Vipassana meditation Listening to Thought In opening the mind, or ‘letting go’, we bring attention to one point on just watching, or being the silent witness who is aware of what comes and goes. With this vipassana (insight meditation), we’re…
Tag: Dharma
Overcoming bias with humility
I am often times completely shocked by my own words and actions. The lack of mindfulness that I posses, and the gigantic ego I demonstrate are not those of a good student. I meditate, I study the Dhamma (Sanskrit; Dharma),…
Forget the funny words!
Mindful? Me? I think not my friends. Day after day I write these posts, and never consider that there may be many people reading this who are not Buddhist. When I use words like dharma, sangha, appamada, dukkha etc., what…
My personal temple
During meditation last night, thoughts of this personal temple were flashing through my mind. I can see that most of us have an elevated sense of self. In many things we have a sense of entitlement. One only needs to…
Happiness is up to you
I was thinking last night about how most of my posts here may seem rather depressing. It seems all I ever talk about is suffering, and ways out of suffering. And if I am to be aware that I may…