Preparation: Step 1: Settle In (1 minute) Step 2: Focus on Your Natural Breath (2 minutes) Step 3: Deepen Your Awareness (1 minute) Step 4: Return to Natural Breathing (1 minute) Step 5: Gently Transition Out This meditation is a simple yet effective way to center yourself, reduce stress, and cultivate mindfulness. You can practice […]
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Reaching rockbottom in a life of addiction has been for me the entrance to real life in recovery. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. The necessary experience of grief through withdrawal has made it possible for me to
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Continued from Part 1 – by Richard Rohr ofm Divine Therapy Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step Seven: Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings. [1] Thomas Keating (1923–2018), one of the founders of Contemplative Outreach which promotes the practice of Centering Prayer, explained how meditation
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A Universal Addiction by Richard Rohr ofm The addiction and overdose crisis… does not so much reflect moral failings of individuals as it does reveal a sickness that has infected the country and our collective consciousness. — Timothy McMahan King [1] Living School alumnus Tim King fairly attributes the United States’ epidemic of addiction to
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Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be better To paint a picture, or write a letter, Bake a cake, or plant a seed; Ponder the difference between want and need? Dust if you must, but there’s not much time, With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb; Music to hear, and books to read;