The unstoppable river of compassion toward self and others through Mindfulness

I’ve often said that mindfulness is the practice of Noticing everything that arises in our field of awareness and Noticing this without judgement, attachment or aversion. I’ve also said that this also means that we notice any judgements, attachments or aversions and resistance, all of which are certain to arise during our practice! When I […]

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It is only the (illusion of a) separated self that gives rise to any kind of suffering or dis-ease. 

There is a basic truth that I understand and constantly remind myself of: It is only the (illusion of a) separated self that gives rise to any kind of suffering or dis-ease.   In Buddhism, this ‘illusion of the separated self’ is part of a concept known as ‘fundamental ignorance’. It refers to our ignorance of the

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