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Cultivating awareness of body, speech, and mind brings contentment, joy, and insight, even while living in prison.

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A worker picking flowers at a very colorful flower fields.
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The path and the garden

C. M. reflects on the effects on his practice of time spent gardening. Any work…

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A yellow flower growing out of a crack in concrete.
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The reality of adversity

Learn to smile and let go instead of flipping out, even in the most difficult…

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A road sign with the name Gratitude Road.
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Gratitude

Getting caught up in our egos keeps us from appreciating the good things we do…

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An owl with wings spreading out.
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Owl

An owl appears in the prison recreation area.

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Closeup of handwriting on a page in a journal.
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Right effort, learning, and love

Journalling reveals insights into how the mind spins stories.

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Two woodpeckers in a tree
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A bird

An incarcerated person contemplates the natural world outside.

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Wholesome or unwholesome seeds

Making a conscious decision to plant wholesome seeds in the mind.

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The words past, present, and future in yellow neon.
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Transforming the three times

How to use the present wisely to create causes for a happy future instead of…

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A single orange.
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An orange of mindfulness

Eating an orange becomes a meditative experience.

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A deer in silhouette.
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Treasure the present

Correspondence with a person in prison on the benefits of learning how to live in…

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A green and gold-colored beetle.
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Beauty and the bugs

Finding beauty, love and happiness in the smallest of living beings.

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A glass medicine bottle with the label Awareness, 20ml concentration, Basic medicines are still needed in many parts of the world, but basic awareness are what we need here. Increasing knowledge of different cultures promotes understanding and compassion, which helps eradicate the disease of discrimination.
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Awareness that sets you free

The ways being in prison has forced an incarcerated person to face his delusions and…

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