Awareness of Awareness

"Be mindful of how you 'source' your Guidance.

How do you know what is 'right' for you?

Here are some experiments to explore this:
 
     • Wait until you are hungry and walk into your kitchen and open all the cupboards and refrigerator and stand there listening for, 'What food would most nourish me right now?' Be mindful of how this guidance comes to you - as images ... words ... feelings in your body ... clear knowing ... or in other ways ...

     • Before you get dressed for the day, stand in your room in your underwear ... and listen for how your Guidance comes to you for what to wear today ...
 
Does your guidance come through analysis ... intuition ... your body ... or some combination of these?

Then, expand this experiment to listening into how you listen for your Guidance in a myriad of other situations in your life, appreciating that Guidance comes through in different ways in different circumstances."

Joel & Michelle Levey    www.wisdomatwork.com

Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Ego OR Awareness?

     Irritation, Recognition, Boredom, Interest, Inspiration, Experiencing, or Integrating?
     These possible responses to any aspect of Mindfulness are worlds apart – like "heaven & hell." AND at the same time, each is immediately present right here, right now. Each moment we have the effortless, instant choice of any of these. See: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2014/11/589-resting-in-awareness.html
     We don't consistently live in awareness i.e. don't fully integrate aspects of Mindfulness into our daily life, to the extent that our ego remains in charge of our life. And we suffer in direct proportion. 
     As we become progressively more aware of what's happening within & about us in each moment, we gradually learn to choose thoughts, words & behaviors that are increasingly more skillful ie cause less suffering & greater joy for all.
     When's a good time to start living wisely?

Austin Beahm, National Geographic   http://photography.nationalgeographic.com

The Extraordinary Teacher

     "... an extraordinary teacher can teach not just the content of experience, but can point us back to our own knowing.   ...   The transmission from a spiritual teacher points us to the mystery of incarnation, to awaken from the small sense of self, to shift our identity from what is called 'the body of fear', the limited sense of ideas & thoughts we have about ourself, and to remember that we can manifest as wisdom, spaciousness, understanding, compassion, that we each have our own Buddha-nature, and that we can embody this in this life, and in this world." 

       Jack Kornfield "Transmission - Receiving the Living Wisdom of Spiritual Teachers - In-depth reflections and teachings on the student-teacher relationship."           www.soundstrue.com