There’s the old romantic cliché about liking long walks on the beach and then there's the reality of long walks on the beach resulting in feet blistered from the sand and shoulders from the sun. I’ve taken half-day-long journeys down the shore every summer since I was 17. The only thing romantic about them is …
Author: Anonymous
Attending What Is and What Is Attending
I recall being at the center for one of my courses and having re-occurring thoughts about a conversation or speech I would make to someone when I returned. The conversation that kept running through my mind was one that involved sexual activity with a girl that may have taken place after the course depending on …
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Hi everybody – I will be contributing my thoughts here every fortnight. I would like to start my introduction today with lyrics from the song of Leonard Cohen. The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat. You win a while, and then it’s done – Your little winning streak. And summoned now …
The Secret of Continuity
We've all heard it. Continuity is the secret of success. It's Goenka's favorite, but it's not a secret. He straight up tells us, again and again. Continuity is success. We are successful through the continuity of practice. It's obvious when you practice. So why say it's a secret? I think I know the secret to …
Limiting Beliefs
Sometimes, while writing for this blog, I get imposter syndrome. I don’t know if I should be sharing my experience of practice, when I’m such a far cry from maintaining a solid one. I’ve gone through phases of consistently sitting in which I maintained a clarity that can’t be articulated, but have also gone through …
Conversation 2, part 3
To assist Dhamma Projects’ focus in exploring how meditators integrate their practice of Vipassana out of the centre and into the world of the householder, we would like to share a recent conversation exploring this subject in the three parts. If you missed the first part of the conversation you can find it here, and the …
Questioning Conclusions
I asked you to walk me home one night, so many nights ago, down a dirt path without lamps. We took baby steps to slow down the time and you gestured towards the center of the galaxy while freight trains whistled by. I got distracted by the tired memory of shooting stars, the sensation of …
Conversation 2, part 2
To assist Dhamma Projects' focus in exploring how meditators integrate their practice of Vipassana out of the centre and into the world of the householder, we would like to share a recent conversation exploring this subject in the three parts. If you missed the first part of the conversation you can find it here. Part …
Dream, Baby, Dream
So I went to a session for folks with farm dreams last weekend. It’s not that I want to be a farmer, per se, but I do want to grow beneficial, beautiful plants for the rest of my life. My path leads, unmistakably, back to the garden. The thought of a blueberry bush waiting to …
Conversation 2 , part 1
To assist Dhamma Projects' aim of discussing, celebrating and examining the integration of the practice and principles behind Vipassana out of the centre and into the world of the householder, we would like to share a recent conversation exploring this subject in the three parts: Part 1 Interviewer: How long have you been practising Vipassana? …
Living Vipassana 