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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, 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 Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:37 AM
 Noticing space
When I walk into a room what I notice are objects. Tables, chairs, people,
walls. What I don't notice is the space. It's the same with my mind. What I
notice are objects: thoughts, images memories etc. I depend on these to tell me
who and how I am. But what I can do is notice the space which contains the
objects. The space is free of all distress. This is awareness practice and how
I free myself from agitation and fear. |
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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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