Barbara Fishman

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Right Now…
No past: It’s just a memory.
No planning: the busy mind is still.
No future: it hasn’t happened yet.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Here
In the present moment, right here is everywhere.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Just Be.
No plans for the future, no judgement of the past.
No good, no bad, no likes, no dislikes. Just be.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

See…the beauty of autumn leaves

Hear…the silence when music ends

Feel…your two hands as they wash a dish

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Caught in a self-centered dream, only suffering;
holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream...
Joko Beck

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Close your eyes and create a list of “Things to Do.” Identify the steps you must take to accomplish each task. Feel the tension in the head that comes with planning. Then let go of the planning effort and be aware of how the tightness melts away.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

To loosen the busy mind, try clenching your fist as tight as you can, then slowly open your fist and feel the release of tension.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Dogen calls the Buddha’s path “Practice-Enlightenment." Each moment of practice on it encompasses enlightenment and each moment of enlightenment encompasses practice. The process (meditation) and the goal (enlightenment) are one.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

To study the Buddha Way is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be awakened by myriad things.
Eihei Dogen
- an honored Japanese Buddhist Master

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

The story of the Itchy Dog:

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

To expand our awareness, we move beyond internal talk and explore life as it is in the present moment – the sound of the ocean, the touch of a breeze or a black bird whistling.

[Barbara Fishman @MMwithBF]

Most of us live in a very small pond of awareness because we are caught in internal talk. This internal talk functions like a filter that limits what we see, hear, feel, taste and smell. Often, we’re not aware that this mental filter exists, but it keeps us very busy.