“Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or weeds.” – Osho A year ago, I was lucky to get a plot in our community garden. It was a leap, and I had both success and failure. I used to always say I had a “black thumb,” or whatever the opposite of a green thumb is. I was unlucky at keeping plants alive. A few years ago, a good friend … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Self-Awareness and Why It Matters
To be aware is to have knowledge, to have consciousness. But there is so much more than that, isn’t there? There are multiple contexts to view “awareness,” such as mindfulness; being aware simply meaning that you are paying attention to what is happening right here and now. In meditation and mindful conversations, awareness is a word constantly buzzing around. Why does … [Read more...]