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by Venerable Visuddhacara
Hello - with Love
& Other Meditations
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The Miracle of Mindfulness
It seems so simple and uninteresting — this mental factor of
mindfulness. Just be aware of whatever you are doing, saying,
or thinking. Just stay present. How more unimaginitive can it
be? Yet this simple factor of mindfulness can make a difference
in your life. Sometimes the most simple thing can be the most
effective and powerful tool in effecting transformation and
change in us. It is like the answer is right there starring us in
the eyes but we never saw it because we never expected it to
be so simple or mundane, we had expected something much
more complex, exotic or esoteric. Yet all that we need is just
bare awareness, just a simple presence of mind. Strange how
the most simple solution is sometimes overlooked!
Mindfulness is something which can be practised at any
time and anywhere — that’s what makes it so unique. At any
moment you can pause and institute mindful awareness of what-
ever you are doing, saying or thinking. Be it a thought, a mental
state or a physical action, one or other of these states could be
observed at any moment. Just subjecting yourself to the gaze of
mindfulness can bring about a great transformation in yourself.
As the ancient teachers say: look within and therein you’ll find
the answer. Verily, the answer lies within and not without.
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AN INWARD JOURNEY BOOK IJ048 / O1
Hello – With Love & Other Meditations
Visuddhàcàra
with illustrations by Boey Mei Chee
AN INWARD JOURNEY BOOK
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Visuddhacara, 1953
Hello : with love & other meditations / Visuddhacar