Contemplative practices aim to help us deepen our already real but obscured capacity to live wisely and compassionately, and to love. They help us tune in to the only life we have, as it is, right now.
Be Here Now
Today! It’s A Gift!
The most inspiring short video about practice I’ve seen this year is from Brother David Steindl-Rast’s Gratefulness.org. The video is less than 6-minutes. And it’s filled with beautiful landscapes and shots of people doing the ordinary yet amazing things people do to make their ordinary lives. The video invites us to take up the here and now practice of gratitude. It asks, “Do you think this is just another day in your life?” Then answers, “It’s not just another day. It’s the one day that is given to you. Today! It’s a gift.”
May Everyone You Meet Today Be Blessed By Your Presence!
So, because I love the beauty of the images and the sentiments and the practice Brother David shares in this video, I offer it as a gift to you. I hope you’ll take a few quiet moments today or tomorrow and watch.
“Please open your heart to all life’s blessings and let them flow through you.” ~David Steindl-Rast
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Now, the Best Teacher
What we’re learning in Buddhist practice, and in Buddhist meditation specifically, is to let go of our attachments and our aversions, our likes, dislikes, and biases so we can rest and relax in now. The pure potential of being in every moment is now. Fortunately, we have unrestricted access to now. That’s fortunate because now is the most instructive teacher we could ever have.