Category: Philosophy
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Linehan on Mindfulness
I like this paragraph from Marsha Linehan‘s “Building a Life Worth Living”: Mindfulness is the practice of directing our attention to only one thing. And that one thing is the moment in which we are alive. The very moment we are in. The beauty of mindfulness is that if we look at the moment, we…
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Itadakimasu
We were in Japan between February 9th and 20th, first visiting some people dear to us in Ibusuki (指宿市), then exploring Kyoto (京都) on our own. (A somewhat random selection of photos. I might follow up with a more organized set later.) This is my second time visiting Japan. The first was for a pretty…
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Mirroring the world
Something I think about sometimes: when we experience the world outside of ourselves, we take on, at least temporarily an image of it within ourselves. Through my eyes, I perceive the screen in front of me, but my picture of it seems to be a part of me. I’ll probably forget this image (though through…