2009 August | 360 Degrees of Mindful Living

Taste of the Past: Reminiscence Eating

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Nadeem Aslam (in “The Homesick Restaurant”) shares a story of stumbling upon a dish that had been spiced in a peculiarly familiar manner: “the food – the flavor of the mutton, of the samosas – ...

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A Union of Outer and Inner

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

A haiku – as I see it – is a pre-industrial camera click, a snap-shot of the outer and inner. Take this one by Master Buson 1716–1783. Picking plum blossoms And fretting at my wrinkled ...

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Coat a stick with red paint and look at it. What are you seeing, a red stick? Not really: the actual stick disappeared under a coat of red paint. You are looking at a particular distribution of red ...

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The Impasse of Certainty

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening, the smaller the doubt, the smaller the awakening. No doubt, no awakening. Chang We all like being “right” and doing the “right” thing. But an over-emphasis on being “right” ...

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Mind Your Motives!

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

A choice is an act of conscious selection of one of the two or more options. The option that is selected is the preferred option of the ones that are available. Thus, a choice is ...

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Watch Your Perfectionism Pass

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The body of your car is made of metal. The body of your perfectionism is made of mind. That’s right: your entire perfectionism is made of nothing other than thoughts. Thoughts come and go. There’s ...

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Who Ate My Happiness?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ...

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When You Eat Without Awareness Does Food Have a Taste?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ...

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The Chocolate Question: Indulge on Quality, Not Quantity

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Question: Hello, My name is K. C. and I am a journalism student. I am currently writing a piece on holiday chocolate purchases, and have discovered that, despite tight budgets from the economy, chocolate sales have increased ...

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What is Your Mind Full of When You Feel Empty?

Friday, August 14th, 2009

A koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ...

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