The encouragement I have received is helpful and I appreciate it. Thank you. I think it is useful and what I needed to read. I will now meditate and will attend a Buddhist Monastery this Sunday during open meditation. Thank you again

Peter

I like the strata of bedrock found throughout the earth reflecting the billions of years. It doesn't lie and everything that is preserved there is a record of geology's change through time. My very last post is particularly humiliating but I will keep it, for at the time it was written, it felt true...

I would like to thank nathan and fijiNut for their insights and responding to my request for help. It seems that what you are saying nathan is: It would be beneficial to enter a ongoing meditation of "unidentification". Also since in fact I do believe in the raft of the triple gem (a belie...

Thank you all for your support and encouragement. I find it helpful.
Peter

pretty sweet genkaku...go into meditation not expecting anything. I like that. Thanks...put a smile on my face. Sometimes I trap myself in thick coils of logic-nonsense.

Peter

Wow Nathan, you said a lot with that statement. I hardly understand what you are saying. It seems you are saying several things.you said: " It is our whole being that we examine with calm and insight ..." That implies that when I am meditating I am looking at myself from a perspective that...

What a insightful post Nathan. The idea that I find meditation intolerable because of the lack of virtue in my life is startling.
Thank you.

Thank you for your responses. When I actually do meditate I usually use the method of sitting, and focusing on the air leaving my nostrils. When my attention wanders I bring it back to the nostrils. When I couple this meditation with teachings about the nature of letting go it puts my mind into some...

Is there space here for this topic? My practice suffers because I do not meditate, practice mindfulness or even lightly consider following the 8FP as a guide to my daily life. When I meditate it feels intolerable. However when I meditate within a few minutes I almost always experience expanded consc...