This is a comment that Trygve wrote in response to my post, "I Think Therefore I Am Not?" and I liked it so much I wanted to share it with you! RS The self isn’t necessarily equivalent to the conscious mind. When you meditate, you start to discover that “you” really aren’t the one driving …
Continue reading Most Concepts Are Misconceptions – Which Makes Thinking Dangerous by Trygve Dolber
Its been two weeks since I started sharing this blog and I've been amazed by the interest not only from the USA but from around the world. I've received 922 hits total and I've posted the by country hits below. The US is 66% but the top 5 countries are from 5 different continents and there are …
Yoga and hiking are the only two forms of exercise I enjoy that also help me stay present. Yoga naturally encourages you to be present with your sensations as you adjust your pose to maximize the lengthening and stretching. When I'm hiking the beauty of the outdoors reminds me to get out of my own …
Finite goals are wonderful because you can set them, work on them, complete them, and check them off your list. You feel good because you've accomplished something and it doesn't necessarily matter what it is. I have friends who make lists just because the like the feeling of crossing things off. Its visual proof of …
One of the first observations at a 10 day retreat is that you're not in control of your own mind. It wanders in and out of thoughts and fantasies without a single concern for what you want it to do. It's so easy to talk about the analogies of training a puppy, horse, or elephant but …
Sometimes it's difficult to navigate between what is generally accepted and what is true. Peer pressure is real and it's often painful to stand alone. We don't always have the luxury to just evaluate what is right or wrong, true or false, important or unimportant without worrying about how other people will respond to our …
I've been sitting with a group of Vipassana meditators that have been trained by other teachers or who haven't been trained at all to help motivating me to sit twice a day. I wasn't sure if our goals were the same and I was pretty sure the techniques were slightly different but it didn't matter …
Continue reading Insight And Mindfulness Meditation Communities
I've rambled in several posts about self-confidence issues, feeling disconnected and isolated with my practice, a desire to connect with people, and confusion about why things seem different since learning to meditate but I haven't been able to clearly pinpoint the core agitation. I'm not sure I've reached the core yet but I think I've taken …
I left Dhamma Patapa a little over a month ago and the most dramatic shift I've noticed is the number of distractions available to me. Now that I have access to all forms of technology I've discovered that my samadhi (concentration) has taken a huge step backwards. I started thinking about my childhood growing up …
I got tired of school in college because it seemed like all we were talking about things and I wanted to take action. What better organization to join than Americorps who's slogan was "Getting things done." I've joined many organizations and groups to promote positive change with mixed results. Sometimes I felt like I made a …
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