Jack Kornfield writes, "What is past is over. It cannot be changed. We will inevitably receive the result of our past intentions and actions. Our freedom lies in how to respond to these results (The Wise Heart)." Jesus says, "The Kingdom of God is at hand." I'm becoming more and more stoked about how these two points of view interact.
I love that mindfulness practice has potential to bring us face to face with any given moment. I love Jesus's insistence that the Kingdom of God is potential reachable at any given moment. Mindfulness is continually presenting us with the possibility of a wide-awake response to whatever is happening. Jesus is saying we don't have to wait or go looking for the Kingdom of God--it's right here and we're, potentially, conduits for it.
Unlike the rapture people who long to leave the 'now' for heaven, mindful people long to incarnate heaven a little bit at a time right here, right now.
I love that mindfulness practice has potential to bring us face to face with any given moment. I love Jesus's insistence that the Kingdom of God is potential reachable at any given moment. Mindfulness is continually presenting us with the possibility of a wide-awake response to whatever is happening. Jesus is saying we don't have to wait or go looking for the Kingdom of God--it's right here and we're, potentially, conduits for it.
Unlike the rapture people who long to leave the 'now' for heaven, mindful people long to incarnate heaven a little bit at a time right here, right now.
