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... any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden - you can do it with such tremendous love and compassion, you can do it with the hands of a buddha. There is no contradiction ... I say unto you, your every act should be a ceremony. If you can bring your consciousness, your awareness, your intelligence to the act, if you can be spontaneous, then there is no need for any other religion: life itself will be the religion.

Osho#13

SpiritualityMindfulnessLifeMeditationConsciousnessDaily lifePractice

About this quote

What does it mean?
Ordinary tasks become spiritual practices when done with full awareness and love.
In plain terms
You can turn daily chores into prayer by focusing your mind on them.
What can you take from it?
Bring total attention to whatever you are doing.

Where it applies

  • household chores
  • gardening
  • repetitive work

Putting it to work

  • focus on the present task
  • infuse love into routine
  • treat actions as rituals

Questions to consider

  • What ordinary task could you do more mindfully?
  • How does awareness change your experience of work?

Another view

This approach requires a level of focus that many find difficult to sustain.

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