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Walking is so automatic we rarely pay much attention while we are doing it. Here is a way to bring grace and flow to the stately art of walking. Here’s how it’s done. First place your weight evenly on both feet, shoulders squared with a relaxed upright posture. Take a nice deep breath in, and as you exhale allow your mind to become aware of your thinking. Whatever thoughts flow across the screen of your mind just watch as they...

Reflexively, my head turned toward the sound of a breaking plate, and then more slowly back to the middle-aged woman sitting across from me. We were at a small marbled table in a trendy café. It was an island of equanimity cluttered with mid-morning deserters from a chaotic world that waited, like an expectant father, just beyond the glass doors. She was a friend, visiting Sarasota for a few weeks to soak up a compassionate winter sun. We had been...

What does it mean to be “fully human”? What are we capable of becoming? Of being? Is it important or practical to search for the answer? Are we even capable of conceiving what it means to be fully human? Could becoming fully human save our species? How could that be realized? Would it be attainable, practical? This promises to be a fascinating discussion of humanities pit falls and growing potential. At the very least this basic question is interesting. But...

Except in the narrowest sense, the question, “What is the meaning of life?” is ludicrous. That is unless you can clearly define “life.” Is life biological? Social, spiritual, political? Is it all of these? None of these? You see? When we finally define life for ourselves, does our definition work for others? I say yes in the broadest sense. But ultimately, I have to say “no.” The more precisely we define life, the more uniquely it molds to our own...

Since you have been enjoying Eufeeling during your daily activities have you noticed that while you are aware of Eufeeling you are not worried about paying the bills, that problem at work, or smoothing ruffled feathers in your relationship? Again become aware of Eufeeling for a few seconds, let it go and then watch to see what happens. Now notice that you feel whole, somehow complete. You really need for nothing. You see, your life is already mending itself. And...

[Before reading further it would be best to do the Eufeeling Technique first… [See last QE Blog post - The EuStillness Technique: Where Does It Come From and How Does It Work? (Part 9).] Welcome back. Now that your eyes are opened, how are you feeling? Do you feel some relaxation in your body? What are you feeling in your mind? Do you feel some inner sense of well-being? Maybe you feel silence or peace or a sense of relief,...

To do the EuStillness Technique you must first become aware of Eufeeling. To become aware of Eufeeling you must first become aware of pure awareness. You became aware of pure awareness when you watched the screen of your mind in The Nothing Technique. [See QE Blog: How Nothing Works Part 3] Congratulations, you are already one-third of the way there. Becoming aware of Eufeeling is just as simple and just as easy. So, unless you have a heavy date or...

How to Find Eufeeling “Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Oliver Wendell Holmes, in the quote above, is telling us that we are missing something. Or more rightly, we are ignoring something so vital that without it life loses its music, the very thing that gives it substance. I am reminded of the shadow world of Plato’s cave where the cave-dwellers believed the totality of life to be flickering...

Enlightenment – [see EuStillness awareness] transcendence of ego; free of fear; motivated by truth, beauty, goodness, and unity; innovators, discoverers; two stages: Eu-awareness (first stage), EuStillness awareness (second stage). Eu-awareness – Action performed while aware of Eufeeling. Awareness beyond the bonds of cause and effect, free of fear and disharmony. One becomes the observer as creation takes place through them, not from them. Eufeeling – The perception of wholeness. The first glimmering of individuality in the mind. The natural state...

The arrow from our previous blog represents the ability of your mind to create successful action, to get what you want. When you nock the arrow but have not yet pulled it back, the arrow is just sitting there. If you let go of the arrow at this point it just falls to the ground. This represents the inactivity of your mind during deep sleep. If you were to pull the arrow back several inches, this would represent the potential...