There’s a well-known metaphor that likens mindfulness, the product of meditation, to the sun. Openness and clear thinking are always available to us, yet they’re obscured by clouds of thoughts and emotions.
But I think the moon is the more useful comparison. The moon metaphor will help you open—to others, to love, to life —whether our openness is received or not.
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Read the original blog post on this, here: https://liberationnotes.com/mindfulness-is-like-the-moon-its-there-whether-you-see-it-or-not-ccd7caf7a9f6
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A version of this post was previously published on meditationforthemasses.libsyn.com and is republished here with permission from the author.
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