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mindfulness, Asia, and anti-Asianism

22/3/2021

 
Hello again,

Like many of you on this course, I am feeling the relentlessness of things at the moment.  The pandemic continues.  And continues.  ... And continues.  Attempts to alleviate it are uneven and sometimes confusing.  Resistance to these attempts can be infuriating.  Violence continues to haunt so many streets around the world.  On some days, it can be very hard to see through to the light – the wounds can feel very deep and dark.  However, as the great poet Rumi tells us when asked what to do about pain and sorrow: ‘Stay with it. The wound is the place where the light enters you.’

In that spirit, I’m like to invite you to take a breath, right now, gather your awareness into your breath, and then ground your breath into your body.  Yes, now.  Do it now.  Each in-breath like a new beginning, and each out-breath a letting go or a letting be...

I can wait a few minutes, if you’d like to breathe a bit more ...

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    During the 2020/21 COVID19 pandemic, Chris Goto-Jones started writing periodic emails to the participants of the MOOC DeMystifying Mindfulness on Coursera and FutureLearn.  Following requests to put them all in one place, they are reproduced here.

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The images used on this site were conceptualized by Chris Goto-Jones for various projects.  The character set (monk, zombie, ninja, hippie, scientist) was illustrated by Siku for the MOOC: Demystifying Mindfulness.  The Ninja Mindfulness and Virtual Ninja images were also illustrated by Siku.  The art for the Zombie Mindfulness project is by Ricardo Bessa.  The Jedi Mindfulness images are by Glen Mullaly.  The Mindfulness Philosophy images were drawn by Roxanne van Beek.  All images are copyright  MentalPraxis 2016 - they can be re-used for non-commercial purposes with proper acknowledgement.
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