To focus is to be mindful, to stay on task without getting distracted. Mindfulness indicates being careful, taking care. It is the opposite of being careless. There is a difference between being careless and carefree. When we are carefree, the general sense is that there is no danger in the environment and so you we can relax and do as […]
» Read moreMacclesfield, 17 July 2004 James Low “If we do not have the capacity to choose whether to identify with arising thoughts or not we have little freedom. Like preoccupied puppets we are pulled by the strings of internal forces and external triggers which drive us into reactivity. Practices such as following the flow of the breath help develop a clear attention, […]
» Read moreMacclesfield, 8th Nov 2003 James Low The Macclesfield UK Talks [1] Audio edited by Wendy Chozom Download and read a transcript of this talk, entitled ‘Finding Freedom at the Bus Stop’. Download here
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