliant? Think Again...
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
#Death is not a thing. Birth is not a thing. #Energy is a thing and it is neither created or destroyed. #Meditation helps us see and understand what scientists like #Einstein also came to understand. #wisdom #spirituality #buddhism #taoism
How Do I Stop Mental Habits?
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy #habits #stop
I feel today is going to be a struggle mentally.
Still, I'm ready to be #surprised. I've been surprised before. Maybe this willingness to be surprised is one of the gifts of #Zen.
#disability #MentalHealth #anxiety #depression #autism #ActuallyAutistic #wildfires #AirQuality #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation #meditation #surprise #KitchenSink
Most of us use our minds without caring for them. Morning, noon, and night; sitting, standing, walking, and lying down, we don’t rest for a moment. We’re like a man who drives a car or a boat: If he doesn’t let it rest, he’s headed for trouble.
~Ajahn Lee
Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.
— Blaise Pascal
The Legacy of Patanjali: Unraveling the History and Philosophy of Yoga
Patanjali is a significant figure in In... #AshtangaYoga #Ayurveda #Harmoniusliving #Meditation #Patanjali #Personaltransformation #PhilosophiesofYoga #Yoga https://www.knewtoday.net/the-legacy-of-patanjali-unraveling-the-history-and-philosophy-of-yoga/?feed_id=13579&_unique_id=6481882e59ff4
20 Minutes A Day free live online meditation sessions
https://registration.rigpa.org.au/DailyMeditation
https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=894
#meditation #mindfulness #mindful #mind
#thebigsit #freemeditation #mentalfitness #spiritualbutnotreligious #wellbeing
#headtohealth #manifest #flourish #happiness #buddhism #selflove #mentalhealth #inspiration
#buddhismforbeginners #consciousliving #headspace #freshmind #gokind
#allinthemind #livefully #tranquility #soulsearch
Apple of the Mind. Exploring the relationship of the mind, heart, soul, and brain. Taken from a Dharma Talk given by Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon on 2/16/2023. https://youtu.be/cPDzMx_YrbU#zen #zenmaster #dharma #buddhism #buddhist #Buddha #bodhisattva #meditation #seeds #flowers #fruit #heart #soul #brain #mind #meditate
"While many have found a connection between garden-tending and mindfulness meditation, there’s a difference between tending to the wild garden rather than the cultivated one."
A reflection on mindfulness, interdependence, and urban foraging: "Mindful Foraging" at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. https://tricycle.org/article/mindful-foraging/ #mindfulness #buddhism #interdependence #meditation #foraging #wildplants
It's true: The sound of nature helps us relax.
Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) found that playing 'natural sounds' affected the bodily systems that control the flight-or-fright and rest-digest autonomic nervous systems, with associated effects in the resting activity of the brain.
https://appliedawareness.org/nature-sounds/
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
Vice is what keeps us from our depths,
prevents our solitude from being companionable
and even, in silence, fills us with noise...
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
( #Art by Jason deCaires Taylor)
#ethics #poetry #meditation #writing #book #spirituality #WritingCommunity
📖 #Today's #meditation:
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Inhibitions might be the handmaidens of conscience.
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https://www.dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi
#ethics #motivation #inspiration #poetry #WritingCommunity #psychology #spirituality
Double Scoop Of Happiness
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
‘The more one is able to leave one’s cultural home, the more easily is one able to judge it, and the whole world as well, with the spiritual detachment and generosity necessary for true vision.
The more easily, too, does one assess oneself and alien cultures with the same combination of intimacy and distance.’
― Edward Said
How do I think? This might be the best question anyone has ever asked.
