On meditation--again!
In Inquiry yesterday Flint talked about meditation and what it is really all about. I still don’t feel clear on it. How can this be this hard?! It is not about attainment, getting good at clearing the mind or reaching exalted states. I think it is more about getting to know how your mind works within you—your foibles, tender spots, strengths, weaknesses, tendencies. Practicing meditation is so I direct my mind instead of my mind directing me.
After journaling on this and starting meditation, I was overcome with joy at spending some time with myself. Who else can know, accept, appreciate, and love me so?
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Appamada is not just the occasional mindful thought or attentive state of mind, it’s actually a commitment to being attentive. It’s more than just a meditative state of mind, it’s more than just being mindful. It has to do with that primary ethical or moral orientation we have in life, with which we bring into being whatever activity we’re engaged in. Whether in formal meditation, in our interactions with other people, in our social concerns, or in our political choices, it’s the energetic cherishing of what we regard as good.
—Stephen Batchelor
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Depth in Practice Study Group
January 16, 2012 at 7pm to December 31, 2012 at 7pm – Appamada
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Zen and Right Use of Power
January 22, 2012 at 7pm to June 10, 2012 at 7pm – Appamada
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Appamada Precepts Program 2012
July 22, 2012 at 7pm to June 16, 2013 at 7pm – Appamada
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