When I feel sad, I return to the breath. When I am angry, I return to the breath. When I am happy or excited, I return to the breath. When I am fearful or nervous, I return to the breath.…
Return to me
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Clash of the Titans
Once again, a severe thunderstorm was a great lesson for me. As I began my meditation, I viewed the storm as similar to life. And as I nice as it is for things to be quiet and peaceful, sometimes storms…
No regrets
In Buddhist texts, Mara was the (“demon”) temptation of Buddha. Sometimes Mara is described as the embodiment of death; sometimes he represents unskillful emotions or conditioned existence or temptation. During meditation this morning, I saw Mara as the temptation of…
Elimination of deep depression
I see depression as somewhat of an epidemic in today’s society. I have witnessed it in all of my Family members from time to time, and certainly with myself on many occasions. Certainly many of our friends are currently dealing…
Meditation or masturbation?
As I began my meditation this morning, it occurred to me that I might be performing mental masturbation and not actually meditating. And then I thought about how the idea of masturbating is probably much easier for most people. Meditation…