May I be safe & protected May I be at peace in mind & body May I live with ease & kindness (Kindness practice p 120) We can all engage with such longings
- & wish these good things for the people we love Mindfulness practice is hugely popular these days! But what Tim Stead asks does it have to offer Christianity? How might it help us to transform the way we manage stress & open up more completely to the promised 'life in all its fullness'? Key is the definition of mindfulness as being more fully aware of our own experience in the present moment in a non-judgmental way The author finds that 'distractions' so often the bane of those trying to pray can be taken note of without our being caught up in or taken over by them A non-judgemental approach seems entirely consistent with talk of grace & as Christians we know we can only ever experience God in the present moment Tim reflects' If I feel loved entirely without judgment I will gradually dare to allow every aspect of myself to come into the light of God's gaze & so into relationship with the rest of myself
- & this is how healing comes'