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“When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying, ‘You’re too this, or I’m too this.’ That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”
~ Ram Dass

How about spending next week turning trees into people?

Choice in Weather

In Maine and London there have been a significant number of rainy/cloudy days this Spring, perhaps even more than usual. Weather does not dictate the attitude one brings to a day. Every time you choose to create a magical day, no matter what the weather, can you see that you ...

EARTH FAMILY

If we use the Judeo-Christian story of CREATION, one cell from Adam, one from Eve, creating a single cell and thus evolved the whole human race. If we use DARWIN, from humans, back to mammals, birds, reptiles, eventually to the Amoeba, a single cell, and thus the human race. No ...

Doubt

Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, try the following expedient: Recall the face of the poorest and most helpless man (person) you have ever seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him ...

Tony deMello said these are the most difficult things to achieve:

To return love for hate. To include the excluded. To admit that you were wrong. Which of these will we address today? ...

Good Questions

From Matt Anderson, answered as best I can. My idea of a love letter! With all the love I know! Namaste! https://matt-anderson.com/bill-cumming/ ...

Service

Over the past few years, I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of people in various branches and areas of responsibility in the United States Military! They are unbelievably hard working, dedicated and courageous people who truly do make possible the lives we have! It is my absolute ...

Engage

How things turn out for our world will depend solely upon how every single one of us chooses to act. If we do not do what needs to be done in order to create a world that works for everyone, and speak with everyone we know about it, how can ...

We

“He said that if you are angry with your brother, you are already in hell. Anger is hell. You only need to kill in your mind and you are already there. Our enemy is not the other person, no matter what he or she has done. Educators, legislators, parents, journalists, ...

Damage

Each time we speak in a damaging way about another person, we are actually revealing our own fear and insecurity. Each time we refuse to do that ourselves or allow others to do so in our presence, we bring forth the possibility of healing for everyone involved. Why is it ...

OMG

What causes you (and me) to be trapped is what we call personal importance. Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about “me”. Nothing other people do is because of you. Don Miguel Ruiz, MD OMG, if ...

Posted on July 10, 2016, 6:00 pm By The Boothby Institute

No comments yet Categories: Mindful Moments Tags: Being vs Doing, eye of the beholder, Perspective, presence

“BE”

From the heart of Grace M. Smith…

Have you ever noticed the eyes of some adults light up
when they see children or choose to be present
to the soft loving eyes of a dog.
It’s as if it has somehow touched a part of them.
In that moment, they aren’t thinking,
simply experiencing something beyond words, they begin to glow,
their own eyes becoming bright for a moment.
Perhaps they are stirring deep in their hearts,
perhaps they are allowing themselves to “BE” for a moment,
truly in experience, in heart and in life.

How often this week, every week, have we allowed ourselves to simply stop thinking and just “BE” here, now and present?

How would the week be different if we chose to explore being present to every person we talked “With” in a space of loving-kindness?

Choice in Weather

EARTH FAMILY

Doubt

Tony deMello said these are the most difficult things to achieve:

To return love for hate. To include the excluded. To admit that you were wrong. Which of these will we address today? ...

Good Questions

From Matt Anderson, answered as best I can. My idea of a love letter! With all the love I know! Namaste! https://matt-anderson.com/bill-cumming/ ...

Service

Engage

We

Damage

OMG

Posted on June 26, 2016, 3:11 pm By The Boothby Institute

No comments yet Categories: Mindful Moments Tags: Being vs Doing, children, dogs, presence

Access Miracle

Sometime today (or very soon) spend 60 seconds
looking into the eyes of those closest in your life.

Look at them, really.

If you must think, think about the life you want for them.

Look carefully.

Now look at whether you can see or feel a miracle.

What would happen if you could hold that space
every second of every day?

Posted on October 5, 2015, 7:59 pm By The Boothby Institute

No comments yet Categories: Mindful Moments Tags: Access Miracle, being with others, Perspective, presence

A World that Works for Everyone

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Constant awareness of how I approach others, and how I hold them when I approach them, has been a really revelatory concept for me. In some respects, it has given words to something I had always been doing, and in others it has significantly increased my ability and willingness to do this all the time.
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Thinking about standards boundaries, things I tolerate and things that excite me are all very powerful and things we should but likely would not do unless prompted like this!
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