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‘Right Mindfulness’ of ‘things without’ is an awareness and understanding of the events that surround us in the present moment, seeing clearly phenomena as they arise and how we perceive them. We experience how our inner condition, our thoughts and emotions, help create our experience of the world without. We learn to discern the nature…

. The seventh branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Mindfulness’ … It may be termed a ‘mindfulness‘ of things within and things without (though those are not truly ‘two’. We will talk about ‘things without‘ tomorrow). ‘Right Mindfulness’ of things within includes being attentive to our inner conditions, the causes and workings of the…

. The sixth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Effort’ … It is the effort to put into Practice the links of the Path within our life … to keep on keepin’ on. We persevere, even those times when we just don’t feel like making the effort. “Right Intention” is the aspiration to do…

. … continuing to talk on ‘Right Livelihood’ … on a working day morning … The workplace (like the home) is our place of Practice … Might these places be, in many ways, even more fruitful, challenging and stimulating for Zen Practice than any dusty monastery or old temple? However, to reap the benefits, we…
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