{"id":18349,"date":"2024-01-24T05:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/?p=18349"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:36:00","slug":"words-of-wisdom-for-january-24-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/words-of-wisdom-for-january-24-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of Wisdom for January 24, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"15\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"564\" style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dear Friends:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" width=\"550\">\n<td>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2488-e1402153916558-600x800.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; maxwidth: 550px;\" width=\"550\" alt=\"\">  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span font-size: 16px;'>On the Cushion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our practice is to meet life exactly as it is and to notice whatever fear, anger, or doubt gets in the way of direct intimate contact with this moment, bringing attention to that as well. Rather than changing something or seeking to get somewhere we imagine we should be, practice is about seeing clearly exactly how things really are and how we relate to them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Douglas Phillips, &#8220;Q&#038;A with Douglas Phillips&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=1&#038;m=58685\" title=\"Mini Mindfulness Break\">Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks<\/a>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='font-size=16px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center'>  <a href='https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/offer-what-you-can' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\">Click here to <i>offer what you can<\/i> for eBooks and Guided Mediations!<\/a>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center' style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;\">Here&#8217;s an interesting post from Meditation Practices:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 8px; text-align:center;\">\n<td>  <a href=\"http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=9&#038;i=58685&#038;p=15004\" title=\"Youthfulness: On Having the Courage to Be as Young as You Feel - Purpose Fairy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youthfulness: On Having the Courage to Be as Young as You Feel &#8211; Purpose Fairy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<td style=\"text-align:left; font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HX4saxIfPYw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>The magic recipe for youthfulness has two ingredients: self-love and love of life. Both of them can be learned, exercised like a muscle and even recoveredSource: <em>Youthfulness: On Having the Courage to Be as Young as Yo &#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>\n<p width='360px' style='display: block; width: 360px; padding: 18px 0; border: 1px solid #BCBCBC; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; background: #146793; color: #fff; font-size:22px; font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box; text-transform: uppercase;'> <a href='http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=9&#038;i=58685&#038;p=15004' title='Youthfulness: On Having the Courage to Be as Young as You Feel - Purpose Fairy' target='_blank' style='color:#FFFFFF;' rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>  <!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4752],"tags":[417],"class_list":["post-18349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wow","tag-words-of-wisdom","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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