When your mind focuses on your breathing, becoming fully alert and free of idle thoughts, you suddenly realize that the peace and contentment in your mind is more precious than anything you can buy..
The mind true home.
Thich Nath Hanh's most important teaching is that the mind must be fully present in the here and now, including while we walk and eat. Rather than getting caught up in its own thoughts, mulling over past memories or future worries, the mind stays in the present moment because the place of enlightenment that practitioners seek is in the here and now, the mind's true home. When our mind is fully present, it naturally becomes calm and centered, without many distracting thoughts, allowing us to enjoy our lives fully and focus on what we do,.
Thich Nath Hanh also teaches that we should be mindful of our breathing, as it is an important bridge between body and mind. If our breathing is agitated, our mind will be calm, and if our breathing is agitated, our mind will be agitated, the same goes the other way around, peaceful mind produce peaceful breathing. Breathing always happens in the here and now and thus anchors our mind in the present. As we breathe more calmly and deeply, the mind follows suit, savoring deep and peaceful silence.
"you find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level." Eckhart Tolle"
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