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Dear Friend
We may be blessed with a comfortable life, good health and a sense of security, but if we're caught in the trap of the ordinary mind our suffering may seem endless, or, perhaps worse, we may be asleep to the trap of the ordinary mind, with no hope of getting free until we awaken from our dream.
To be truly free, to be truly awake, masters of every spiritual tradition have recommended leaving behind the ordinary mind and entering states of absorption, of meditation, of unimaginable freedom. I've worked with prisoners in a federal penitentiary serving life sentences without parole who learned meditation and discovered they were freer than they ever had been.
This radical freedom awaits you. It is your birthright. It lives within you in every moment in every situation. Take hold of it, if even for a moment, and your life will be transformed.
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Free Yourself From The Ordinary Mind
Lawrence Edwards, Ph.D.
As you enter and explore the boundless domain of meditation, your mind will learn to more and more easily cross the threshold from the ordinary mind to the spacious clear awareness of infinite consciousness, your own essential nature, known by many names in various traditions - Buddha mind, Christ consciousness, purno'ham vimarsha...
Leaving behind the ordinary mind allows your attention to turn and look at the mind from a new perspective. One basic truth underlying all meditation practices is that you are not your mind. Nor are you the things the mind identifies with - the roles you play, the relationships you're in, the characteristics of your body - male, female, young, old, and on and on, all the experiences of "I am this or I am that." In fact you are beyond all these creations.
click here to read more of "Free Yourself....
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Radio interview with Lawrence on April 23rd at noon EDT
The Skillful Living Room with Michael Finkelstein, MD
Many of you who have been to The Anam Cara Foundation when we were located at SunRaven in Bedford, NY for 5 years will remember Dr. Finkelstein as the Founder & Director of SunRaven.
Dr. Finkelstein hosts a weekly radio show, The Skillful Living Room. It is a healthy-living discussion featuring patient success stories, physical and mental health tips, nutrition, fitness and wellness advice, a call-in portion, and expert advice from host Dr. Michael Finkelstein. Dr. Finkelstein is a nationally renowned internist and holistic physician who founded the concept of "Skillful Living." Commentary is also provided by colleagues and friends whom he has met in his own personal journey.
Please join our discussion on Saturday and call in with your questions or comments as we explore how to cultivate a healthy, joyous mind.
If you are unavailable at that time, you can visit the Skillful Living Room archive of podcasts by clicking here.
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Thank you all
for your notes of appreciation for our
newsletter.
Everyone has
the heart to be a true friend of the soul, an
Anam
Cara. By embodying that ideal ourselves we
may serve to help
another to find love and compassion within
themselves.
Our highest nature is always
manifest in
relationship - to all other beings, to the
environment, in relation to our own body and
mind. Becoming mindful of the quality of our
relationships
allows us to learn where the light shines and
where it
needs to shine more. The ideal of Anam
Cara is to
continuously endeavor to expand the depth
and the
inclusiveness of the loving kindness we bring
into
every relationship, every moment, every breath.
If
you have any
suggestions, comments or sharings, for our
newsletter please don't
hesitate to e-mail me and I'll do my best to
respond.
The Anam Cara
Foundation is a 501
(C) 3,
non-profit
educational organization dedicated to
teaching
meditative practices. Our non-
denominational
programs are open to all. There are free
meditation instructions and downloadable
audio files of guided meditations on the
meditation page of our website.
Thank you for the many ways you have shown
support for The Anam Cara
Foundation. Because
of your gifts we can offer free programs and
instruction to thousands of people. If you
would like to
make a tax deductible donation please send it to
address listed below or go to our website
where you
can make a secure online donation. Click HERE.
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The Anam
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I look forward to welcoming you
in person to our programs once the back injury I've sustained allows me to travel and offer programs once again. I have been able to return to offering phone consultations and people have been making appointments to speak with me or use Skype for video calls. It's great seeing folks again!
With
all my
appreciation and love,
I thank you all.
May all beings realize complete freedom from suffering and may all our actions reflect only wisdom, compassion, patience and love.
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