You are on the Earth and of it. You are experiencing the world around you: responding to it, moving through it, and shaping it. Your thoughts arise from the data stored in your brain, yet ‘mind’ as a phenomena, exists beyond it.  Emotions arise and dissipate. They are the result of chemicals released under the direction … More On the Earth, Of the Earth

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin has provided the Practice of Living Awareness with its bumper sticker quote: “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” The earth beneath our feet provides stability, the sky above our heads provides spaciousness. Light reveals the magnificence of our surroundings and … More The Human Experience

Human being. Being human. Being still. Still being. Being grounded. Grounded being. Yes, meditation supports all of these states of being. Working directly with the mind for the last two weeks may have generated a bit of reverence for the incredible vessel which made those experiences possible—your body.  This week we will expand to include the … More Your Body, Your Ground