Beginner Mind Meditation

02/14/2023

The easiest Meditation technique.

02/07/2023

Wu Wei is a central concept in Taoism and means "non-action" or "letting things happen naturally."

It suggests that individuals should flow with the natural course of things and not try to force or control events.

Instead of trying to manipulate or control circumstances, one should let events unfold naturally and respond to them with flexibility and detachment.

08/20/2021

Meditation is a lot like life..

08/05/2021

06/28/2021

Don’t be discouraged if your thoughts are all over the place. You keep noticing and returning back to the breath. You are essentially training your mind in the same way you train your physical body. Just because you don’t get muscles right away doesn’t mean that physical training isn’t working.

In the same way just because your thoughts are all over the place and you don’t achieve enlightenment or a peaceful state of mind doesn’t mean you should stop meditating. With enough time and practice thoughts will slow down and there will be clarity of mind. Keep going..

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12/22/2020

Two men visit a Zen master.

The first man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?”

The Zen master asks: “What was your old town like?”

The first man responds: “It was dreadful. Everyone was hateful. I hated it.”

The Zen master says: “This town is very much the same. I don’t think you should move here.”

The first man leaves and the second man comes in.

The second man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?”

The Zen master asks: “What was your old town like?”

The second man responds: “It was wonderful. Everyone was friendly and I was happy. Just interested in a change now.”

The Zen master says: “This town is very much the same. I think you will like it here.”

What we seek is what we find. The reasons why you do what you do matter as much, if not more, as what you end up doing. Because they shape how you seek. So, ultimately, they’ll also determine what you find

10/30/2020

A Three-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Forgiveness

It can be difficult to forgive. But who hurts most when we don’t? This short practice from Elisha Goldstein offers a way forward.

1. Take your seat. Take a moment to close your eyes or keep a soft gaze toward the floor. Take a few deep breaths.

2. Picture a person. Visualize a person in your life who has hurt you—maybe not the most extreme example, but this could be a family member, a coworker, or a stranger. Get a sense of the actual event or events that occurred that hurt you.

3. Observe the feeling. Tune in to how the body feels in this moment, and also what emotions are present. Is there a sense of anger, or sadness?

4. See the thoughts. Be aware of the thoughts that are circulating around this person. Notice if there are thoughts of hate, or spiteful thoughts. Feel this burden that lives inside of you from holding on to past hurts. Ask yourself in this moment: Who is suffering? Am I willing to forgive?

And if not, that’s perfectly fine. Perhaps this isn’t the time. And if so, just continue on with this short practice. Breathing in, acknowledge the hurt and pain that’s here. Breathing out, forgive and release this burden from your heart and mind.

Continue this practice off and on, for as long as it’s helpful to you.

10/28/2020

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/?fbclid=IwAR0ZqV4Ta3cHidV9WfGGTyQ7ktqF9f2TRHeewdo9kxAArsGM6zzdbP_ecws

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School are examining how mindfulness meditation may change the brain in depressed patients.

10/22/2020

Meditation tips pt.1

Meditation is not about trying to control your thoughts and feelings.

By trying to control your thoughts and feelings you stir them up.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. ☯️

10/19/2020

The third noble truth- The end of suffering is accepting our reality as it is.

Whether we like it or not change comes. The greater we resist change, the greater our pain.

So are we supposed to not want anything? Are we supposed to stop caring about what happens in our lives? Should we not set goals or have dreams?

It isn’t about not caring from a place of apathy, but about allowing from a place of acceptance.

Any time we think things should be different, wished someone was different, or had any negative reaction to anything that has already happened we are in resistance to reality – not accepting it. And this is how we suffer.

Buddhism teaches us to release our desire for what we want life to look like so we can see it and accept it for what it is.
We are constantly analyzing situations and people and attaching meaning to them.

When we do this we are only seeing things from our perspective – a perspective that is skewed from our past experiences and habitual thought patterns; a perspective that has been crafted to stay in line with how we think life should be – in line with our stories.

Practicing compassion and understanding helps us recognize that another perspective exists, therefore fostering connection and loosening our grip on how we see the world.

To end our suffering, we have to open our minds.

When we understand this, our minds and our hearts can become more open and receptive. We are no longer stuck on or attached to what things mean and how we think life ‘should’ be. We are free to break out of our stories and live in harmony with life instead of at odds with it.

So let go. Walk on. Drop the craving for self, for permanence, for certain circumstances, and go straight ahead with the movement of life.