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
The Legacy of Patanjali: Unraveling the History and Philosophy of Yoga
Patanjali is a significant figure in In... #AshtangaYoga #Ayurveda #Harmoniusliving #Meditation #Patanjali #Personaltransformation #PhilosophiesofYoga #Yoga https://www.knewtoday.net/the-legacy-of-patanjali-unraveling-the-history-and-philosophy-of-yoga/?feed_id=12193&_unique_id=647ff9bdb1811
https://thethirdwave.co/sp/coaching-certification-program/ #awesome the main stream world is catchin up hahahaaaa the #shroom world is v v real and am loving all the neuroscience research around this and the linking w associated pathways like #meditation #qigong #taichi and I’m adding in #reiki a form of intense meditation esp when done w no ego attachments. #DefaultModeNetwork awesome stuff and knowledge Go little #shrooms changing the world one cap at a time #fuckingawesome
newcastle.rigpa.org.au
A great opportunity to practice meditation in a supportive environment.
No booking necessary.
#meditation #mindfulness #mentalfitness #freemeditation #headspace
#contemplativescience #psychology #mindscience #meditationpractice #manifest #inspiration #flourish #purpose #Spirituality
#TibetanBuddhism #InfuseHealth #Adamstown #Kotara
#NewLambton #Broadmeadow #Merewether #newcastle #whatsonnewcastlensw
#2nurfm #huntervalley #yourmove
I created a super basic #meditation timer on my site
https://thedridge.com/timer/
The perils of Zen practice
http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2023/03/ww-sitting-with-demons.html
#Zen, #Avalokiteshvara, #CatsOfMastodon, #makyo, #meditation #zazen
😍 Ganz neu entstanden: Kunst-Postkarte *Ranke* - von Hand gezeichnet und nur ein einziges Mal verfügbar! ✏️
#handgefertigt #handmade #foryou #fyp #meditation #drawing #zeichnen #graphic #grafik #kunst #postkarte #art #postcard #kritzeln #kunstpostkarte #fineliner #sw
Planting Seeds in your Mind. Taken from a Dharma Talk given by Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon on 2/16/2023.
https://youtube.com/shorts/y1XqwERPU14?feature=share #zen #zenmaster #dharma #buddhist #buddhism #Buddha #bodhisattva #meditation #seeds #flowers #fruit #heart #soul #brain #mind
A First Try of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro Headset - I briefly got my hands on Apple’s new high-tech goggles, which impressed and creeped me o... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/technology/personaltech/apple-vision-pro-headset-try.html #videophonesandvideoconferencing #computersandtheinternet #headphonesandheadsets #computerandvideogames #contenttype:service #mobileapplications #wearablecomputing #meditation #innovation #appleinc
📖 #Today's #meditation:
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Unheeded, pricks of conscience might return as harpoons of circumstance.
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More #meditation in today's #blog post: the Earth and Star Exercise from my article on the OBOD website!
https://wordpress.com/post/pathwaysandprophecy.com/67
Unlike the other exercise I shared, this one is heavily influenced by my experiences with Reiki. Caution is warranted for all those who are inexperienced with energy work.
Having said that, I'd love to hear what you think if you choose to give it a try!
Says Rumi: "Sometimes, though rarely, the disciple (of a false guru) because of the sincerity of his quest for God may derive spiritual benefit even from that false guru (literally, ‘the falsehood of the impostor may turn out to be profitable to the seeker.’). Due to his own honest intention he ascends... The Disciple is Genuine Even If the Guru is Not! Baba Faqir Chand's Radhasoami Teachings - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts: https://radhasoami.livejournal.com/231371.html
Guided imagery should come with a warning label, “Guided imagery is generally considered safe, but visualization isn’t without risk. It can promote feelings of anxiety, increased depressive thoughts, panic, and mental health issues . If you experience any of these symptoms talk to your mental health professional.”
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
A Truth in art is that whose contradictory is also true.
—Oscar Wilde
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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a great truth.
—Thomas Mann.
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
—Niels Bohr
#truth #art #science #philosophy #literature #meditation #spirituality #quotes #Tuesday #life
Did you know I post a new meditation video every weekday?
https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedawarenessOrg/shorts
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
Practicing Applied Awareness, we remain mindful of what beliefs are, not what our particular beliefs may be.
