tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post5279819556999438481..comments2024-03-24T03:12:21.128-04:00Comments on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Mysticism: Opening the Hand of ThoughtLance Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04504850608959937357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-69019500259920516402013-11-19T21:09:33.972-05:002013-11-19T21:09:33.972-05:00Hey Charles,
A bit belated, but thanks for disappe...Hey Charles,<br />A bit belated, but thanks for disappearing into a good presentation of the middle path!<br />One Love,<br />LanceLance Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174480565578669357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-29636104850538836982013-11-09T03:00:38.285-05:002013-11-09T03:00:38.285-05:00I enjoyed your perspective thanks.
It's good t...I enjoyed your perspective thanks.<br />It's good to here other lay practitioners stories, especially when family is involved. I call my wife & daughter my lovely Buddhas. In this article you talk about absolute/relative truth as being without distinction and opening the hand of thought or letting go. These two concepts as I've come to realize are also without distinction, and I refer to this as "disappearing into the center" or "disappear into balance". The middle path being a balancing act between the absolute/relative.. intuition/intellect.. in breath/out breath.. expansion/contraction.. etc.<br />This is the movement of the universe.. A perfect circle or cycle. The interval, pause, axis, center point being emptiness. The position of being as the disappearing act. "You" must disappear into what is being done. Being happens. This "You" must get out of the way of this ebb & flow happening, similar to moving out of the way of an aggressor attacking. If "You" are in the way as an opposition then conflict results. But if "You" disappear into the center then the absolute/relative remain balanced. In this way a plan/action happens without conflict. Because "you" are not what is doing something.. "You" has disappeared into what is being done. Thanks again, great blog.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712812172945945602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-72887189450388162032013-10-18T15:48:48.761-04:002013-10-18T15:48:48.761-04:0086004,
Your Family obligations remind me of that y...86004,<br />Your Family obligations remind me of that young women I met some 30 years ago at a family retreat at Insight Meditation. ,She told me she was a closet meditator...literally..she would hide in a closet to meditate for even a few minutes of mindfulness..always brings a smile. Proud AP Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037920302463160096noreply@blogger.com