tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.comments2024-03-02T11:07:29.416-08:00Mind DeepMarguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-47678736188850659052015-10-13T00:57:48.598-07:002015-10-13T00:57:48.598-07:00I was very grateful to receive this post overnight...I was very grateful to receive this post overnight via email. Thank you Marguerite. Your blog is always an inspiring reminder to 'Just do it'.John McLanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442201492173451991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-59971161080988094552015-09-30T07:21:46.906-07:002015-09-30T07:21:46.906-07:00Hey Marguerite, I just discovered this blog. Very ...Hey Marguerite, I just discovered this blog. Very honest, I like it. :)Jeffhttp://www.thisjeffguy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-16483231098763154002015-09-28T02:26:54.628-07:002015-09-28T02:26:54.628-07:00You might be interested in Ajahn Sujato's advi...You might be interested in Ajahn Sujato's advice in the following link which are similar to what you post. Much more to be investigated through his teachings.<br /><br />https://sujato.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/let-peace-come-to-you/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15917898199142899943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-21674528434126715402015-09-25T19:26:32.877-07:002015-09-25T19:26:32.877-07:00So half is full. But full is still half. All right...So half is full. But full is still half. All right? It isn't logic. It is philosophy.Xuenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03604258999275066337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-75406272341910881052015-09-15T00:23:30.472-07:002015-09-15T00:23:30.472-07:00I know this is a very late response. Anyway, I agr...I know this is a very late response. Anyway, I agree with Katherine. Continuous awareness is great. It's like a huge machine that has built up a momentum to run smoothly. It's wonderful.<br /><br />However, that's not something you can force or command your mind to do. I learnt that the hard way, traumatised, repeatedly. (You can say I was hard-headed.) On second thoughts, you can, but it doesn't bring about the purpose it's for, and it comes with a big price.<br /> <br />Regretfully, U Pandita's words suggests that you can and should do it. I can't say if he himself actually intended it though. Bear in mind that his hails from Burma, where people are generally laid back. Plus he was a monk since young. Plus that was in the 80s, very unlike modern Yangon. I doubt he understood people outside of his culture well.<br /><br />Anyway, relaxed or unbroken awareness? How about relaxed unbroken awareness? In my experience, it can only happen with persistent and *skillful interest* to be aware.Kumara Bhikkhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705672482613342569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-40514147461865988872015-09-09T05:35:24.417-07:002015-09-09T05:35:24.417-07:00Great blog. We are all different, it makes sense t...Great blog. We are all different, it makes sense to try different approaches to the practice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063225156205391667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-38284063079077927062015-08-18T08:20:42.241-07:002015-08-18T08:20:42.241-07:00good wishes.
anatta.good wishes.<br />anatta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-23910778993635848742015-06-14T12:50:28.553-07:002015-06-14T12:50:28.553-07:00The challenge can sometimes be to remember that ne...The challenge can sometimes be to remember that negative space is still space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-23870823970108248462015-05-31T21:58:21.768-07:002015-05-31T21:58:21.768-07:00Great list of female buddhist bloggers! Now when ...Great list of female buddhist bloggers! Now when is us guys turn! haha Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-6426372594662173812015-05-16T20:26:01.225-07:002015-05-16T20:26:01.225-07:00Lovely. I wish this had crossed my path before my ...Lovely. I wish this had crossed my path before my mother died.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773044479260103600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-79094226255678658402015-02-19T10:27:39.449-08:002015-02-19T10:27:39.449-08:00Great post. So many of us live those difficulties....Great post. So many of us live those difficulties. Making our practice core to our lives, activities (trivial and strategic), words... Among other approaches, I try to remember that "no mud, no lotus". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-23539267694711575262015-02-19T10:21:02.630-08:002015-02-19T10:21:02.630-08:00Zen teaches us to see beyond the dualism of our fr...Zen teaches us to see beyond the dualism of our frameworks of analysis. The halfs, the vessel, the observer, the situation, are interdependent, they inter-are. Perceiving half full and half empty as us, and us as them is not only a correct understanding of the nature of things as they are, but the dooway to the appreciation of flux, diversity, challenges, bounty, and the greatness of our momentary existence. Peace. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-1014173376553203012015-02-03T20:07:10.669-08:002015-02-03T20:07:10.669-08:00I realize this post is 4 years old, but it came up...I realize this post is 4 years old, but it came up 2nd when I searched for "top mindfulness bloggers." I'll check out 3 of the 4, but Peace Ground Studio is no longer operating. Any newer ones you'd recommend? Thanks!Randy Marquishttp://www.bythebodhitree.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-89732524461274434652014-12-04T11:17:06.076-08:002014-12-04T11:17:06.076-08:00A helpful viewpoint. I think seeing only the good ...A helpful viewpoint. I think seeing only the good can make us ignore suffering and even turn our backs on it. We can embrace both the joyful and the painful without having to be cheerful all the time :)David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-17513337899780140742014-11-27T05:32:35.084-08:002014-11-27T05:32:35.084-08:00Thanks for the post! I also found it difficult to ...Thanks for the post! I also found it difficult to continue sitting on a dayly basis after our child was born. He gets (us) up very early in the morning and ruined my morning meditation routine. So, now I try to sit before I sleep or after I get him to bed at around 7 p.m. Sometimes it is still difficult, because I have to work in the evening, but I try to meditate every day. If there is little time, I just cut down meditation to 15 minutes and do the practice like this.Michael Lindnerhttp://www.michael-lindner.