Category Archives: Newsletter
Make Meditation about Meditation ……
We need to make our meditation about meditation!
Our meditation may include awareness of the body and certainly may help relax and heal the body, but it is not about the body but about the mind.
And as the mind, our meditation is not about the thoughts, memories, stories and ideas about our self.
Our meditation is not about the self’s wishes and wants, worries and woes.
Our meditation is not about being caught in the mental content of our mind, but about...
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Anzac Day – Remembrance
‘PUJA’ is a lovely sounding word in the Pali language of traditional Buddhism.
Puja means the act or activity of devotion or dedication, to respect and honour, that or those that are worthy of honour and respect.
The morning and evening chanting done in Buddhist Monasteries is referred to as Puja.
Puja is a way of aligning the mind and body for focus and skilful activity.
Another way we can engage Puja – is by ‘Puja to the Present’.
Puja to the present is...
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New Year Message
Dear Friends
Trusting this message finds you well and mindfully engaged into this New Year.
Certainly our Year 2017 is moving forward, we have moved beyond Australia Day – 26th January and have also now had Magha Puja – the full moon on 11th February this year, which marks the occasion that the Buddha gave a significant teaching. This Teaching of the Ovada Patimokkha – is an essence summary of teachings stating 'Refrain from all that is unskillful, develop all that is skillful...
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Farewell from WELL-AWARE-NESS North Sydney
Dear Friends
As we close the doors on the North Sydney Practice of WELL-AWARE-NESS tomorrow, I would like to thank you for connecting with myself and the space here whether it be for a short time or over many years.
I have enjoyed sharing my teachings with each and every one of you.
I hope we can stay in touch through my newsletters and my visits to Sydney from time to time.
I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas, with much...
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Transcending and Transforming
Dear Friends
Welcome to NOW where it all appears to be happening. All that has been has arrived into now. All that will be will occur from now. However, for now, as you are aware, WELL-AWARE-NESS is in the process of transcending-transmigrating from Sydney and metamorphosizing into its new home, form and function on the Tweed Coast.
This is a busy time of year for myself but also for most others as well, a time to wind down without getting wound...
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Managing Stress
The management of stress becomes important and imperative for health, happiness and well-being. A very powerful and direct approach to both guarding against stress – proactively, or reducing stress – re-actively, is through Mindfulness based Meditation training.
Come along to one of our weekly meditation groups to help reduce stress and maintain more emotional balance in your life.
Thursday morning 10.15.
Thursday evening 7.30.
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Quote for today ….
A healthy mind is the greatest gain.
Contentment is the greatest wealth.
Trustworthiness is the best of kin.
Unconditional freedom is the highest bliss.
'The Buddha - Dhammapada Verse 204'
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JOMO – the Joy of Missing Out
So we have all heard about or even experienced FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) but are we aware of and have we experienced JOMO?
JOMO is the ‘Joy of Missing Out’!
Of course we can feel joy and even relief when we miss out on something unpleasant or even terrible that others get caught into, but JOMO is not about that.
JOMO is the joy of missing out on things that are generally pleasant or even sought after by our selves or...
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Ajahn Tiradhammo visits Well-Aware-Ness
Thank you to all of you who were able to come to our Urban Retreat with Ajahn Tiradhammo last Saturday - "Bringing it All Together".
This day was a great opportunity for all of us to listen well, learn new things, be reminded of things we already know, and especially put them into practice.
I am sure Ajahn Tiradhammo enjoyed sharing with us all, encouraging him that people in Sydney are motivated towards calm and clarity and realising ultimate Wisdom.
This Thursday morning...
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