The radical turn of mindfulness meditation is to meet whatever is here, instead of worrying about how to “fix” ourselves to stop whatever is coming up. This practice explores “The Welcoming Prayer.” If “God” language doesn’t work for you, please feel free to substitute as best for you. The Welcoming Prayer Welcome, welcome, welcome. I … Continue reading Sitting Meditation: Welcoming
Gratitude can be a useful resource, but is not always accessible. In this practice, we start where we are, experimenting and exploring the region of gratitude.
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This is a practice on the sanity of grounding with our inter-relatedness.
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This is a practice in noticing how mindfulness naturally arises on its own and how to tap into that arising skillfully. Please note: no talk this week.
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Based on the meditation from Yongey Mingur Rinpoche, this is a practice with seeing into our basic goodness.
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This meditation draws heavily from a short talk and guided meditation by Yongey Mingur Rinpoche: “Looking for happiness is love. Looking to not have a problem is compassion. Self love, self compassion are right here right now— please appreciate that.”
“Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to heal yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing enough. It offers the possibility … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- “Meditation Is Love”
There is a normal ebb and flow in all parts of life, including our meditation practice. We can learn to move with the naturalness of opening and closing by allowing body, breath, and senses to be a home anchor as needed.
This meditation uses a phrase for practice from Thich Nhat Hanh: May I have compassion and understanding for myself just as I am.
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This meditation includes the poem Victor, from the beautiful book, The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, by Matty Weingast: Victor: When everyone else was meditating, I’d be outside circling in the hall. Finally I went to confess. I’m hopeless, I said. The elder nun smiled. Just keep … Continue reading Sitting Meditation- Circling [7.10.24]