InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
June 27, 2024
The focus for today is:
My actions and choices affect my life,
as well as influence society and the environment.
Today's inspiration was written by Pierce Salguero:
Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools, psychologists’ offices and hospitals all across the country.
Most of the public enthusiasm for mindfulness stems from the reputation it has for reducing stress. But scholars and researchers who work on mindfulness, and the Buddhist tradition itself, paint a more complex picture than does the popular media.
As I argue in my recent book, Buddhish, Buddhist ethics asks us to look up from our meditation cushions and to look out beyond our individual selves. It asks us to appreciate how everything is interconnected and how our actions and choices influence our lives, our society and the environment. The emphasis, even while healing ourselves, is always on becoming agents of compassion, healing and well-being for the whole.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
There Is Much More To Mindfulness Than Most Think
Written by Pierce Salguero, Penn State.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of considering the influence of your choices and actions (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: While we can only change ourselves, we do affect others around us by our choices and actions. Sometimes it is a direct influence, at other times it is by acting as a role-model (either a positive or negative one). Yet all our actions radiate energy out into the world. Thus while we are directly responsible for ourselves, we must be conscious of the effect we have on others - and the planet - as well.
Our focus for today: My actions and choices affect my life, as well as influence society and the environment.
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RELATED BOOK: Buddhish
Buddhish: A Guide to the 20 Most Important Buddhist Ideas for the Curious and Skeptical
by C. Pierce Salguero.
An engaging, accessible introduction to Buddhism for those who are looking to explore a new spiritual tradition or understand the roots of their mindfulness practice. Buddhist scholar Dr. Pierce Salguero analyzes the ideas and philosophy of the complex tradition through the eyes of both a critic and an admirer. He shares anecdotes from his time at a Thai monastery, stories from the years he spent living throughout Asia, and other personal experiences that have shaped his study of Buddhism. Through this guide, readers will have the opportunity to develop an approach to practice that is not quite Buddhist but Buddhish.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as an Audiobook and as a Kindle edition.
About The Author
Pierce Salguero, Associate Professor of Asian History & Religious Studies, Penn State
