So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:18 [NIV])
The Seen
My Best Friends
We were out on an errand in the car, my mother, my stepfather and me, heading down the road. As I sat in the back seat, [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Mindfulness, Now and Every Moment
Posted in Practice, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhism, Christianity, plum village, thich nat hahn on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Buddhism, the most important practice is mindfulness, a difficult thing for us monkey-minded creatures. In the practice of Buddhist mindfulness, we are to constantly remind ourselves to be aware of the world around us, of our breath, of the birds singing, the grass growing, the cars grumbling by on the frantic streets, and even [...]