S. N. Goenka: Notes - Day 1 Discourse You will get the best results of your stay here, the better you work. You must work. The art of living is missing. This will teach you the art of living. Someone goes to the other bank of the river and comes back and says, it's so …
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Space
The stars soften this world. Seeing them illuminates the darker parts of my life that feel so hard, so permanent. It loosens the tightness in my chest and allows me to inhale with conscious awareness. I see from a further perspective just how essential breath is, how pure it is, and how nothing else is …
As I Go
Every sensation 'holds' energy. It stores it, and depending on our equanimity to it, it affects us this or that much. You may have heard of Chakras. They are considered to be stronger points of energy holds in the body. I say that all sensations are energy holds in the body, and what they contain is creative …
In Meditation. Being meditative.
I was contemplating on writing my blog this week while in travel mode and I was also observing how planning for travel can be meditative. I also had a little chat with my dear friend who hosted me in Barcelona about continuing our meditation practice. Indeed, travel can be so meditative. I'm sure we all …
Our Work is Love
Our work is love. The classic statement is that to love your job is to mean you will never work a day in your life. This is not work, but play. To find love, on the one side, may sometimes feel like work, but if we love our work, it will be play. If our …
The Answer Came
This was a story that ended where it began: with a death wishhh... listen, hear the ocean? A matrix of keys draped the space in between like a big fishing net someone checked periodically thinking she would capture life. When nothing was caught, she tried patching all the narrow passages through that story by retyping …
Meditation. Observation. Clear thinking.
I am writing this sitting in my friends’ place in Barcelona and I am thinking about a friend and this post will be dedicated to her. In life we do come across people - different people, with different energies, in different places, and at different times! And it so happens that with some you bond …
In Celebration, in Contemplation
October has been the month of festivities here, from where I am writing right now. I have been caught up in frenzied action, not quite sure how much of it was actually required for my being. I planned to not take leave during the festivities and only availed public holidays to enjoy my time with …
Breaks
Continuity of practice is the secret of success. Another word for that is consistency. Consistent practice brings success. I've read a lot, and seen in my own experience, of artists, especially writers, who say that their success comes from showing up at the desk every day to write. It is the showing up that counts. …
This Was Once a Love Letter (Part I)
This was once a love letter rooted in the subtle trust of knowing one will return however often they leave however long gone. But when you finally came back to the garden, last night, from that distant look in your eye I was no longer waiting like a breakable glass for the rugged pulse of red …
Living Vipassana 