All Blog Posts Tagged 'meditation' (11)

I was told that the chapter on Training the Mind in Sogyal Rinpoche's "Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" was a great intro to meditation. The nice thing is that you can read a lot of it on the web here at Google Books.…

Elephant Journal has provided us with a link to a wonderful talk by…

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Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn is a good book explaining one man’s view of meditation…

{Note: this article was originally published here on Elephant Journal}

 

 Meditation can be as simple as you like. Basically, we know meditation is all about clearing our mind for a time. It’s hard to not think about…

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I just got a book called Meditation in Action , by Chogyam Trungpa. I like it a lot. I then read his bio on Wikipedia. Man, it tore him to shreds. On the one hand, he's credited with bringing… Continue

Eknath Easwaran's Thought for the Day made me feel so good I had to share it with you:





"December 2



If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

– Thomas a Kempis



The pure in spirit, who see God, see him here and now: in his handiwork, his hidden purpose, the wry… Continue

I've been looking for a reason to include Super Alisa in my Zoobird blog. Her writing is amazingly clever, funny and on target. This pepper dress was the ticket. Her stuff has nothing to do with organic gardening, but hey, it's peppers and we have a Pepper Zoo. WTF. Anyhoo, it's funny, worth browsing and I like… Continue

Imagine yourself at the beautiful coast. Looking down, your view is full of things. Looking up, the view clears and becomes simpler, less busy, calmer. That’s what each movement of Qi Gong brings to you. Qi Gong brings focus. Purpose. Qi Gong eliminates what clutters your mind and body. What’s left is filled with what you’re looking for…



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Lisa DeLoach gave me a copy of Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah at the hostel in Portland. She said she'd finished it and liked to pass things like that on. I have enjoyed it ever… Continue

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

– W. Somerset Maugham

We must be careful not to mistake agitation for fulfillment, excitement for joy. When our mind is not turbulent for a little while, we tend to think we’re in a slump and start groping about for something that can stir it up again: a thrilling movie, a stiff drink, a spirited quarrel, anything to “get the juices flowing.” Taken one by one these may seem…

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For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace.

– Bhagavad Gita

In order to climb the Himalayas within us, we have to train ourselves, little by little, day by day. Sir Edmund Hillary, who climbed Mount Everest for the first time, did not just stand at the bottom, take one leap, and land on top. He practiced climbing…

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