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Articles by Judith Lasater

“Make peace with the present moment.”
Too often our mental process is to judge ourselves for what we are thinking or feeling. A thought arises and our inner dialogue says something like, “Oh, I shouldn’t be thinking that” or “How can I be thinking/feeling that when I am a yoga student, teacher or meditator?”.
Then we react to those judgments with even more judgments for judging, and we are caught in a repeating pattern from hell.
A practice I have been enjoying for some months now is to “make peace with the present moment”. That means that when thoughts arise followed by thoughts of judgment I tell myself that the whole process is part of my practice: the original thoughts and the secondary or following thoughts as well. I do this by saying to myself, “how human of me to have a thought of X”. This helps so much when I look at the behavior of others as well.
When I say silently to myself, “How human of him to act/react with anger or fear or disappointment” then there is a space for compassion to arise in me. And I like how that feels. Then I am at peace with the present moment.
JHL




Making the insights gained on the meditation cushion and yoga mat live in our lives is a great and wondrous challenge. One thought that helps me to do this is to think of myself as a “spiritual sociologist”. Whenever I can, I try to observe what is happening within me and around me using the curious mind of a sociologist. I observe what others say and do; I observe what I say and do, all with an open heart and non-judging mind. I sometimes use this phrase silently to myself, “isn’t that interesting?” as I observe. When I am able to remember to keep my perspective on myself and the others around me framed by an open heart, I like how I feel and how I chose to act in the world.JHL