What I do before every Reiki session:
pause
breathe
let the mind settle
release the need to control the outcome
Reiki flows best from presence, not effort.
#reiki #mindfulness #contemplativepractice
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We invite you to join a Zen Peacemakers Core Training on The Three Tenets, the foundation of our practice and a living guide for meeting life with openness and compassion.
Monday, March 9th
12pm US Eastern Time
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#ZenPeacemakers #ThreeTenets #ContemplativePractice #BearingWitness
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Crutches Against the Sanctuary—Five of Pentacles · The Fractured Mind · Hexagram 39: Obstruction
Lights on, no shelter
The restless mind mends itself
Rest here for a breath
#tarot #haiku #dailytarot #iching #contemplativepractice #poetry
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The Gaze That Finishes the Work—
Eight of Pentacles · On Your Own · Hexagram 37: The Family
Art lives in the gaze
Alone with the mind’s projector
Come dwell in my heart
#tarot #haiku #iching #genekeys #contemplativepractice #innerwork #symbolism #poetry
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A Spiral of Untamed Tears — Two of Cups · Carried Away · Hexagram 64: Before Completion
Harmony Between
A spiral of untamed tears
Waiting at the door
#tarot #haiku #divination #iching #bibliomancy #synchronicity #contemplativepractice
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The Rope
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#FuturismAndFaith #ContemplatIvePractice #ContemplatIveTechnology #DigitalSpirituality
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Join us for a meaningful pause, thoughtful dialogue, and practical insight that supports inner resilience and compassionate engagement with the world.
Wednesday, March 18th
12:00pm Eastern Time
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#ZenPeacemakers #PerspectiveAndEmpathy #DeepListening #ContemplativePractice
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Learning to Lift My Gaze—Six of Swords · Sorrow Heals · Hexagram 2: Receptive
I climb to see clearer
Earthbound misfit lifts its gaze
Let life carry me
#tarot #haiku #iching #genekeys #contemplativepractice #divination #poetry
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Rest With What Works, Let Light Reveal—King of Wands · Seek Truth · Hexagram 35: Progress
Seeing and building
Rest with what is working
Patterns come to light
#tarot #haiku #iching #mindfulness #contemplativepractice #symbolicreading #archetypes
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L’atelier rouvre comme espace de création, d’accompagnement et de pratique contemplative.
Studio reopens as a space for creation, accompaniment, and contemplative practice.
→ carolinemaby.art/ateliers
#ContemporaryArt #ArtistResearch #ContemplativePractice #Zen #Art
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Being isn’t a state you maintain.
It’s a pulse you notice.
Catch yourself in boredom, hurry, pleasure, or irritation and see what changes.
Fastidious remembrance, not self-improvement.
www.virginmonkboy.com/p/fastidious...
#Presence #ContemplativePractice #LivingPresence
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Enlightenment is a process of subtraction, not addition.
'The Angel in the Marble' is a reflection on revealing true nature through contemplative practice.
www.myndtree.org/sin...
#Myndtree #RevealingTrueNature #Mindfulness #ContemplativePractice
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April 23–27, 2026
Montgomery & Selma, Alabama
Register:
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Learn more:
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#ZenPeacemakers #BearingWitness #RacismInAmerica #ContemplativePractice #CouncilPractice #Presence
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🧘♀️ Needing a moment for mindfulness?🧘♀️
Join us for our next Making Room for Contemplation session next Tuesday 16th December at 18:00 CET!
Learn more and register now: https://ow.ly/vuKH50XGmyG
#MindAndLifeEurope #Meditation #Community #SelfCare #ContemplativePractice #Mindful
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Presence is not something you force.
It is the state of consciousness that appears when you stop drifting.
What you can will is your availability to it.
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#Presence #Consciousness #InnerWork #Awareness #ContemplativePractice
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It is easier to scroll than to actually see.
Most of what we call awareness is really habit running the show.
Presence costs more than we think.
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#Presence #InnerWork #Awareness #ContemplativePractice #Consciousness
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We’re living in a culture where the old structures of meaning have collapsed. Presence is how we find the center again.
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www.virginmonkboy.com/p/were-livin...
#Presence #InnerWork #SpiritualGrowth #ContemplativePractice #Consciousness
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New essay: What the mountains whispered about letting go
#silenceretreat #himalayas #meditation #spiritualjourney #mindfulness #innerwork #nepal #mountainwisdom #contemplativepractice #presencepractice
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Your ego isn’t the villain. It’s the overworked intern accidentally running the whole company.
Spiritual clarity starts when presence takes the CEO seat.
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www.virginmonkboy.com/p/the-ego-is...
#Presence #InnerWork #ContemplativePractice #SpiritualGrowth #EgoWork #Nonduality #Consciousness
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Clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder.
It comes from placing your attention in the part of you that isn’t drowning in associations.
That’s where the real self begins to surface.
#Presence #LivingPresence #InnerWork #Awareness #SelfInquiry #ContemplativePractice
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Running taught me what sitting meditation couldn't: that stillness isn't about stopping, it's about moving with attention. New piece on movement meditation, breath awareness, and finding the quiet inside motion.
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#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation
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Tema Semanal: El Silencio como Maestro Interior
#InnerPeace #Mindfulness #SpiritualAwakening #ContemplativePractice #InnerMastery #SilenceIsWisdom
@compassioninst.bsky.social @thecharter.bsky.social @monroeinstitute.bsky.social @contemplateuom.bsky.social
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👁️ Sacred Reading
Reading can be sacred.
Let the words speak to your soul—
and then rest in the silence they open.
📖 Amazon.com/author/mystic1
#spiritual #mysticism #faith #awakening #jesus #god #orthodox #SpiritualAwakening #amazon #books #kindle #SacredReading #ContemplativePractice #booksky #gay
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Every emotion is energy.
What you do with it decides everything.
Use it to feed the ego—or to feed your being.
Catch the spark before it becomes a story.
The Point of Arising
👉 www.virginmonkboy.com/p/the-point-...
#WisdomJesus #GospelOfThomas #ContemplativePractice #EmotionalAlchemy
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Which is to say: Even racoons love this book.
@jkrowe.bsky.social , you're a big hit across species.
Everyone else: Join our upcoming reading group!
#Mindfulness #FearOfDeath #Booksky #SocialJustice #ContemplativePractice #MindfulnessPractice #SystemicOppression
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You can read about practice.
You can talk about energy.
But until you stop and breathe, you’re just circling the path.
The real work is in the stillness.
#MindfulLiving #QiGong #DaoAnanda #ContemplativePractice
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Solitary meditative arts—bonsai, raking, arranging—aren’t hobbies.
They’re companions to QiGong + meditation.
Stillness through action.
Silence through form.
Practice doesn't always look like practice.
#QiGong #ZenArts #ContemplativePractice #DaoAnanda
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At the Contemplative Studies Centre, we’re grateful to be part of a vibrant and growing field and return inspired to continue our work in the responsible integration of contemplative practice into the heart of societal change.
#ICMAP2025 #Mindfulness #ContemplativePractice #ContemplativeStudies
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Amazon.com/author/mystic1
amazon.com/author/mystic1
#spiritual #mysticism #faith #awakening #belief #jesus #god #orthodox #christ #catholic #contemplation #christian #meditation #belief #mindfulness #compassion #forgiveness #contemplativepractice #priest #jdvance #obama #mindfulprayer
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