tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post650600758804532931..comments2024-03-24T03:12:21.128-04:00Comments on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Mysticism: A Matter of HeartLance Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04504850608959937357noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-32315141681469219972023-01-08T08:59:10.321-05:002023-01-08T08:59:10.321-05:00So much easier to be present in each moment if I a...So much easier to be present in each moment if I am willing to love and accept myself right then.Ciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535390527275826994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-51829026506635578412023-01-08T08:26:13.106-05:002023-01-08T08:26:13.106-05:00Yes, indeed. a MUST oftentimes emerges from extern...Yes, indeed. a MUST oftentimes emerges from external messages, internalized by the ego conditioning. MUST's and SHOULD's operate to separate us from the heart of the matter, which is simply being present each moment to the experience of being alive. Connected wholeheartedly to our lives, we do what we are, we are what we do. What's not to love?<br /><br />That being said, I'm gonna go Sit. 😘<br />🙏❤️Lance Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174480565578669357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-22339033204880542512023-01-07T20:46:32.738-05:002023-01-07T20:46:32.738-05:00Thank you! This reminds me of hearing that when T...Thank you! This reminds me of hearing that when Thich Nhat Hahn was asked in an interview if we meditated every day, he replied, "I meditate every moment of every day." I think during "Mindful Movement" we are practicing taking our meditation off the cushion and into our daily life.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675400574724343968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-36256702963221609872023-01-07T20:05:10.099-05:002023-01-07T20:05:10.099-05:00Why do we believe that we can’t meditate while cho...Why do we believe that we can’t meditate while chopping wood, hauling water, raking the yard, or any other activity? The belief that we have to sit down and half close our eyes to find clarity limits us as to when we can meditate. For most people there is no reason for such a limitation, other than the fact that we believe that meditation must be done a certain way. So long as we hold such beliefs, our development as individuals is greatly limited. To reach our potential it is necessary to question beliefs, assumptions, teachers, and traditions.<br /><br />Imagine how much more powerful meditation could be if we released ourselves from the strictures of form and rules, and instead turned our daily activities into a form of meditation. <br /><br />When the ordinary is given the same attentive mindfulness as 'Zazen', that everyday moment becomes the stillness of sitting meditation. There is no duality, no division between now and some other time, between what is being done at that moment and what might or ought or should be done. There are no hypotheticals. A total, undivided presence transcends the duality of here and somewhere else. When packing water, there is only packing water. When chopping wood, there is only chopping wood. When sitting there is no wobbling. Without a separation between inner and outer, between self and non-self, we dwell in the eternal present moment. A state of being 'Of' the world, but not caught up 'In' the world. Everyday Zen stresses the ordinary as the expression and realization of Zen. This is the 'Method of no method” a process that shifts the emphasis from 'Sitting Zazen' to chopping wood or packing water. Ordinary activity becomes meditation so that, in effect, the practitioner is always doing the equivalent of 'Sitting Zazen'.” This is how 'Non-attachment' can be attained. This was a big stumbling block for me – How could non-attachment be attained when Zazen MUST be devotedly practiced? Which in essence is a form of attachment itself.Dharma Bum69bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774909446981462408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-82961729557772419622023-01-07T18:48:43.933-05:002023-01-07T18:48:43.933-05:00Wonderful ❣️👍Wonderful ❣️👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650114323461268088.post-50644386738984829372023-01-07T18:08:49.480-05:002023-01-07T18:08:49.480-05:00❤️❤️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com