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Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 27, 2017

mental formations, formed in the mind

A mental formation is literally that, something that has been formed or created out of a number of ideas collected together, a concept, a series of thoughts that make up a story or a picture. So we see a flower as a distinct flower on a distinct plant growing…

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 29, 2017

Emptiness

The heart sutra tells us that all of the five skandas are equally empty, along with a lot more conceptual stuff, and that when we realise this, like Avalokiteshvara, we can overcome all ill-being.

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 1, 2017

The Four Noble Truths

Buddhism is about how to be happy in life and it consists of list of how to achieve this- the original set of listicles…

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Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 30, 2017

Nirvana — the heavenly aimlessness of living

People think nirvana means some kind of heavenly place you go to, and that is one of the biggest misunderstandings about Buddhism in the west. Nirvana is already here, we are in it, but our minds are too cluttered with forms and ideas and thoughts and…

Mike Essig in Mindfully Speaking

May 24, 2017

Mindful Miniatures

Ashes cannot
become wood,
but flames
flare forever.

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Mike Essig in Mindfully Speaking

May 25, 2017

Tibetan Blues

So many lives
to come this far.

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 24, 2017

Those sticky complicated things called feelings — are they your boss?

They can really take us on a roller coaster of a ride through life if we let them, and mostly we do. But with mindfulness you can start to take the control back, little by little.

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Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 15, 2017

But I’ve got too much to do and not enough time to do it in!

Anxiety, worry and over-busyness will really block your path to happiness whilst convincing you that you can find happiness just by meeting their needs.

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Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 26, 2017

What you do and what you don’t see!

Tricky things those perceptions, they are so built on castles of sand in most cases. For instance I can perceive there is something wrong with me if someone doesn’t like me, or I can perceive there is something amiss with the other party, or I can just put it down to…

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, mindfulness teacher in Mindfully Speaking

May 16, 2017

give a little and receive a little

The more you give, the more you receive. It is true. I have found this to be completely true, in love, time, attention, support, and money and all things that make life good and happy.

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