Some other words we use to describe speculating are our personal judgments, opinions, beliefs, guesswork, assumptions, etc., all of which we use in place of missing or unknown facts.
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
The mind cannot be purified without...
~Bhante G
Working in #tech allows us to touch people’s lives. Ethical #design helps us to empower, not exploit, those people.
👩🏽💻💚 https://d3e.co/w6
Here's the #video of my guest lecture at @HTW_Berlin on #EthicalDesign, w Andreas Lehner. We do a short #meditation, then discuss principles & a practical framework.
Wende dich vom Tao ab, und Moral und Anstand treten auf. Heuchelei und Scheinheiligkeit entstehen durch Gelehrsamkeit und Finesse. Wenn Zwietracht herrscht, wird festgelegt, was rechtschaffen und tugendhaft ist.
Moral, Anstand, Gelehrsamkeit, Finesse, Rechtschaffenheit - dadurch entstehen die Probleme der Welt. Predige Tugend, beharre auf dem Guten, und nur Übles wird entstehen.
In der Tradition der Alten heißt es, daß Denken aus Mißerfolg geboren wird, das Lernen die Waffe des Kampfes ist.
Unter Denken und Verstehen, unter dem Kampf um Richtig und Falsch liegt eine ursprüngliche Tugend verborgen, aus der einfache Harmonie entspringt. Es gibt etwas Leichtes, mit dem Intellekt nicht Faßbares, das im Herzen aller Lebendigkeit pulsiert. Weiche vom Tao ab, und Künstlichkeit nimmt ihren Anfang. Finde ohne zu suchen die ursprüngliche Tugend.
Ray Grigg
I've been asked a number of times to teach #meditation in college classrooms. I typically tell folks that they're under no obligation to do the meditation and that, if they wish, they can just sit there.
I also tell them, though, in the spirit of full disclosure, that if they do actually just sit there ... they'll be doing the meditation.
🙂 🙏
A great opportunity to practice meditation in a supportive environment. All are welcome and basic guidance is given.
Cost: By donation
2/19 Enogerra Terrace, Red Hill
https://www.rigpabrisbane.org/meditation.html
#meditation #brisbane #redhill #meditateinbrisbane #westsidenews
#whatsonbrisbane #brissy
#mindfulness #buddhism #rigpa #mind #psychology #compassion #mindscience #buddhistwisdom #mindful #meditationpractice #enlightenment #natureofmind
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
A new sound generator from Dr. Stéphane Pigeon at myNoise.net has been released June 2 2023. "Time Still" is a generative drone that symbolizes his recent health journey. Immerse yourself, listen closely, an find echoes of your own resilience.
https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/timeStillMusicalDroneGenerator.php
📖 #Today's #meditation :
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Each time we betray our conscience, we strangle an angel.
And, yet, it's not certain we are allotted an infinite supply of winged pardons.
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Join us online or in person in New York City.
Zazenkai with Dharma Talk by Jo An Sensei
Saturday, June 10
We invite you to participate in Village Zendo’s zazenkai, a half-day retreat that will be held both online and in person. It will include ample periods of meditation, service, a Dharma talk, and conclude with open sozan.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜?
Thinking is making the same two choices over and over. We choose how to interpret a situation, then choose how to react to our own interpretations.
The power of thinking is that when we pay attention to these thought choices we can make better decisions overall for happier outcomes.
For how-to information, you can check out Self-Awareness Practice at https://appliedawareness.org
#meditation #mindfulness #wisdom #knowledge #wellness #lifestyle #love
#nada 10 has new #fieldrecordings of wonderful birdsong
a blend of #electroacoustic #ambient music
compelling #deeplistening #meditation
focused minimal #soundscapes with #fiveelements
https://nexttime.bandcamp.com/album/nada-10-improvisation-04-june-2023
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I’ve been meditating regularly for a while now. I’m 65. And I began when I was 15. That’s 50 years. And I’ve done almost as many intensive retreats (of 5 to 40 days) as the number of years I’ve been practicing.
And it’s getting simpler.
