don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 25, 2009, 10:07 pm
I have someone in my life, a child, who I love dearly. He's like a nephew, not a real blood relation, but I lived in the upstairs apartment of the house he grew up in, and I am friends with his pa...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Mar 7, 2008, 10:20 am
This great little story is a good metaphor for taming the untamed mind -- through meditation. Comment - Like

don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Feb 16, 2008, 7:44 am
Found this little gem about winter in New England in 1855, as observed by Henry David Thoreau. Reading it, I couldn't help think that no matter how things change, they stay the same...and vice-ver...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Nov 1, 2007, 11:04 am
Today, I will be. I will simply experience what is and refrain from judgment. I will be...and observe all else fall away.Wake up, man.
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Oct 29, 2007, 7:53 am
From Tricycle Magazine's "The Daily Dharma" October 29, 2007 Our Minds are Used to Thinking Our minds are used to thinking, but when we want to become calm and peaceful that is e...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Oct 25, 2007, 8:20 am
Do you ever feel trapped by your mind...that you are what you think, and that there seems to be just no way to shut off the stream of non-stop repetitive, sometimes obsessive, maybe even harmful think...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 23, 2007, 5:51 am
Flags. I see so many of them these days. Americans like to hang their flag. For decoration, out of feelings of pride, and for some, I suspect, blind patriotism (my country -- right or wrong). I hang...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jul 9, 2007, 8:39 am
From Tricycle Magazine's Daily Dharma: July 7, 2007 Looking At Our Hands Peace is a natural mind-state in every one of us. Peace has been there since the day we were born and it is going to be ...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jun 26, 2007, 6:35 am
A sensation appears, and liking or disliking begins. This fleeting moment, if we are unaware of it, is repeated and intensified into craving and aversion, becoming a strong emotion that eventually ...
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don m. posted an article on Awareness 101 - Jun 9, 2007, 5:52 am
Sometimes toddlers don't talk. While other children around them are trying out new words and simple sentences, they remain silent. Personally, I don't think that matters much to the kids who...
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