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Being Totally Present

  A lesson I’ve been learning through the years (nine and counting) from living example of friend Cody – with many thanks for yesterday (Thursday, April 9) – believe it or not, this was the “Buddhist Inspiration” for April 9, recalling our exchange as you brought me home again with that humongous load of groceries – “time for some mindfulness.”

  Ayya Khema – Be and Island – The greatest support we can have is mindfulness, which means being totally present in each moment. If the mind remains centered, it cannot make up stories about the injustice of the world or one’s friends, or about one’s desires or sorrows All these stories could fill many volumes, but when we are mindful such verbalizations stop. Being mindful means being fully absorbed in the moment, leaving no room for anything else. We are filled with the momentary happening, whatever it is—standing, or sitting, or lying down, feeling pleasure or pain—and we maintain a non judgmental awareness, a “just knowing.”

  (Dfs) – “Knowing” the vibrant Law of the Void, the real aspect of things. “Knowing” in our mindfulness we are always in the arms of the all-pervading life-force which causes everything to live. Our perceptions are clear, pure, as we perceive the real aspect of things, resting in emptiness, embracing all forms.