I don’t count my breaths any more. I don’t follow the physical sensation of breathing any more.
And it’s like increasingly the case that I no longer even do the #meditation any more.
There’s just sitting.
Headed to a weeklong silent #meditation retreat. Been doing these for close to a decade. Total reset. Antidote for digital
poisoning. See you on the other side. #zen
creativity
colorful Worlds deep within
begging to come out...
#575Prompt - worlds
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yellow-and-blue-art-worlds-within-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #haiku #smallpoems #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #artist #artistsofmastodon #words #collage #mixedmedia #modernart #abstract #abstractart #AYearForArt #poet #poem #gold #blue #mandala #meditation #peace
10 june 2023! For those in #scotland and the rest of us online. A special birthday celebration of #joy! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrate-joy-at-universal-hall-findhorn-tickets-638698112247 Live from #universalhallfindhorn Proceeds benefit new #meditation Sanctuary build in the #ecovillage at the Park, #findhorn
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Toward the beginning of tonight’s #meditation there was for me a sense of how, while “the body” can often, and rightly, be valorized in spiritual practices, this evening the body stood as a simple kind of living truth and a reminder that there's a matter-of-fact reality, always and already here, which is more immediate, and, I’m now tempted to say, more self-reliant and more self-sufficient, than my made-up thoughts and opinions and philosophies and conceptual frames.
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” — Carl Jung
I've been doing a daily art practice for the past three months, and here's an animated compilation of all my work from May. This practice has been increasingly challenging to maintain as life seems to be flying by, but at the same time, it has become more and more sacred and spiritual. It's been helpful to mark the passage of days as I engage in the act of creation and take time to check in. #art #spiritual #meditation #painting #dailysketch #artwork #drawing #zen
soft circular thoughts
a meditation of hope
There is peace within...
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/green-abstract-geometrical-art-peace-within-sharon-cummings.html
#575Prompt - circular
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #haiku #smallpoems #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #artist #artistsofmastodon #words #collage #mixedmedia #modernart #abstract #abstractart #AYearForArt #poet #poem #green #blue #mandala #meditation #peace
Started making some mandala mugs. Very satisfying. This is the first one done: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1494095441/stoneware-mandala-mug-wheel-thrown #art #ceramics #mug #mandala #meditation #peace
'Tis no disparagement to be a stranger, or so irksome to be an exile. The rain is a stranger to the earth... The #soul is an alien to the body... and such things commonly please us best, which are most strange, and come farthest off.’
—Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy
#Photography by, my cousin, Tawfik W Dajani
#ambianceloire #archéo #méditation #cimetièreantique je vous souhaite une bonne soirée et aussi une belle nuit. A demain peuple de Mastodon si tout ce passe comme prévu ...
📖 #Today's #meditation :
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The grades of #love we are ashamed to confess: from the playground crush to Divine madness.
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Sometimes I intentionally create something to calm myself. Not that I'm dealing with anything wrong in particular, but just because sometimes all the little things build up. Hopefully this image expresses tranquility and balance.
Artwork is here - https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/lotus-zen-balance-in-all-things-peggy-collins.html
#zen #lotus #abstract #art #artist #flowers #meditation #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #PeggyCollins
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
— Camus
Tonight, the moon is half full, framed perfectly by the branches of the walnut tree outside my back door. I draw its radiance into myself and consider the ways in which I, too, am growing toward my maximum luminosity.
What's bearing fruit for you in this lunar cycle, Mastopals?
#stargazing #moongazing #astronomy #astrology #moon #lunar #meditation
Hey it's not midnight yet, so let's do a two days in a row edition of THREE GOOD THINGS™️!
Practice gratitude, Masto friends, it will relieve some of your #anxiety and #depression every day, if you're so afflicted, or if not, just highlight all the good things and people in your life!
🍗 Went to watch #golf and eat some #wings with my ex who is one of my dearest friends.
🎣 The Domestic Partner is absolutely chuffed (#UK Masto did I use that right?) about a new fishing lure design he came up with for his #Cuttyhunk trip.
