Recently, I was inspired by a talk from Jack Kornfield that reminded me that one does not have to take an hour, or even a half hour to meditate but that a three-minute pause, a couple of times a day can also be impactful. Even modern neuroscientists say that three minutes does a lot.
If in your day you can take a “sacred three-minute pause,” if you will, where you stop for three minutes and become quiet and become the loving witness.
“Here I am in this process of doing my work, answering emails, gardening, paying bills. Here I am…. Let me take a moment, to pause and step back and become the loving witness of life. Rest as loving awareness, “wow,” this day, this moment with its joys and its sorrows, this what I have to hold, this is the life I have been given. And in just a few breaths our identity goes from being caught in the difficulties, the struggles, the ambitions, the plans, the emotions, to all those things we identify with and with a breath with say, “hah.” With loving awareness, look at this day, this moment. Look at the abundance all around me, the food, the family, the friends, the love. Take some more deep breaths and look at things with the highest of wisdom and loving awareness, become that loving awareness itself. This is what you can do. This is the invitation.”
