Insightful Reflections
A practice to bring increased self awareness of ones thoughts, feelings and connection between body and mind. Instructions: Take a few...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Be Mindful of Opposing States of Mind
Here are eight common states of mind. calm or restless, · focused or wandering, · bright or cloudy, · alert or dull, · ...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Small Reminders for Daily Practice
Practice is the active work of the individual transforming herself or himself, alone and with others. Practice engages in the service of...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
A Relationship to Experiences
No experience is worth holding onto It makes life difficult if we cannot move with change There is no experience to lose Nor pursue So...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Mindfulness. Going deeper than fighting, shooting and operating drones
The daily practice of mindfulness encourages us to see clearly ourselves and others. Mindfulness contributes to the reduction of stress,...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 24, 2022
- 1 min
Our Lives are Made to be Forgotten. From a Poem
Our whole lives are made to be forgotten as the bee loses itself in the womb of the hive and the moon loses its face in the stillness of...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
A Daily Meditation
Let us be still for a few moments Without moving even our little finger So that a hush descends upon us. There would be no place to go,...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Before the Thought
Who am I now before my mind moves to respond before the view?
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Moving On. Some Lines of a Poem
Let our purpose move our old yield let us expand what we now know add shake whatever we conceal to then give what we can bestow.
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Am I the same person every day?
If myself is just the same self every day, yesterday, tomorrow and now that means I always remain the same events then make no difference...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Am I Changing?
If I am really changing from day to day yesterday, tomorrow and now, then nothing can affect me for more than a moment because I am...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
To see a World in a Grain of Sand. A Poem by William Blake
First lines from Augeries of Innocence To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
For the Welfare of All
Practice is the starting point for insight and awakening. In practice, awakened knowledge manifests as purposeful activity for the...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Practice. Practice. Practice.
Theory without practice is irresponsible. Practice without reason is blind. The route of practice is awareness, experience and...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Importance of Practice
Practice is to free the body of destructive patterns, habits and acts of carelessness. Practice is to free the mind from greed, hate and...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
The Buddha's Advice on Relationship to Authority
The Buddha advised not go by anything because: 1. It is repeated again and again 2. The words come from a lineage or tradition 3. It has...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
She Feared to Express a View
A young woman knew she had to bring her consciousness to bear on a particular problem. She had to get over her fear of expressing a...
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Christopher Titmuss
- Oct 15, 2022
- 1 min
Whistleblowers.
A duty can take people’s lives to task. Whistleblowers can risk their career, their income and face threats to themselves and their loves...
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