👩🏿⚖️ I got to meet one of our city council candidates today, and she is a fierce woman of color and I hope she makes it. #WorcPoli
#Gratitude #Meditation #Worcester #ILoveNewEngland #ThreeGoodThings @3goodthings
An inspiring #meditation by a new friend, scientist-philosopher-artist, Jeffrey Alan Lockwood:
✨The Fine Art of the Good Guest✨
#gratitude #travel #culture #books @bookstodon #SilentSunday
Some time ago, I shared with y'all the news that I'd had an article published in Touchstone, the magazine of #OBOD.
Today's #blog post is a portion of that article-- a #druid #meditation I devised during my Ovate studies. Do let me know what you think if you decide to give it a try!
https://pathwaysandprophecy.com/2023/05/26/tree-spirit-exercise/
After all of the huge life changes over the past three years, it’s easy for me to fall into spinning thoughts of past grievances, or worries about the future. Asking myself, “What is happening, right now?” and “Am I aware?” breaks the cycle of these thoughts and brings me back to experiencing the present moment.
#Mindfulness #Meditation
Found a local "Insight Meditation" group.
Insight Meditation is the title used by a lot of Theravada Buddhists in the US.
So that's neat!
@stroughtonsmith thanks for the #showcase!
Actually @zenitizer just launched today 🚀🥳
🧘 Clean & Simple #Meditation Timer
🎵 Soothing Sounds
❤️ #AppleHealth
🪄 #Siri & #Shortcuts
⭐️ #Goals and #Streaks for Motivation
👀 Glanceable #Widgets and #AppleWatch Complications
1️⃣ Download on the App Store: https://zenitizer.app/install%E2%80%AC
2️⃣ Claim 50% Launch Discount: https://apps.apple.com/redeem/?ctx=offercodes&id=6444767911&code=LAUNCH
3️⃣ Please upvote on Product Hunt: https://producthunt.com/posts/zenitizer
Thank You and Happy Meditating 🙏
Dear #Fediverse 👋 Zenitizer launched on the #AppStore today 🚀🥳
🧘 Clean & Simple #Meditation Timer
🎵 Soothing Sounds
❤️ #AppleHealth Support
🪄 #Siri & #Shortcuts Support
⭐️ #Goals and #Streaks
👀 Glanceable #Widgets and #AppleWatch Complications
1️⃣ Download: https://zenitizer.app/install
2️⃣ Claim 50% Launch Discount: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6444767911&code=LAUNCH
3️⃣ Boost this post to help an indie dev spread the word ❤️
4️⃣ Upvote on Product Hunt if you happen to be there: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/zenitizer
Thank You and Happy Meditating 🙏
If you have started to move beyond all of the guided mediation apps out there, yet still need something to provide you with a beginning, end, and maybe some nature sounds in the background, take a look at @zenitizer. I have been beta testing it for the last few months, and today is it’s official launch on the App Store! @manuel has created a well thought out app to help complement and support your meditation journey.
#meditation #iOS #apps https://iosdev.space/@manuel/110428049806025381
There are days when even your meditation practice doesn't allow you to focus. Even years of practice doesn't shield you from the brain's tendency to be a rat.
Tomorrow is another day!
Blue sky veiled in lacy white clouds. I find this image so soothing and tranquil.
ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/blue-and-white-sky-rachel-league.html
#mastodon #mastoart #AYearForArt #artmatters #art #artist #fediart #buyintoart #photography #fedigiftshop #clouds #bluesky #artbooster #fediverse #meditation
@madrush Thank you, kindred spirit, for allowing me to share these contemplative appetizers in your sympathetic space.
Here is the link to my new #book, Quarantine Notes, for those who might crave more...
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
@bookstodon #books #meditation #poetry #WritingCommunity #today #joinin #reading
I’ve been meaning to write this #blog post for a long time but was always too busy working on @zenitizer lately...
