Changing the direction of your life
Chapters from the RAFT of Recovery Workbook
For a person who is energetic, vigorous, and always making an effort, mindfulness is well-established.
Gotama (The Buddha)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Episode 46 – Sustaining insightful momentum and the fine-tuning of power
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“From gladness comes joy; from joy, tranquillity; from tranquillity, happiness; and from happiness, the mind becomes collected.”
47 – Energising Joy as a Support
Christina Feldman
When we learn to delight in what is good in ourselves, we are no longer driven by lack. Joy becomes the expression of enoughness.
Episode 47 Catching the favourable winds and the buoyancy of the heart
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There is no happiness higher than peace.
Gotama (The Buddha)
Calmness of mind does not mean you have no thoughts… It means you are not being held hostage by them.
Anon
Episode 48 – The glassy sea and the cooling of the system
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
~ Alexander Graham Bell
The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will.
William James
(more…)The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Gotama (The Buddha)Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.
Ajahn Chah
Episode 50 – The heavy keel and the even-looking eye
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