Mindfulness, St. Benedict, and the Monastic Way
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 25, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessForty Memorial Days ago, I set out on a 55 mile run to the Benedictine Abbey in Oceanside for a silent retreat. The run and the retreat was my way of reflecting on the 10 years since leaving the monastic life as an Augustinian. Twenty Memorial Days ago, I was with Kip, and my [...]
Simple Mindfulness: Thich Nhat Hanh
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 14, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessThere are so many wonderful teachings and presentations on Mindfulness. With Video Google.com and YouTube.com, anyone interested in learning more about mindfulness has an unending source for understanding and personal growth.
Thich Nhat Hanh spoke on Simple Mindfulness on this first day of a 7 day retreat here in San Diego at Deer Park in Escondido: [...]
A Mindful Cell Phone
7 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / April 10, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, UncategorizedKip sent this to me, Erin and Allison today. Having just returned from Sydney it resonates with my need for opening my eyes and opening my heart. All of our lives are amazing stories.
This video is seen through the lens of a cell phone.
Mankind Is No Island
As Thich Nhat Hanh would share:
“When we come into [...]
A Few Mindful Stops for Inspiration & Reflection
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / March 23, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessHere is the test to find whether
your mission on earth is finished.
If you’re alive, it isn’t.
[...]
Dharma Seed: Excellent Repository of Dharma Talks
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 7, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessOne of those sites that needs to be known to any student or long time practitioner of Mindfulness.
Dharma Seed has about 20 percent of their almost 10,000 Dharma talks in their archive available online.
Truly a work of love and devotion and a gift to those interested in Mindfulness, Vipassana or Insight Meditation.
Dharma Seed developed this [...]
Mindfulness in Plain English
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 1, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessAn excellent site to find texts regarding Mindfulness is at the website of the Vipassana Fellowship They have an online 90 day meditation course which they have hosted since 1997. Courses usually start in January, May and September. May 2nd is the next starting date.
They have online the book Mindfulness in Plain English by Ven. [...]
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / May 25, 2008 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessThanks to friends like Dorothy Mitchell I am continually reminded about being mindful and staying in the present moment.
Each of us carries that child within us that pulls at our shirt sleeve or tugs at our pant leg letting us know that they are there and if we don’t listen well, it is so [...]
Video on Om Mantra & Gif on Contemplative Practices
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 5, 2008 / Posted in MeditationFound this an interesting overview on the Om Mantra in meditation in the Mandukya Upanishad on YouTube
Also an interesting Tree of Contemplative Practices you can download for free from the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.
