{"id":3964,"date":"2011-09-11T08:34:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2011-09-10T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T12:34:54","slug":"sunday-inspiration-a-life-of-deep-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2011\/09\/sunday-inspiration-a-life-of-deep-awareness.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunday inspiration: A life of deep awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"
<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8195\" href=\"http:\/\/astrodynamics.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=8195\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8195\" title=\"10487870_s\" src=\"http:\/\/astrodynamics.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/10487870_s.jpg\" alt=\"this present moment\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The secret of beginning a life of deep awareness and sensitivity lies in our\r\nwillingness to pay attention.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our growth as conscious, awake human beings is\r\nmarked not so much by grand gestures and visible renunciations as by extending\r\nloving attention to the minutest particulars of our lives.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every relationship,\r\nevery thought, every gesture is blessed with meaning through the wholehearted\r\nattention we bring to it.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the complexities of our minds and lives we easily\r\nforget the power of attention, yet without attention we live only on the surface\r\nof existence.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is just simple attention that allows us truly to listen to the\r\nsong of a bird, to see deeply the glory of an autumn leaf, to touch the heart of\r\nanother and be touched.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We need to be fully present in order to love a single\r\nthing wholeheartedly.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We need to be fully awake in this moment if we are to\r\nreceive and respond to the learning inherent in it.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield,\r\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stories-Spirit-Heart-Parables-Spiritual\/dp\/0062503006\" target=\"_blank\">Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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