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Letting Yourself Go

To many people, this is a tricky part of meditating or any meditative exercise. Nevertheless, it is crucial. Without letting go, there is only a staying put. Involved in properly ‘letting go’ are depth and rationality. Meditative stance Without the big endeavor to meditate oneself into nirvana, a meditative stance is an everyday life way-of-being Read the full article…

Wings Versus Catapult

A catapult can throw you through the air, but it cannot give you wings. This is part of the series ‘A Journey through 12 AURELIS Metaphors.’ For an introduction to this series and a list of the 12 metaphors, click here. Imagine a giant catapult capable of flinging a person high into the sky. For Read the full article…

AURELIS – Zen – Western Mindfulness

How do we relate to our thoughts, our pain, our sense of self? This blog explores three different approaches to being mindful: Western mindfulness, Zen, and AURELIS. They each have their logic and their history. Western mindfulness: the groove of attention Mindfulness in its Western form is present in clinics, schools, apps, and corporate offices. Read the full article…