In my short life as a meditator I’ve noticed that when the mind finally settles down it gets into a creative mode and generates insights. The temptation is then strong to allow myself to stay with those ideas for fear of forgetting or because they appear to be more exciting that just sitting. Wouldn’ that [...]
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Dealing with creative ideas during meditation
Posted in Meditation, Mind, tagged creativity, Meditation, thoughts on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Spinning world of desires
Posted in Body work, Buddhism, Meditation, practice, tagged Kabir, resistance, zazen on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I started doing sitting meditation one of my legs (or both) would inevitably fall asleep and for the most part the sitting would evolve around staying with those sensations in the body. I know it is not harmful for my health and would probably pass with time so I just accepted it as [...]
Practice unfolding: real tools in the toolbox
Posted in Books and Ideas, Buddhism, Meditation, tagged Insight, Meditation, techniques on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In episode 118 Buddhist Geeks interviewed Daniel Ingram on his book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha that Daniel revised and made available online in PDF-format (Thanks, Daniel!)
Why all this excitement about yet another book on Dharma? Books we have plenty of but manuals packed with straightforward techniques – not so many. Daniel describes [...]
Meditation and the brain
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, brain, resources, tagged brain, creativity, Meditation, Mind on April 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Although not a mega meditator, with time I noticed some effects of meditation and got curious in what exactly happens in the brain when I sit on the cushion and watch my mind jumping around, patiently learning to bring attention to the intention and stay with life itself instead of the virtual reality my mind [...]
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Appropriate response is when we clearly see what the situation requires, not what conditioning determines, or what external expectations and internal demands precipitate.
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I want to unfold. I don't want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am untrue.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
- T.S. ElliotCuddle Party in Sweden with Irisha
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What it is by Linda Barry
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson & Richard Mendius
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