Does Anger Ever Get Away From You How often do you experience a situation where you can feel the anger arise, you know that it's coming, and yet you're not be able to do anything about it? Do you ever wish that anger didn't have such a hold on you? Would you like to be able to work with anger so that instead of leaving you feeling helpless, it helped you to work on your meditation practice instead? Great...
Do you ever get hung up on what you think meditation "is" and how you have to "be" when you meditate? If so, then think on this; meditation is simply, in its essence, a state of non-distraction.
What kind of meditator are you? Have you never meditated? Or, do you have a practice but don't get as much time doing it as you wish? Perhaps you have a very stable meditation practice, but forget to use your mind well when you're off of your meditation cushion. Regardless of what your challenges are, there's an easy solution...just go for it!
When I woke up with throbbing in my mouth, I knew that I had to visit my dentist. By the end of the day, not only had I visited my dentist, I'd had over 7 injections into my mouth and gum to take care of the pain and I'd had a root canal surgery! And, when the pain medication wore off, it was time to practice meditation.
In meditation, Even if we’ve been practicing meditation for a while, we find ourselves returning to our thoughts, emotions, ideas, and distractions.
MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK Meditation ip of the week is a weekly series of very short, easy to remember, and basic tips on meditation. Please let me know what you think, is it helpful? (This week's tip is an updated, revised, renamed "replay" of an earlier tip that was the first in this series. I received a number of e-mails from readers asking me to include more content in this post. Soooooo, here it is! Enjoy.) This past February, while presenting to a group of hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, nuns, laypeople....you name it, at a Grand Rounds meeting at [...]
MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten. Ever heard that one? You know what it means, but have you ever applied it to your mind? THE BLAME GAME When a thought or emotion arises in your mind based on something outside of yourself like a spouse or peer at work, or even a situation like [...]
TIP OF THE WEEK TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Too often we make time to meditate and then after our session, we get on with life. This week's tip is to do just the opposite; don't make any time for your meditation and just get on with your life. What?! Look, if you're just into meditation to take a break from the world then seriously, why bother? Meditation takes too much time to learn [...]
MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Where is your mind...right now? Here, right? Great. Where else? Where is it going to be in, say, a few minutes? What's next? I'm not asking you these questions because I'm curious...even if I am curious. I'm asking you this because this site is about meditation and because meditation is about knowing where your mind is. And integrating meditation into your life, living your [...]
MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? I'm not sure how many times during the day you find yourself thinking about something that's unrelated to what you're doing at the moment, maybe daydreaming, maybe distracted. For me, there are plenty of times when my mind isn't where it should be or could be. The "could be" is what this week's tip is about. When I find myself staring off into space, or waiting [...]