Mindfulness Means Being Awake. It

It's The Nature Of The Mind To Drift Away. The Mind Is Like The Pacific Ocean, It Waves. And Mindfulness Has Been Shown To Drop Underneath The Waves. If You Drop Underneath The Agitation In The Mind, Into Your Breath Deep Enough Calmness, Gentle Undulations.

People Say Things That Get You Ramped Up. I Find Myself, As My Body Clenches Up When Somebody Says Something That I Know Is Wrong Or I Wanna Catch Them In A Lie Or Whatever, That Just, "calm Down. When It's Your Turn, You Make Your Point."

Karma Is Often Wrongly Confused With The Notion Of A Fixed Destiny. It Is More Like An Accumulation Of Tendencies That Can Lock Us Into Particular Behavior Patterns, Which Themselves Result In Further Accumulations Of Tendencies Of A Similar Nature... But Is Is Not Necessary To Be A Prisoner Of Old Karma.

Note That This Journey Is Uniquely Yours, No One Else's. So The Path Has To Be Your Own. You Cannot Imitate Somebody Else's Journey And Still Be True To Yourself. Are You Prepared To Honor Your Uniqueness In This Way?

Allow Your Attention To Gently Alight On Your Belly, As If You Were Coming Upon A Shy Animal Sunning Itself On A Tree Stump In A Clearing In The Forest. Feel Your Belly Rise Or Expand Gently On The Inbreath, And Fall Or Recede On The Outbreath.