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Suryacitta: Posted on Monday, February 20, 2012 1:34 PM
A few weeks ago I had a bout of flu and of course the sore throat that seems to accompany it. My chest felt like there was a wet blanket laid on my lungs - it was all quite uncomfortable. I woke up this particular morning did the bathroom bit and went as usual to my meditation Kuti and noticed my mind making excuses not to reach it. "take the dog for a walk," "have a cup of tea first," and of course the obligatory "you should reply to that email before they change their mind. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012 12:07 PM
This is a copy of my latest Thought for the dayon Radio Leicester Whenever I
turn on the news or read a newspaper I am reminded again and again of the
current financial crisis facing us all. But is it
just a financial crisis? Everything has a cause, so what is the cause of this
so called economic crisis? I wonder if we would be nearer the truth if we called
it anemotional crisis. It seems
that for most of us our emotions in the form of desires are out of control. We seem to
be endlessly wanting - wanting more money - wanting latest designer clothes -
wanting the latest gadgets - wanting more power - even wanting to be special. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012 3:48 PM
 THOUGHTS AS SCAFFOLDING: When I was living in the retreat centre in North Wales there was a large house about a mile away which had scaffolding holding up its "west wing" as it was leaning badly. The scaffolding as I remember had been there for many years and had done its job of holding it altogether. Recently in meditation the image of that building and scaffolding popped into my mind and I knew instantly the meaning of this.
Thoughts are like scaffolding, they hold things together. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Monday, December 26, 2011 1:02 PM
Dear all, the demand for what I am doing has been increasing over recent months, particularly I think since the launch of the book. I have been interviewed on Radio Leicester about Buddhism, silence and happiness recently as well as doing somethoughts for the day.
I have also been teaching mindfulness meditation in schools. In Huntingdon I have been working with teachers and have been approached about doing some work at Regents College in Leicester.
I have a six week Buddhism course starting in January and a mindfulness and compassion meditation course starting next month too. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:12 PM
 EMPTY SPACE IS FULL OF HAPPINESS. If we ever think of space at all we tend to dismiss it as irrelevant - we are more interested in the objects in space. However, without space these objects would not exist. When I say objects I am talking about everything. Space contains, the Sun, Earth and cars. It contains the internet, cheese sandwiches and love. It also contains ideas, wind, war, peace and your own body. Now space doesn't object to any of these events not even to war and hatred, it just allows them to come and to go. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 12:12 PM
Imagine there is a room with two doors. One door is always
open the other is normally closed. Imagine also there is a line of people at
the open door entering into the room. The people here never stop entering and
as you can see at some point it starts to get over crowded. At some point it
gets very claustrophobic and sooner or later even the walls come under strain.
I wonder what happens next in your scenario?
As you may have guessed the room represents ourselves. The
open door represents life and life never stops happening that is why the people
never cease entering the room. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 1:59 PM
Meditation is finding out who we are, not about floating of into
some imaginary pink cloud.
As we
bring awareness to our lives we notice that
this sense of self which is always needing something is actually a mental construct that exists only in
our heads. It is the belief in this
self that makes us feel separate from life and so we endeavour desperately to find meaning in it as
compensation.
Whilst we are trying to find meaning to our life, we miss life. We turn from the wonder of life in all its
glory to worrying about it because it's
not going as we expect it to from the viewpoint of our own personal fears and desires. We try desperately to get
life to give us meaning and happiness,
when actually our life must be be an expression of meaning, and an expression of our happiness. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:48 AM
 I came across a lovely term recently - back to one. When I heard it I thought what a beautiful way to approach meditation, what a beautiful way to approach life.
What I mean in meditation is that whenever we get confused, doubting ourselves, becoming critical or restless, we come back to one. One here is both the number one and a metaphor for being at home in the present moment.
For example, if we are counting our breath and we have wandered (and by the way we will wander and it is absolutely OK) we come back to ONE and begin again. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 4:26 PM
The Silent Mind We
could say that to have a silent mind is what meditation is really about. It is
the source of joy, wisdom, compassion and creativity and is the end of sorrow
as we know it. But what is a silent mind and how do weget one?
A
silent mind is not a blank mind where nothing ever happens. It is not a mind
where we do not have any thoughts and feelings. It is not fuzzy, it's not a
dull mind where we cannot think
straight.
A
silent mind is a mind that is alive, it is a mind that is clear and unclouded
by fear and craving. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:34 AM
Dancing
with Dragons How
could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races –
the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into
princesses. Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are only princesses waiting
for us to act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that
frightens us is, in the deepest essence, something helpless that wants our
love.So
you must not be frightened if sadness arises before you larger than you have
ever seen, if an anxiety like light and cloud shadows moves over your hands and
everything you do. |
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