When we hear one of these mindfulness bells ring, we stop all of our conversations and whatever we are doing and bring our awareness to our breathing. The ringing bell has called out to us:
Listen, listen,
this wonderful sound brings me back to
my true home.
By stopping to breathe and restore our calm and our peace, we become free, our work becomes more enjoyable and the friend in front of us becomes more real. Back home we can use the ringing of our telephone, the local church bells, the cry of a baby, or even the sound of fire engines and ambulances as our bells of mindfulness. With just three conscious breaths we can release the tensions in our body and mind and return to a cool and clear state of being.
Vietzen is kindly offering a free downloadable “bell” for PC computers which can be set to various time intervals for an hourly or every 15 minute mindfulness reminder. The Sangha also offers a mindfulness bell which can be used on their website without downloading any software.
Download Mindfulness Bell from Google Play