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-2600798160905509102014-11-10T11:45:28.849-08:002014-11-10T11:45:28.849-08:00What a wonderful quote from Ayya Khema. And your ...What a wonderful quote from Ayya Khema. And your last paragraph speaks volumes to me. Just what I needed to hear this morning. Thanks, Marguerite.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-12262082156998102402014-10-18T15:46:59.288-07:002014-10-18T15:46:59.288-07:00this is such a good practice too… not being online...this is such a good practice too… not being online so much. for me I couple this with getting outside whenever possible to connect silently (I'm silent) with nature.. the wind, animals and lapping water on the edge of a pond provide all the music… so much color this time of year even as the trees disrobe bearing their dark bones. I too go through periods of intense/committed sitting practice and other times when for a variety of reasons it is just difficult or not possible. Even when in the car, I pay attention not just to the cars on the road (when I'm driving) but glimpses of mist rising if it is morning, flashes of colorful leaves. The practice is assisted and strengthened by sitting, but it is truly what happens as we interact with the world around us, our relationships with people, nature and our own inner worlds. I hope you will be gentle with yourself… this is just part of life, the waves rush in and out then smooth to glass for a while.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-55765186841505557842014-10-05T00:06:26.700-07:002014-10-05T00:06:26.700-07:00As I finished reading your poignant post that echo...As I finished reading your poignant post that echoed in many ways my present situation, I glanced at your favorite blog list and saw UCSD Mindfulness Center. As fortune would have it, I live two blocks away, I signed up for the 8-week mindfulness program and my first session was last Thursday. It's a small group of 13 people and it is just what I needed to get back to daily practice. Thank you!laurellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156605945813088896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-46648376673815751282014-09-23T21:29:24.871-07:002014-09-23T21:29:24.871-07:00Thank you for sharing. I am fortunate that part of...Thank you for sharing. I am fortunate that part of my work involves teaching mindfulness and also being part of a community of practice. Without those two elements, I most likely would have dropped out a long time ago. Community is what helps to keep it going. Still, that alone has not been enough to maintain my practice at a level deep enough to attain relative calmness. Writing this post was such a gift. There is a lot to be said for 'confessing' to a more public forum :) I wish you to sustain your renewed enthusiasm for practice.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-69705820332167921402014-09-22T20:01:12.088-07:002014-09-22T20:01:12.088-07:00Good post. I've been letting the distractions...Good post. I've been letting the distractions pull me away from practice too. All good suggestions. Thanks for the prod!David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-5510853076473724162014-09-21T22:31:55.728-07:002014-09-21T22:31:55.728-07:00I have been falling behind myself with a marriage,...I have been falling behind myself with a marriage, so I heard something somewhere that I find interesting. One's practice that was brought on by suffering... got them to comfort level to charge on with life, but suffering always finds a back door to remind you that you have to return. That is probably the most important impetus to get back on it, before you have to.Was Oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787588883235992471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-11680110678006798452014-09-20T16:56:27.950-07:002014-09-20T16:56:27.950-07:00I have found it useful to sometimes take a day wit...I have found it useful to sometimes take a day with no emails, no texting etc. I warn people, and put a message on my emailJohn Langleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252845744712721151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-60246855598615713512014-07-23T02:22:17.953-07:002014-07-23T02:22:17.953-07:00We tend to waste half of our lives living them in ...We tend to waste half of our lives living them in meaningless ways, losing their purpose. Having our stay in this world set on a timer, we often pass time rather than living it. Why not be compassionate and cherish the blessings we have in this world? One primarily cannot be a happy person all the time but a little compassion here and there can make this world a better place.<br />Strongly recommending this article which taught me how to live with compassion in a mindful way! http://peacequarters.com/7-practices-start-living-compassion-change-outlook-life/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280301138074352386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-9146931261617492762014-05-02T01:34:26.827-07:002014-05-02T01:34:26.827-07:00I agree with this...focus and concentration are th...I agree with this...focus and concentration are the basic thing of successful meditation process. But its not easy to focus and forget all thoughts when you be meditate, you will have to learn about some meditation techniques. If you have no idea about meditation and its procedure then you can visit <a href="http://www.chamundaswamiji.com" rel="nofollow">chamundaswamiji.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-79990007649302405942014-04-23T23:07:27.773-07:002014-04-23T23:07:27.773-07:00Wonderful post! Agree with every word in it. Wonderful post! Agree with every word in it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com