tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post6060243416515103163..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: Sitting the TalkMarguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-55789262214592647692009-09-22T14:02:54.812-07:002009-09-22T14:02:54.812-07:00Thanks Jack! I wish you best in your practice. It...Thanks Jack! I wish you best in your practice. It takes a lot of courage and determination to practice as you do, without the ongoing support of a 'live' teacher. I think blogging and Twitter are great resources that way, as they provide a ready community of like-minded souls. Masters, students, we are all in the same soup, anyway . . .Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-89821991759156678752009-09-22T13:51:38.362-07:002009-09-22T13:51:38.362-07:00Oh, a beginner can burn throught that book in 30 m...Oh, a beginner can burn throught that book in 30 minutes. It is meant to give you a feel for the practice and then to get you on a zafu to see for yourself as quickly as possible.<br /><br />Nice photographs too.<br /><br />Cheers,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764686989342179833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-47518015384052332812009-09-22T11:01:10.857-07:002009-09-22T11:01:10.857-07:00Thanks Jack, for your wise words, and for sharing ...Thanks Jack, for your wise words, and for sharing "Finding the Still Point". I am not familiar with it, and will make sure to add it to my list of readings, practice permitting :}Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-46450454877558083992009-09-22T10:50:31.973-07:002009-09-22T10:50:31.973-07:00Yes, it most certainly does make sense. I think t...Yes, it most certainly does make sense. I think there is a sense that we need to over-intellectualize the process and form of meditation. "Pillars" is great but it is lenghty and requires too much time to digest and then process and apply.<br /><br />Living in the rural midwest, I have no "properly authorized teacher" so I need to go with the written works of those teachers but don't want to be distracted from actual practice.<br /><br />So, "Finding the Still Point" by John Daido Loori does the job of explaining, in a sucinct manner, how to meditate and encourages you to get started.<br /><br />It would be nice to have a teacher but not all of us have that option.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Jack<br /><br />www.zendirtzendust.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764686989342179833noreply@blogger.com