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Meditation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026
in Journaling, Meditation, Meditation & Journaling at Ashby Ponds
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The way we observe physical hygiene for cleanliness, we must cultivate emotional hygiene for mental clarity. What practices could we follow to cleanse our mind? Meditation, journaling and mindful walking in nature. (The other two disciplines of the practice that I teach, Writing Meditation Practice, are reading and creativity.) This month we are focusing on journaling which helps us clear the mental mess which is created every single day. Transforming our mind-mess in words and jotting it down is like someone lending an ear to our problems. Especially for the things we can’t share with any person. It reveals possible solutions to an issue at hand and heals emotional wounds. So if there is a difficult situation on your mind or something is hurting you or knotting your belly, why not...

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Posted on January 14, 2026
in Cooking, Journaling, Nonverbal Activities, Reading, Walking, Writing
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A sketch from "Writing Meditation Practice," 2019 When you shine the light of awareness on yourself, you begin to awaken to an authentic life. With the help of daily journaling you begin to become conscious of what masks your Authentic Self. You pen down passing thoughts and emotions running through your mind like a broken record and leave them on the pages of the notebook. Journaling daily clears your mind and lightens your heart. More importantly, things about yourself are revealed to you which you were not even aware of.  So place the bubbling thoughts, not under your control, of bitterness, anger, resentment or sorrow triggered by a family member, a friend or social event on the pages of your notebook. Then watch the petty or vindictive thoughts, careless actions or unnecessary...

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Tuesday, December 13, 2026

Posted on January 13, 2026
in Meditation & Journaling at Ashby Ponds, Originality, Spirituality
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Spiritual and Creative Journey, 2026 Going within is not easy to do. It is harder than going around the world. When we are new to meditation and sitting in silence and solitude, for the first time we notice the narratives that circle our mind. Until then we are not aware of this quiet blabber which keeps our mind consistently occupied. In order to feel the clarity, peace and joy that meditation promises we must purge the mind of the narrative made of petty thoughts about past and future. They muffle the present moment. Here-Now is the only moment alive with which we build our future.  Benefits of Meditation and JournalingAt first when someone talks about the present moment its reality is hard to grasp. You think, I’m living in the present moment; how else would I...

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Posted on December 30, 2025
in Creativity, Journaling, Meditation, Spirituality
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Nothing spiritually wonderous happened to me until my early fifties. Living with love of my life and our two beautiful and bright daughters, and a decade of teaching behind me I still felt something significant missing in my life. But I did not know what it was. The more I read and wrote, the more yearning I felt for the unknown. What was I searching for that felt absolutely real, true, deeper?  I had discovered that at the core of major world religions is the lesson that to live a life of awareness, joy and contentment is to live simply and fully. A whole life, a holy life. The lesson seemed simple but was difficult to cultivate. Eventually, with enlightened audacity I developed a regimen of five practices with which you...

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Posted on December 22, 2025
in Awareness, Daily Reflections 2025, Flourishing, Meditation & Journaling at Ashby Ponds, Spirituality
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The spiritual space that we’ve created here together is as safe and secure as the Sacred Power Spot where you sit at home to practice. The practice creates a presence that grounds us for a day in a meaningful way. After meditation and journaling an energy stirs that comes alive as we practice and spreads through the rest of our day. Freely expressing our thoughts and feelings is like prying open an oyster and discovering a pearl within. When you journal do you feel a pearl of kindness and wisdom in your heart-mind? Jot down anything that may be obstructing the pearl within. In Buddhism it is said that our intention is at the tip of our every action. Repeat to yourself your intention to practice meditation; the intention to...

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Posted on December 17, 2025
in Creativity, Journaling, Meditation, Meditation & Journaling at Ashby Ponds, Nonverbal Activities, Reading, Spirituality, Walking
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The final month of our arduous yet calm and creativity stimulating, mind clarifying, heart-warming year-long journey has arrived. I hope the year provided you perspectives on every significant aspect of your life: physical, intellectual, creative, and spiritual. That it underlined how fundamental sitting in stillness, spontaneous writing, walking, reading and creating help you make a strong bond with yourself and strengthen emotional bonds with family and friends. You have almost finished reading, Unblock Your Creative Flow. This was the first rough look or the clearer second read. Starting from the New Year we’ll begin once again to explore the gift of each day as it unfurls, partly as we plan it and partly to let the universe lead us. With pure intentions, determination, patience, make certain that the combined habits of meditation, journaling, reading,...

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Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Posted on December 15, 2025
in Creativity, Journaling, Meditation, Meditation & Journaling at Ashby Ponds, Reading, Walking
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Meditation, journaling, walking and creative practices are built one day at a time. We come out of the fog of living in the past and see how we are now and could become in the future. We move closer to our true self, witnessing ourselves in meditation, noticing our strengths, and discovering things we can improve while pouring out our thoughts and emotions in our journal.  You’ve come a long way at your own speed. And you continue to mindfully pace your creative and spiritual path. Think about the goals you have reached this year. Thanks to your practice, you are kinder to yourself, compassionate with others, and more forgiving, generous and filled with gratitude. Look around you, take a few deep breaths and be thankful for being HERE NOW. You have...

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Posted on December 10, 2025
in Daily Reflections 2025, Meditation, Reading, Spirituality
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Potala Palace, Dalai Lama's Residence, Lhasa, Tibet In today’s world, you’re faced with a constant bombardment of information and social media overload. You are pressed for time, hurried, and not even conscious how overwhelmed you are. Meditation and Journaling Practice trains you to slow down. Being slow does not imply being sluggish. In a time when doing multiple things at once and rushing are considered positives, being unhurried is a good thing to cultivate. A calm and quiet mind is a kind mind. Don’t get caught up in the rat race which society pushes you to join. Do one thing at a time with an undivided mind.  Each thought is a seed that turns into action and words. In time, those thoughts bear fruit. Remember the seeds you sow in a hurry...

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Posted on December 3, 2025
in Creativity, Journaling, Meditation, Nonverbal Activities, Writing
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Our daughter, Zoon's Indoor Plants Writing Meditation Practice has five disciplines. Here are the taglines for each. Meditation: Align with the universe Journaling: Lighter mind, kinder heart Reading: Author as revered teacher Nonverbal activities: Letting imagination go wildCreativity: Get into the zone Writing Meditation Practice is painstakingly slow but measurable. Progress is not a straight line. But in meditation and journaling the practitioner feels it. You watch yourself changing from mindless to mindful with increased self-understanding. In turn, self-understanding increases self-compassion and kindness toward others. No outsider could or is keeping score of your inner self. With a year of practice you notice personal insecurities and fears slowly alleviate. You feel the cacophony of thoughts settling down, the physical discomfort changing to a relaxed body, and an indifferent heartmind turning kind and wise. You stop judging yourself and learn to live...

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