WEEK 3
Meditation Practice
This week, we’re ramping up our time in meditation to three minutes and, on Sunday, we’ll combine our usual three minute Breath Awareness practice with five minutes of Loving-Kindness Meditation — don’t worry about doing the exact timings of each type of meditation, simply move on from your Breath Awareness practice to Loving-Kindness Meditation when you feel you’ve done about three minutes or when it feels natural for you.
Monday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Tuesday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Wednesday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Thursday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Friday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Saturday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Sunday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness + 5 minutes Loving-Kindness
Monday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Tuesday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Wednesday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Thursday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Friday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Saturday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness
Sunday — 3 minutes Breath Awareness + 5 minutes Loving-Kindness
Mindful Living Practice — Non-Stealing
Non-stealing is another moral practice in many spiritual traditions.
Now, if you're a regular pick-pocketer or shoplifter, then these behaviours are definitely going to stop you from finding inner peace, but non-stealing is about more than that — it is about taking care of material things and not consuming more than we need.
This week, practice non-stealing by consciously spending less and driving less — maybe choose one day where you’ll skip your morning Starbucks and won’t spend any money at all that day, and another day where you won’t use your car and will make time to walk places. And, when you do buy something or use your car this week, let this action be conscious and mindful.
Another way to practise non-stealing is to be aware of how you use other people’s time and resources — do you expect your employees to stay late at the office? Does your friend always buy the coffees? Do you constantly offload onto your partner at the end of the day? This week, simply be aware of how you may be stealing other people’s time and energy, and commit to giving more than you take.
Now, if you're a regular pick-pocketer or shoplifter, then these behaviours are definitely going to stop you from finding inner peace, but non-stealing is about more than that — it is about taking care of material things and not consuming more than we need.
This week, practice non-stealing by consciously spending less and driving less — maybe choose one day where you’ll skip your morning Starbucks and won’t spend any money at all that day, and another day where you won’t use your car and will make time to walk places. And, when you do buy something or use your car this week, let this action be conscious and mindful.
Another way to practise non-stealing is to be aware of how you use other people’s time and resources — do you expect your employees to stay late at the office? Does your friend always buy the coffees? Do you constantly offload onto your partner at the end of the day? This week, simply be aware of how you may be stealing other people’s time and energy, and commit to giving more than you take.
If you can, see if you can keep up the mindful living practices from the last few weeks too. If you need a reminder, I’ve popped them below.
Week 1 -- Don’t Scratch the Itch
Week 2 — Non-Harm
Week 1 -- Don’t Scratch the Itch
Week 2 — Non-Harm