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Commitment and Experience
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on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 If the experience is not what we expected when we made our commitment, should we drop the commitment? Are commitment and experience connected? Does our commitment depend on our experience? In my humble opinion, my answer is no. The commitment has nothing to do with the [...]
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From Shamatha to Vipassana
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on Monday, January 18th, 2010 Shamatha meditation is taught in Steps 1 and 2 of our Mindfulness Meditation Program. Shamatha is translated as calm abiding or quiescence and its purpose is to give us the opportunity to experience a state of calm silence and single pointed concentration. The result is an experience of exceptional mental health and balance. [...]
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The Mind in Meditation
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on Monday, December 28th, 2009 What do I do with my mind in meditation?
The first problem we encounter when meditating is that our minds do not want to cooperate. We want the mind to focus on the breath but it runs off in every direction. We need to learn how to manage and relax the mind to in [...] -
The Breath in Meditation
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on Friday, December 11th, 2009 When we are meditating we do not alter or change the breath in any way. One of the greatest reasons to meditate is to see things just as they are, same with the breath during meditation – we just observe it, we do not change it. During the first two steps of [...]
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What Brings Us To Meditation?
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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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The Constant Interruption of Thoughts
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on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 The first question that I asked to Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo when I met her was “is it possible for any and every westerner to achieve the state of shamata?”* Her answer was quick and precise…”Yes”. I was a bit shocked that she answered without making any further statement like ‘if they try hard enough’ or [...]
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Retreat
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on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 As wonderful as it is to meditate every day, you will find that it is very helpful to do meditation retreats now and again. They help you to strengthen and deepen your practice by being completely immersed in meditation and only meditation all day long. There are all sorts of mediation retreats [...]
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Waking Up
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on Saturday, October 10th, 2009 One of my teachers always gives a short but clever talk about observing the first breath you take after you sleep has ended and the waking state begins. At first I took it as a challenge, but now I see it as a gift. Waking up and observing the first breath brings [...]
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Welcome To Our Village
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on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 A very warm welcome to Meditation Village.
We are here to offer you the tools that will enhance your experience of life; to learn how to live conscious (as opposed to living through a haze or by habit), connected (we do so much better when we are a meaningful and contributing member of a group – [...]
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