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Fwd: Tips for Freezing Fresh Produce | Care2 Healthy & Green Living
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:58 AM
Subject: Tips for Freezing Fresh Produce | Care2 Healthy & Green Living

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/tips-for-freezing-fresh-produce.html

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/finding-inner-peace-in-the-middle-of-chaos.html?page=2

A selection from the article, with a very nice meditation included:
“If, amidst the turmoil, you can find just one moment of peace in each day, then your whole life will become more joyful. Like the water in a lake, when your mind is calm you can see the depths below, but when your mind is disturbed it is easy to get caught up in the waves. Through meditation you can become more aware of when emotions arise so you can take some time to chill out before they take over.

“Meditation is when I can watch stuff go by and the part of me that usually interrupts and says, ‘That’s a good story, or that son of a bitch, or I’m guilty and awful,’ that part sits back and sees it as just one more story but without attachment to it,” says our friend Dr. Joan Borysenko in our book, Be The Change. “This gives me the most delicious sense of spaciousness and peace.”

If circumstances cannot be changed then you can change your attitude toward them—you may not be able to control the wind but you can adjust your sails. You can either blame others or you can relax into each moment as it arises. When you can just be with the way things are in the present moment then you can be free of complications, and that freedom is your peace.

Just Being Meditation

Find a comfortable place to sit, and close your eyes. Become aware of yourself, of your presence on the chair in the room. Cast your mind around your body. Breathe into and release any places of tension.

Now feel the flow of your breath as it enters and leaves. Here you are: alive … breathing … sensing … your heart beating … your feet on the floor. Be present with yourself and whatever is happening, without judgment.

Now just sit and be and breathe … just sitting … just being… just breathing. Silently repeat, “May all things be well, may I be at peace with all things.”

Stay with this for a few minutes, or for as long as you like. When you are ready take a deep breath and gently open your eyes.”