Today, I finally found a moment to summarize my own #meditation and #mindfulness experience and describe how I gradually transitioned from guided meditations to a mostly unguided practice and how that eventually inspired me to start building @zenitizer - ‘cause I simply couldn’t find an app that ticked all the boxes for me ✅
https://manuelkehl.com/blog/guided-vs-unguided-meditations-my-journey/
My new #book of short meditations is available to order, on #Amazon 🤩
✨Yahia Lababidi’s work is characterized by a contemplative tone in line with #Rumi, whom he often #quotes. Lababidi is a Muslim voice for peace, celebrating the #wisdom in ancient traditions and pointing out the ridiculous in the rush & cynicism of contemporary life. ✨
—Plough magazine
Thank you, for your support 🙏🏼
@bookstodon #books #boost #WritingCommunity #poetry #wisdom #meditation
been a while since I posted my #introduction and it's time for an update.
some of my interests include
#bikes #cycling
#ebooks #music #drumming #percussion
love all #dogs and #cats and most other #animals of course.
Adore snoring dogs but put a snoring human next to me and the knives come out! Why is this so?
#ChronicPain #meditation #CranioSacralTherapy
#SydneySwans #Matildas #Succulents #Nature #Bushwalking #Hiking
#Adventure #Spirograph
#Photography #Music
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Cause and Effect.
#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #quiet #calm #psychology #happiness #happy
Happy #WorldMeditationDay everyone 🧘❤️🙏
In this video I share a few tidbits about my meditation journey and my inspiration for Zenitizer.
I also have some exciting news to share: @zenitizer will officially launch on May 25th! 🚀
You can preorder it on the App Store now to be notified when it's ready for download!
Also, make sure to redeem the code “LAUNCH" inside the app on Thursday for a 50% launch discount!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/meditation-timer-zenitizer/id6444767911
Aphorisms, from my forthcoming #book, appeared in Tiferet #Journal — at the nexus of #literature & #spirituality — alongside #poets that I admire, such as Paul Muldoon.
https://m.youtube.com/@Yahia.Lababidi
@bookstodon #books #poetry #wisdom #SilentSunday #publishing #WritingCommunity #reading #meditation #art #peace #reading
I'm excited to share this #video trailer for my forthcoming #book, Quarantine Notes, by filmmaker Marc Neys (aka Swoon).
I hope his artistic short #film captures your #imagination and you might consider ordering my book, available next week:
Please, #boost to help me get the word out. Thank you 🙏
@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #WritingCommunity #poetry #wisdom #meditation #covid #covid19 #Inspiration #motivation #hope #poetrycommunity #writing #life #love
Added #Tonglen (taking and sending) meditation to my morning practice a couple of days ago- it’s been a while but it’s clear to me now that I need to be doing this practice daily, probably forever. It’s such a good practice for developing loving-kindness and compassion, both for self and others. If you’re not familiar with tonglen, here’s a link with a simple explanation https://www.lionsroar.com/how-to-practice-tonglen/amp/
My new weekly installment in Metapsychosis: #journal of #consciousness, #literature & #art:
Never mind #poetry or prose, good #literature is the art of friction.
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#Poems seem to grow with us. Often, it’s only we who are catching up with a #poem’s dimension.
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#Writing is a kind of echolocating—to discover our tribe.
https://www.metapsychosis.com/collections/quarantine-notes/
via @madrush
#WritingCommunity #ai #inspiration #motivation #wisdom #spirituality #meditation #poetrycommunity #quotes #words #books #life
Is this the same as he did in 1997? "Every day I wake up, I hope I'm dreamin'/I can't believe this shit" #meditation
If I were to hold free meditation/mindfulness events on a semi-regular basis with a focus on #neurodivergent and trauma-informed practices, would you prefer them on... @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @disabled #meditation #mindfulness #ChickenYogi
'The candle is not there to illuminate itself.'
— Nawab Jan-FishanKhan
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'A good teacher is like a candle -- it consumes itself, to light the way for others.'
