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Mindful "acceptance" means that we fully acknowledge the current moment (external situation as well as feelings, thoughts, and perceptions) so that we can respond appropriately in the next moment. +
... awareness is no longer split into an experiencer and the thing that is experienced, there is just pure experience with no divisions. Experience itself, without a subject or an object, without a seer or a seen, is the essence of nonduality. +
What would it be like to simply experience something, without judgment? +
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Presence involves a simple yet incredible shift—from the ordinary state of mind wandering to bringing our attention to the experience of what is happening right now. You can make this shift anytime, anywhere. +
The teaching of anatta, or nonself, is considered the most liberating tenet of the Buddhist teachings. Describing how we’re bound, fettered, and limited by the sense of ourselves as separate and self-existing, this teaching offers the possibility of unbinding and freeing the heart and mind. +
In logic, philosophy and related fields, mereology ... is the study of parts and the wholes they form. +
Change isn't just a fact of life we have to accept and work with... To feel the pain of impermanence and loss can be a profoundly beautiful reminder of what it means to exist. +
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Non-judgment is a HOW skill where we practice being present in the current moment and stating a fact without adding our personal opinion to it. +
A material composite object is an object composed of two or more material parts. The world, it seems, is simply awash with such things. +
... this table is an object of experience to my eyes. My eyes and the body are objects of experience to my mind. And my mind is an object of experience... +
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Our intuition tells us that four legs and a tabletop make a table and that four walls and a roof make a house. However, I think we can all agree that a birdhouse and a pair of shoes do not compose a further object. The Question of Material Composition seeks to find the reason for this. +
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Acceptance allows us to see things as they really are, rather than spending so much time being pulled off-course by our attachment to our desire that things were different. +
... a middle way that avoided the two extremes of self-indulgence or self-denial ... a view that is free from the extremes of eternalism and nihilism. +
... "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist" ... [all things] arise in dependence upon other things. +
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Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. +
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Sunyata, also known as emptiness and a central concept in Buddhism, explores the interdependence and interconnection of everything. +
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..."wisdom", "intelligence", or "understanding" ... of the true nature of phenomena +
Gratitude allows you to notice your blessings and create balance from life’s difficulties. Mindfulness helps you handle tough times with grace, acceptance, and surrender. Together, these practices nurture what Buddhists call the “Higher Self” within you. +
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... (hate, aversion) is the opposite of raga (lust, desire) ... +
Conscious breathing is an umbrella term for methods that direct awareness to the breath. These methods may have the goal of improving breathing, or the primary goal can be to build mindfulness. Human respiration is controlled consciously or unconsciously. +