tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post5232312923577581775..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: Is It Mindfulness or Meditation?Marguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-89045648549839449612014-03-19T23:20:32.327-07:002014-03-19T23:20:32.327-07:00I really enjoyed this. Thanks!I really enjoyed this. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-61835316447964925182014-03-18T19:18:20.667-07:002014-03-18T19:18:20.667-07:00Every additional day that we live on on this plane...Every additional day that we live on on this planet is in itself a privilege, when I was once upon a time an undergrad reading books from Theravada till zen lineages, the prophecy was about how I lacked mindfulness and meditation was the process that can bring about mindfulness as an outcome, everybody learns within their own abilities, of course as we age we forget learnings too. I used to sit very regularly and in fact I'm thankful about this blog because a year or two ago when I totally lacked faith and vigour I recall out of seemingly nowhere I saw on Twitter an invitation to sit, I sat a couple of minutes and after awhile later I got lazy again. Like today I saw this post again, I adjourned into my prayer room and prostrated in front of Avalokitesvara, as one ages the initial vīriya that got me started in any form of mindfulness or meditation practice becomes a daily struggle as sloth and turpor creeps in.. hindrances that are very subtle and difficult in observing; when I am mindful and I meditate whether with eyes closed or just sitting in front of an LCD panel wording yet another blog greeting, when my tranquility is subtler than subtle I notice how I lost all mindful awareness and / or meditative wisdom when laziness had crept in earlier on.<br /><br />I do alot of caffeine i.e. coffee these days, simulating the cognitive behaviour that would otherwise come directly from good jhanas of proper sitting sessions. Days ago when I met a Chinese physician she asked if I had coffee, I told her I have a habit of drinking coffee these days, yet that morning I forgot about drinking a cup.<br /><br />When I drink too much coffee it raises other health concerns too.<br /><br /><3 Are you taking good care of yourself today? I love because I love.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com