Posts Tagged ‘spiritual practice’

• Why are you meditating? What’s your motivation?

  written by Simone on Saturday, June 12th, 2010

   “Why am I meditating?” is the single most important question to ask and answer for yourself as you begin. Honestly, some early mornings, my motivation or goals, or hopes for some future state of mind are the only reason I meditate.  Knowing, honestly why you are meditating will help you get onto the cushion when [...]

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• Guilt & Meditation

  written by Simone on Monday, April 5th, 2010

  The other day a gal who is meditating with us came to me and apologized profusely for not meditating as often as she hoped, “I am so sorry, I have been so busy, I will start again soon, I feel so guilty, I will get back to it, I promise.”  I could literally feel her [...]

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• What Brings Us To Meditation?

  written by YeShey on Thursday, November 26th, 2009

  Most of us come to the spiritual path because we are experiencing something in life that we don’t like, something that we want to overcome.  At some level we have a dissatisfaction, a pain, some form of suffering. Perhaps we have already tried various ways of overcoming the suffering. We found that some methods helped [...]

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• Resistance, a most common approach to life

  written by Simone on Friday, November 20th, 2009

  I watched as my brother started the process of putting his son to bed. His then two and half year old screamed and cried – seems he really didn’t want to go to bed. My brother inquired without judgment, “you can do this the hard way or you can do this the easy way, it is [...]

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• Why meditation doesn’t work

  written by Simone on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

  From The Bible to The Secret  (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized.  Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]

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