01: Meet your life with new eyes
As you pause for tea today, imagine that you are meeting your life for the first time. The familiar rooms, the usual routines, even your own thoughts. What do you notice now that you normally pass by without seeing?
As the day unfolds, you might begin to sense where you operate on autopilot, places where your body moves faster than your awareness. You don’t need to fix or change anything. Simply notice what it feels like to slow down there, even briefly, and let yourself arrive more fully.
And as you become more aware, listen to your inner voice… what’s a question, a subtle pull or something that’s dying to be heard? Just pay attention and listen.
Let this be enough: to see, to notice, to stay open.
p.s. For your pause for tea this week, I recommend Kuki Cha Sencha & other teas here.
📷 Erica Moore, The Tea Mind
02: Awake - wake up from mental autopilot
Awake: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion is a 2014 nonfiction book by neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris. The book explores mindfulness, meditation, and the nature of consciousness from a secular, scientific perspective, offering a path to spiritual experience without reliance on religious belief. Good for anyone who wants a clear, practical lens on waking up from mental autopilot…
Read now: Sam Harris
03: Heart Wisdom… The Happiness of Peace
Listen to this guided meditation and reflection focused on finding ease, stillness, presence, and inner peace - inviting listeners to rest the mind and heart in awareness rather than autopilot thinking. Published September 2024. The meditation starts 3 min 55 sec in…
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield – Ep. 256: “The Happiness of Peace” (Guided Meditation)
Listen now: Jack Kornfield
📷 Jack Kornfield
Thanks for pausing for tea with me today.
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Erica x
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