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Suryacitta: Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:53 AM
There is never enough
As we sit in meditation we begin to see all the stories the mind conjures up to distract usfrom being present with life as it is.
The ego mind hatesbeing with life as it is, because the egoisthe resistance to how life is in this present moment. If there is no struggle then this allows us to see the ego for what it is - a belief in a separate self that seems to exist somewhere inside the body and needs to keep churning out stories about how life should be, used to be and could be. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:29 PM
I am asked many questions about mindfulness on the courses I run, but all who ask are really asking the same question, perhaps in different ways - will meditation help me feel better? We all, no matter who it is want to feel good. My response to that question is - it's up to you. What I mean is that we need to know what it is that makes us feel good. If we think that feeling good means never being sad and afraid then no it won't help us feel good. If our attitude is to keep anything uncomfortable out of awareness then again mindfulness will not help us feel better. |
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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 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 20, 2011 3:20 PM
 Hi all, just to let you know that my book Happiness and Howit Happens - Finding contentment through mindfulness is released on Monday 26th September. If you interested you can buy it from Amazon or any major book store. It is available on Kindle too. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:18 PM
 The Ultimate Medicine
When we are ill we may go to the doctors for medicine. The
medicine may not be very nice, in fact it may hurt more than our symptoms. But
we trust the doctor and we have faith that the medicine will help us get well.
This is similar to mindfulness, it does not always feel good, but eventually
with patient practice we get well and happier - we can trust in the inherent
goodness of mindful awareness.
However this is where most of us find difficult - to trust
in awareness. We feel the need to change what we are aware of, or to get rid of
it if it's painful or get more of it if it's pleasant. With mindful awareness
practice we leave everything just as it is. We have no agenda - if an itch
arises we watch it, if it's the sound of a ca in the background we just listen.
If it's fear, anger, joy we allow it to take its rightful place. Nothing is
resisted nothing is sought after. |
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Suryacitta: Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:15 AM
The Tyranny of Time
What is this thing called time? We seem to know it so well, we organise our lives around it and it seems so real. But time isn’t a thing it does not exist as an entity in its own right. It is simply an idea in our head. It is a useful idea but only that. It is a concept we all share so we can live together in an organised and efficient way. If we didn’t have the concept of time they would be complete chaos – the trains would be late and that wouldn’t do!
Our relationship to the concept of time is what is important. |
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