MINDFULNESS as seen by (me!) sandra, tvgp
-on hold: stories about my daughter graduating from highschool; preparing for college; the parties, celebrations, etc.
-but I will springboard a little because of the number of people I talked to at the recent party who now practice some form of mindfulness; meditation; yoga.. and the result and testimonies are remarkable and remarkably consistent. In a nutshell:
"It works!!"
every good thing you can think of: reduces stress overall while simultaneously strengthening your ability to cope with stress as it appears; yields greater peace, joy, confidence, esteem..
in a nutshell again: -all the fruits of the spirit; peace, love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control..
well.. Mindfulness is the.. Primary ingredient, tool, daily practice.. the key for helping any and all of those manifest.
How much testimony do you require?
listen to any spiritual leader from any faith system..
listen to Eckhart tolle.. The Pope.. Ghandi..
Visit savingzach.com
-a thousand self help books..
I have my own personal experience which is so positive I don't require additional evidence.. but to validate
-read Dan Harris' 10% happier book..
"It works!". Mindfulness & meditation "it works!"
I am convinced this is humanities path to evolving.. you know how many times I've stated my concern: technology out-evolving humans; humans remaining stuck..
one of the greatest roadblocks is. -religion. that is.. we cannot incorporate prayer in schools, or espouse any specific faith system over another. this results in one of two things: either not one religion can be discussed at all for fear of offending another; or all religions can be discussed with the goal of not favoring one over another..
that ends up being counterproductive no matter which way it lands..
The beauty of mindfulness and mediation is that..
it is entirely religion/faith neutral. -entirely independent of!
but when it comes to helping people grow, evolve, and achieve greater peace, health, confidence, esteem.. improving relationships to self and others..
mindfulness/meditation not only consistently gets results; it gets results without encountering all the controversy, and dead ends and roadblocks that prayer or any given faith system faces..
it is so noncontroversial and so remarkably consistent in yielding better quality lives
that if I could only add just this one practice, this one class, to our public and private school curriculum..
it would no longer be: reading, writing, arithmetic
it would be:
mindfulness/meditation
reading
writing
arithmetic..
it would be first and foremost and would no doubt improve the ability for each child to master the others..
now, I do not know the instructor teaching this class through the pleasanton community and activities summer program..
but I am very happy to see it being offered.. and wish it for the whole wide world. -the younger we learn it; the better!
In Jesus name, -amen!
posted by SHE @ 6:22 AM
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