If, like most meditators, you have learned to meditate by watching an object (the breath, a mantra, etc.), then switching over to Awareness Watching Awareness probably seems very unintuitive. The method of watching an...
The earliest and most important meditation attainment a beginner can reach is known as the Knowledge of Mind and Body. This is a stage you may enter during meditation wherein your thoughts suddenly lose...
The following is a guest post written by Arpan. We all know the usual meditation instruction for shikantaza: just sit. What does it mean? Does it just mean “physical sitting”? If so, then how...
Today I will list some of your sacred cows so you can slaughter them. Deservedness Nobody deserves anything. The concept of deservedness has no connection to how the world actually works. It is a...
It’s back! Like clockwork, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) has rolled around again – always in mid-October, always as the nights draw in. Having experienced SAD for all years of my adult life (I’m 35...
If, like most meditators, you have learned to meditate by watching an object (the breath, a mantra, etc.), then switching over to Awareness Watching Awareness probably seems very unintuitive. The method of watching an...
The earliest and most important meditation attainment a beginner can reach is known as the Knowledge of Mind and Body. This is a stage you may enter during meditation wherein your thoughts suddenly lose...
The following is a guest post written by Arpan. We all know the usual meditation instruction for shikantaza: just sit. What does it mean? Does it just mean “physical sitting”? If so, then how...
Today I will list some of your sacred cows so you can slaughter them. Deservedness Nobody deserves anything. The concept of deservedness has no connection to how the world actually works. It is a...
It’s back! Like clockwork, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) has rolled around again – always in mid-October, always as the nights draw in. Having experienced SAD for all years of my adult life (I’m 35...
Pell wrote: Which method will help one reach stream entry with better efficacy? I’ve tried shikantaza and felt like I was sitting in dullness the whole time allowing my mind to do whatever it...
1. Letting Go of Control Nothing of any permanent value can occur via meditation until you let go of control. Letting go of control is a process that can be learned, and it leads...
One way to categorize the meditation practice of shikantaza, or “just sitting,” is as an objectless meditation. This is a definition in terms of what it is not. One just sits, not concentrating on...
When I watch Greta Thunberg’s speeches, I see a ventriloquist’s dummy speaking in the voice of her ideologue parents. I find the exploitation of a mentally-handicapped young girl absolutely disgusting. What I really noticed...
Rather than a long post about one topic, here’s a shorter post about several topics. Reducing items on your mental checklist during meditation I was teaching a Skype session the other day and showed the...
The Importance of the Knowledge of Mind and Body
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Seasonal Affective Disorder Vol. 35
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