—Anon
( #art by Fran Carneros )
#spirituality #wisdom #quote #faith #inspiration #meditation #humanity #sufi #motivation #mayday #Monday #teaching #education #light #life
Here's a painting everyday for the month of April!
💭 Thoughts on the Practice 👇
https://reggi.substack.com/p/my-daily-art-practice.
📁 Archive 👇
https://brush.reggi.com
#art #brushwork #meditation #calligraphy #brush #ink #painting #creativity #create #maker #make #artistic #work
Cancun beach, abstract. Mixed media painting combining photography and digital art. I find this image so calming. Thought it was perfect for #SilentSunday
ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/cancun-beach-abstract-deborah-league.html
#mastodon #mastoart #digitalart #AYearForArt #art #artist #buyintoart #wallart #travel #photography #artmatters #mixedmedia #seascape #coastalart #beach #beachlife #Mexico #ocean #painting #meditation
@annedraya Of course I don’t know your mind so I can’t talk about it. All our minds are different, and sort of the same too.
I’d suggest that if you are aware your thoughts are pulling you all around, thoughts are scattered etc — if you have that awareness of the thoughts, then you are already fully participating in a meaningful meditation path.
It’s not the quality, quantity, or any other characteristic of thoughts that matters. It’s the awareness shining back on them sometimes. #meditation
All great spirituality is about letting go. Instead, we have made it to be about taking in, attaining, performing, winning, succeeding. True spirituality echoes the paradox of life itself. It trains us in both detachment and attachment: detachment from the passing so we can attach to the substantial. But if we do not acquire good training in detachment, we may attach to the wrong things, especially our own self-image and its desire for security. - Fr. Richard Rohr
poem posted and read on medium (no paywall).
https://sophiawood.medium.com/how-you-came-to-be-16db62213b78
Here's what making a painting every day for all of March looks like in couple of seconds. Read more about the practice on Substack: https://reggi.substack.com/p/my-daily-art-practice. Here's the (static) archive: https://art.reggi.com.
#art #brushwork #meditation #calligraphy #brush #ink #painting #creativity #create #maker #make #artistic #work
more info on this art of Bonseki, Japanese Sand Painting.
#Meditation #garden, with #coloredpencil tonight.
Hevajra appears on this 15th-century thangka in his three-headed and four-armed form. This manifestation is drawn from the Hevajra Tantra, a text revered by the Sakya order of Tibetan Buddhism, who likely commissioned this painting from a Newari artist from Nepal.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/hevajra-mandala-newari.html
#buddhism #buddhist #meditation #mandala #ancient #medieval #old
…Things I’ll be boosting & tooting about continued:
#Feminism
#AncientHistory
#Metaphysics
#QuantumPhysics
#Mysticism
#Philosophy
#Meditation
#AwakeningConsciousness
#NewEarth
#NaturalMedicine
#Reiki
#Gardening
#Herbs
#NaturalHealing
#NaturalMedicine
#Art
#Poetry
#Photography
#JewelryMaking
#Beading
#Genealogy
1 small quiet somewhere 🍃
My latest creative project ☺️ If you enjoy slow-paced cozy slice-of-life and slightly abstract conceptual things, this might be up your alley. I'm thinking of it as building a little retreat for myself in my mind (and on the internet, haha). Treat it as something you could dip into and out of with a nice cup of tea. 🍵
https://smallquiet.humangray.com/
#MastoArt #CreativeToots #cute #cozy #SliceOfLife #buddhism #meditation #contemplation #fantasy
Some years ago, late at night on an intensive #meditation retreat, during a quiet rain, this Zen story came to mind ... and kinda changed my life.
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(to ask, ""What is the meaning of Zhaozhou's cypress tree," is in effect Zen for "What is the meaning and purpose of being alive?")
📖 #today’s #meditation :
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You can't bury pain
and not expect it
to grow roots.
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https://www.dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi
#quotes #mentalhealth #health #healing #poetry #wisdom #writing #WritingCommunity #writingwonders #poetrycommunity #inspiration #friday #JoinIn