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Mindfulness, Compassion and Insight

Learn about contemplative practice, the cultivation of mindfulness, compassion, insight and other topics related to well-being in life.

Peace.  It does not mean to be in a place with no noise, trouble or hard work. It is to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart”

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Find a peaceful, distraction-free location: Turn off your phone, television, and other electrical devices that might disturb or distract you during your practice.

Peter Doobinin argues that love needs agency, commenting, “Our ability to love is determined by the decisions we make to act in

“There are times in life where we might find ourselves caught in a hard-bound search for the “meaning of life”. What is the meaning of life? It’s a question with an unfathomable answer.  So hard is the question to answer that it leads one into an exhausting, endless search while life passes by.  Stop searching, start living, and meaning will start creeping into life.”  

– Clayton Micallef –

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Thich Nhat Hanh comments: “The true declaration of love is, ‘Dear one, I am here for you,’ because the most precious gift

Once, when asked about his secret to peace and contentment, meditation teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti famously replied: ‘I don’t mind what happens.’ Upon

“The more we’re living at odds with the truth, the more we suffer. The more we live along with it, the happier

Sister Dang Nghiem comments that, “It is entirely possible to create new, mindful, positive habits. This is certainly possible with the practice

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche comments, “To cultivate a steady mind independent of circumstances, we must work with the mind itself. Working directly with

How mindfulness Can Lead to an Embodied Wisdom

In answering the question if mindfulness practice can lead to an embodied wisdom, it is best to start with the foundation of

Cultivating Mindfulness analogy

The analogy of two farmers is a story explaining how cultivating mindfulness as an open quality of awareness in our everyday life

Universal use of mindfulness in schools not recommended

A large-scale study found that Universal School-based mindfulness training did not appear to improve students’ well-being or mental health (Kuyken et al.,