Ode to Mindfulness with Trudy Goodman – BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 148

Using poetry and story-telling, Trudy Goodman melds together present moment awareness and Metta in this beautiful ode to mindfulness. This dharma talk was originally published on Dharma Seed. “I really love mindfulness because when we’re fully present with the object of our attention there are also so many qualities of Metta, of a certain kind of caring and connection and warmth.” – Trudy Goodman In this 2008 talk recorded at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Trudy Goodman demonstrates: - What mindfulness actually means - Experiencing metta as a byproduct of being mindful - Noticing we are lost as a sign of awareness - Having Metta for ourselves when we veer off course - Self-worth and our capacity for compassion - Being alive as our greatest achievement - Developing strategies for painful emotions - The practice of taking a step back - Making the shift into receptivity - The Zen tradition and calling out to yourself - The contour of the Dharma and being in service of aliveness - Appreciating our surroundings through the non-interfering presence of mindfulness “The beauty of our mindfulness practice is that it can go anywhere, that the quality of our attention when we’re mindful, it really doesn’t depend on the content of the experience.“ – Trudy Goodman