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Reflections on Practice: Openings
I took five weeks away from CCM for family need. What I quickly learned was that I needed the time out of my usual pace of life just as much as anyone in my family. Todays sharing is reflections on
Sitting Meditation- Grounding And Opening
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 ho
What Buddhist Psychology Understands about Doritos [7.17.24]
This talk explores the Buddhist concept of citta and draws heavily from the beautiful talk available on Dharmaseed, Making a Suitable Home for the Heart, by Chas DiCapua.
Siting Meditation- Meeting Ourselves with Compassion and Understanding [7.17.24]
This meditation uses a phrase for practice from Thich Nhat Hanh: - May I have compassion and understanding for myself just as I am.
Victor [7.10.14]
In this sharing, we explore one of the poems from the beautiful book,The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns,by Matty Weingast. When used as practice for examining
Sitting Meditation- Circling [7.10.24]
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 meditat
Mosquitos, Raindrops and Mindfulness Practice
How mosquitos move through a raindrop is a powerful metaphor for the attunement of mindfulness. - The Mosquito Among the Raindrops byTeddy Macker - The mosquito among the raindrops - It's equivalent
Sitting Meditation- An Act of Love
Dont 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 nee
Copperheads, Sticks, and The Three Marks of Existence
Noticing how the mind can confuse a stick for a copperhead can teach much about three basic truths of reality as named by Buddhist psychology.
Sitting Meditation- Coming Home With The Breath
This is a meditation in using noting practice, skillfully to acknowledge validate and return home again as needed.