We can learn to integrate mindful living into daily life through bringing our conscious, intentional attention to such daily activities as washing the dishes or eating. In mindful eating meditation, we eat one raisin or one tangerine section at a time, thoroughly and completely, while letting go of all extraneous plans and ideas and just concentrating fully on experiencing every single taste, fragrance, physical sensation, and thought attached to the process. Seclusion and withdrawal, I believe, are no longer the name of the spiritual game today. Rather, it is about inclusiveness and integration with daily life. It is good to cultivate spiritual life intensively as I did in a Tibetan cloister for years, but you still have to live in this world, even if not totally of it.
Everyday life is the Way.
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