MY JOURNEY of LIFE ...

[Michael Grove]

HAS been a story of two lives • BEING mindful and having

mindful awareness, which is so very often defined as a way of

intentionally paying attention to the present moment  

without being swept up by judgements.

Practiced in the East and West, in ancient times and in modern societies,

mindful awareness techniques help people move towards well-being by

training the mind to focus on moment-to-moment experience. People

sometimes hear the word mindfulness and think "religion". BUT the reality

is that focusing our attention in this way is a biological process that

promotes health - a form of brain hygiene - NOT a religion. Various

religions may encourage this health-promoting practice, but learning the

skill of mindful awareness is simply a way of cultivating what we have

defined as the INTEGRATION of CONSCIOUSNESS - 

Daniel Siegel - MINDSIGHT

[BE]ing AWARE of AWARENESS [IT]self

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[Michael Grove]

 IN the first of my two lives, following Linnie and I's

 marriage and subsequent purchase of our first home

 in High Wycombe, I completed four Oil Paintings on

 Hardboard which for me definitively [RE]presented

 THE [BEGINNING], [PAST], [FUTURE] & [NOW]