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When Things Fall Apart
Suffering ceases when we accept what is and begin to work with it. Suffering teaches us what we need to know.
Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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Why Should You Pay Attention?
Why you should pay attention. Nothing matters when you pay attention. Everything matters when you don't. Mindfulness means a worry-free life
Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 25, 20222 min read
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How to Lose All Fear
Fear of snakes. Fear makes us freeze. Awareness is better than fear. The Upanishads say to lose all fear by seeing all beings in ourselves.
Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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There Is No Long and Winding Path
There is no long and winding path. The path and the goal are one and the same. There's no journey, just this moment. We are the cutting edge
Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 4, 20222 min read
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I Am a Bit Of Weather
What happens when you live in the context of eternity? You calm down. You are at peace with yourself and life events. You become mindful.
Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 15, 20222 min read
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What Is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is living each moment with alert, unbiased curiosity, as if you’ve just been born. Let go of repetitive, stale thoughts.
Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 7, 20222 min read
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Regrets Are Teachers
Regrets are teachers. Learn from regrets. How to let go of regrets. Before making a decision, tune into yourself, and consider outcomes.
Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 31, 20213 min read
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Naming Things Limits Things
Labels limit things and people. See with your heart. Hearts sense and feel. The heart's mind is humble, open, expansive, slow, quiet, still.
Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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Life Weaving Happens Now
You only have this moment to work with. You can't get ahead of yourself. Whatever happens, you are the one weaving your life.
Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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This Ordinary Day
Turn ordinary things into extraordinary things. Ordinary things become extraordinary when we focus on them. Pay attention. Live consciously.
Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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You Are a Camera On Legs
You are a camera, making your own daily movie. Make your movie meaningful. Stop looking at things and start seeing them.
Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 26, 20212 min read
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Do You Long for Divine Qualities in Your Relationships?
Express divine qualities like stability and resilience in relationships. Pay mindful attention to what is happening in the relationship now.
Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 19, 20212 min read
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Playing the Harmonica
What happens when you listen with the ear of your heart, not just the ear of your mind? You hear something new. Naming things limits things.
Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 12, 20212 min read
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How to Be a Decent Human Being
Lovingkindness is when you step in to create a beautiful, artistic moment. You sense what the moment requires & become a decent human being.
Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 5, 20213 min read
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Thoughts While Washing Dishes
Mundane tasks teach us about life. Six lessons while washing dishes Sunday morning. Work. Dirt. Detergent. Water. Plughole. Window.
Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 22, 20213 min read
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Mindfulness and Spiders
Living with mindfulness. Mindfulness can be forgotten during unexpected events. It's hard to be mindful when there's a spider nearby.
Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 15, 20212 min read
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Don't Look Forward
Trees talk to us. Their quiet presence tells us to be calm and present, to look around, not forward.
Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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The Cave I Feared to Enter
Living with mindfulness. Joseph Campbell said, The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Examine what you fear to face up to.
Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 17, 20212 min read
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Why Wonder Comes Before Wisdom
Living with mindfulness. Experience daily mindfulness. A simple path to mindfulness is to live with wonder. Wonder comes before wisdom.
Marlane Ainsworth
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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Life Isn't a Waiting Room
Living with mindfulness. Easy tips to experience everyday mindfulness. A simple path from impatience to mindfulness. How to stop worrying.
Marlane Ainsworth
Aug 27, 20212 min read
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