Being Mindful (Part One)
Learning to be mindful is a life long process. The mind is strong and very developed. It has spent years learning to think the way it does and it believes "it's" in control. We are taught that the mind is everything, the smarter you are the more life has to offer. I'd like to present another possibility. Their is another part of you, a higher part that wants to express itself and share with you and the world. I'm going to break these teaching into parts. This is part one. As I find myself in a familiar position. Being mindful of my thoughts and actions has been something I have been working on for quite some time. I began my meditation practice 18 years ago. Faithfully I practice, sometimes more than once a day. I make progress, sometimes slower than others, but I forge ahead. As I learn to be in the moment, to be with "what is." I see the struggles that every man/woman faces at some point in their evolu...