[BeckyMember]

Ivan, Magnolia, Blaz,

Great topic! I am so inspired by the faq on practice in daily life.
I’ve been listening to Culadasa’s “Stillness and Insight Retreat” and on Day 5 he talks about living like you’re already enlightened.

From my notes (so paraphrasing here):

A guiding principle is that anything that diminishes ignorance and craving brings you closer to awakening. Use the precepts as a guideline; if you find yourself doing something that’s not consistent with the precepts examine yourself. Bring the goal of awakening to every decision you make.

No self: stop being selfish; go from selfishness to selflessness = kindness and generosity

Of course mindfulness has to be present to do this 🙂

Becky
Teacher-in-Training

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Hi Sanjeev and Ivan,

I am also very interested in this topic.

First, Sanjeev, congratulations on maintaining peripheral awareness off the cushion! Please acknowledge and enjoy this accomplishment as you continue to tweak your practice!

So I find, for myself, that it’s generally the same themes that distract me during the day, and even the same distractions during particular activities, so I set specific intentions (when I remember 🙂 ) during those times and label the possible distractions like we do at the start of our meditation sessions.

I’ve also done a lot of walking meditation and am very tuned into what my feet are doing when I move, so that helps me during transitions, but not when I’m sitting or standing stationary.

For those of us living in active crowded cities, walking through crowds during busy times is a great way to practice balancing attention and awareness.

‘Would love to hear more on the topic of mindfulness off the cushion.

Take care,
Becky

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Hi Adam,

Thanks so much for your response. I did not know about this audio so I’m excited to do it. And I am very happy to meet you.
Perhaps sometimes I am further along, I’ve been meditating a long time, but only learned about TMI in January and it has jumpstarted my practice in ways I never even considered 🙂

Wishing you the best with your practice as well.

Take care,
Becky

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