Ryan Shelton, creator of this blog, wrote in a most recent post, "I want people to feel encouraged and supported in practicing however they can within the limitations of the rest of their lives. I don’t know exactly how to help..." That struck me. I too, as a writer for this blog, feel the same …
Category: For Non Meditators
Safe
I find it unspeakable to speak the truth. I find all shallow thoughts of men are my own. I find wholeness lights every way I can see. Now, moving in truth, I see no other way. I find myself feeling for sensation, when my heart is weary and tender. I find the cries of old …
Ways to See Equanimity
There are many different ways to speak of equanimity and awareness. Most of the spiritual speakers and writers of the world will point to these two principles in some way. They may only point to things that point to these things, but still, they are on the same track to seeing it. They may also …
Simplicity
What amazes me again and again about Vipassana is its simplicity. I've started to get my daily sits in without having to think about TRYING to do so. They are a natural part of my life now. I think this is ideal with any form of art. For it to really be something you're involved …
Ask Yourself What’s More Beneficial
Hi everybody. I used to write once a week for this site, and now I'm back. As I used to, I am once again coming up with these posts during my meditations. Silly mind, focus on breath. I've gone through many stages with my practice since 2012 when I sat my first course. It's been …
A Candle Sits
It is so nice to sit here writing by the fire on a little candle stick lighting up the room. The only light except my clock and the computer screens and the desktop, or whatever you call it. The core of the root of the computer, that makes all this happen, that makes my creativity …
S. N. Goenka: Notes – Day 2 Discourse
Perform Wholesome action Don't perform sinful action Keep on purifying your mind That is all. Dhamma – nothing to take away, nothing to add. Acting without craving and aversion. What's wholesome? Abstain from sinful, and what remains is wholesome. Universal. Every religion would say this. The difference in the explanations. In sectarianism, Dhamma is no …
S. N. Goenka: Notes – Day 1 Discourse
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 …
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 …
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. …
Living Vipassana 