Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

Thank you for sharing this presentation with us. I enjoyed everything about it including 'the Seven Miracles of Mindfulness'. I wasn't familiar with them.

 Comment Written 04-Jun-2024

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reply by the author on 04-Jun-2024

Thank you very much, Barbara

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Comment from kahpot

Excellent

Great first line with the alliteration, it must take a great deal of determination to be such a monk, at one with all that is around them, very well written and presented****kahpot

 Comment Written 04-Jun-2024

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reply by the author on 04-Jun-2024

Thank you very much, Kym

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Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

I wonder if monks are allowed to be melancholic. It seems like Buddhists try very hard to not allow emotions and reach a state of nothingness. I like the contrast of the immobile monk with the dancing leaves.

 Comment Written 03-Jun-2024

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reply by the author on 03-Jun-2024

I was going for a bit of alliteration lol

I read a lot about Thich Nhat Hanh teachings. He was an exceptional teacher, peace activist, and monk. One of his teachings of the Seven Miracles of Mindfulness is. **the Fourth Miracle of Mindfulness is to relieve the other?s suffering. Maybe my monk was relieving somebody else's sadness.

*** Seven Miracles of Mindfulness

The First Miracle of Mindfulness is to be present and able to touch those around us.
The Second Miracle of Mindfulness is to make the other present, also.
The Third Miracle of Mindfulness is to nourish the object of your attention.
The Fourth Miracle of Mindfulness is to relieve the other?s suffering.
The Fifth Miracle of Mindfulness is looking deeply.
The Sixth Miracle of Mindfulness is understanding.
The Seventh Miracle of Mindfulness is transformation.

Thank you big sister

Love

Marival

Comment from shelley kaye

Excellent

cool alliteration and slight rhyme of leaves/breeze
great imagery of a crying monk...
smooth flow...
thank you for sharing
shelley :)
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 Comment Written 03-Jun-2024

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reply by the author on 03-Jun-2024

Thank you very much Shelley

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