'Dhamma' or 'Dharma' is a word that I have never full understood or questioned, I just accepted it as an aspirational state of being. But what does it mean? When I say "May all beings share my Dharma" during metta, what exactly am I sharing? The word 'Dharma' means 'a preventive measure accoding' to Alexander …
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Serving on a ten day course
I was able to arrive a day and half before the course began to help set up. I prefer landing in the almost ghost town like feel between courses, rather than the hustle and bustle of everyone arriving and settling in. When asked by the management to go into household my ego reacted. I had …
How can Therapy and Dhamma Best Complement Each Other?
I've worked on myself in so many different ways; through art, dream work, various kinds of yoga, meditation; presently, vipassana meditation, but never have I gone to therapy. I’m now seriously considering therapy as a future line of work, and I want to be sure I understand the value of the service, and how it …
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The Excitement of “What if”
Feelings of romantic attraction can be very ungrounding. They evoke a novel kind of storm, and when I get quiet enough in meditation, beneath the pleasured agitation, I come to hear a bubbling undercurrent of possibility….what if this?? what if that?? what if! what if! what if my life completely changed? I suppose it’s a …
The joys of meditation
Why do people come to a Vipassana course? In talking with people who come to our Center in the Southeast on registration day and Metta day, I find there are almost as many reasons as there are people. There are some common themes, including life crisis, emotional trauma, and long-term need for ‘something more’ in …
Dhamma to the Rescue
Painful sensations of sickness can bring a really intense focus to my practice, save the day, and make me much more aware of my default state! I used to have a lot of digestive problems when I was younger; I learned to correct them by listening to my body rather than to doctors. I designed …
Opening up to Synchronicity
Now that my school schedule has lightened up, I've started sitting with the local meditators once a week. The site is about an hour away, but well worth the journey! I’m not sure if it’s the presence of other meditators, or listening to the instruction again, but I’m definitely noticing a difference with these sits. …
Living Vipassana 