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Past Newsletters
It is my hope that the words of this occasional letter will touch your life and heart- that you will see how a life of more awareness leads to a life of healing the deepest hurts- a life of compassion for self and others, and a life worth living!
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| Past Newsletters | Feature Articles |
Mistaken Ideas: Dispelling 10 Myths about Meditation - Here's a list of myths recorded in response to years of hearing different answers to the question, "Have you tried to meditate?" Please see if you find yourself in the list. |
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| August 2004 | Uncovering Compassion: What Gets in the Way - What happens when we realize that we have blind spots? Do we want to stay blind? Is there a curiosity about "seeing" clearly? When our awareness is clouded and dull, we are unconsciously reacting and being triggered in situations that become full of pain. If we are going to feel better, we need to be open to a new perspective. |
| September 2004 | Open Active Curiosity is Essential! - This article is based on the chapter about curiosity in Nina's upcoming book, Let's Not Call It Meditation: Practical information for people who think they can't sit still and quiet the mind. When we bring an open curiosity to our confusion, and our painful experiences, we allow a kind of magic into our lives. Curiosity allows us to explore without knowing how things will work out. Feeling the body's experiences, noticing thought, and not doing anything to resist or hold on, we discover the cloud-like qualities of our feelings and thoughts. |
| October 2004 | Wanting Nothing, Receiving Everything - Noticing another person’s unkind behavior, or thoughtlessness, is simply being aware. We usually see other people’s mistakes and confusion easier than our own. Difficulties arise when we move from simply being aware of a desire for someone to change, to “feeding the wanting”. The gift is in learning how to not "feed the wanting". That's what this article is all about. |
| January 2005 | Is Personal Guidance Essential? Before they have one, people often have questions about what a relationship with a meditation teacher can be like. Here's an opportunity to find out more about the gift of a personal connection with a meditation teacher, and why so many people have found such a relationship invaluable. |
| February, 2005 | A Life of Balance What comes to mind when you think about balance in your life? Trying for perfect balance, as defined by others, can keep us running around, filling up our life from someone else’s idea of a perfect menu. Balance is an inner condition that occurs with awareness, and we can find it! |
| March, 2005 | A Broken-Egg Moment or Being with What Is Ever try to talk with someone about something “big,” when they are reading the paper? They say, “Uh, huh, “to everything you’ve said? Don’t we live like this? This article is about finding a way out of our distracted, self-critical mental habits. It is worthwhile work when we do it! |
| April, 2005 | Connecting with Your Creativity An excerpt from Padme Nina Livingstone’s forthcoming book Let’s Not Call It Meditation: Practical Information for People Who Think They Can’t Sit Still and Quiet the Mind The wondrous openness of silence is where all creativity is born... Silence is the fertile ground of all that is, and from it, all thought arises. This article offers a fresh perspective about how to connect with your own creativity by cultivating awareness. |
| May/June, 2005 | Exploring Blind Spots |
| July/August, 2005 | Checking Into the Body as a Gift Read a story based on a Rumi poem, and be reminded of possibilities you may have forgotten, or not known about. |
| October/November, 2005 | What is Polishing Presence: Awareness Support Groups? - Find out where the idea came from, what it means, who it's for, and how Polishing Presence will work. |
| January/February, 2006 | The Heart’s Longing - Reading about your heart's longing may touch you deeply. Allow whatever feelings that arise to be there with loving kindness. You might wonder how you are feeding your heart's longing in daily life. It's a good question. |
| April/May, 2006 | Why Meditate? - A simple reminder about the need to practice in order to have more awareness with a meditation practice. |
| October, 2006 | Let's Not Call It Meditation: Practical Guidance for People Who Think They Can’t Sit Still and Quiet the Mind by Padme Nina Livingstone is now available online. |
| December, 2006 | Padme's Last Newsletter - A fresh perspective about this newsletter has evolved since the birth of the book. It’s time to say goodbye to it. |
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