Thank You.
Fa Jian wrote:
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> Subject: RE: [Zen] Help for those
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> I take it
> the virtual temple is open to all members of the group?
> Fa Jian wrote:
>> The aim behind a Virtual
> Temple
>> approach is to encourage the participant to meditate every day a little
> bit.
>> Most of us learning how to meditate are enthusiastic and want to master it
>> quickly. We assemble books and literature, then jump into it from a
> rational
>> concept instead of the actual experience. This focus resembles someone who
> has
>> never eaten an apple, yet knows a lot about its description. Such
> reasoning
>> will eventually lead to frustration, avoidance and confusion.
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>> The Virtual Temple
>> is designed for you to succeed. Spend a little time every day in
> meditation.
>> After some basic in-person training you can meditate on your own with the
> help
>> of some long-distance guidance by a master or experienced meditation
> leader.
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>> Do not overdo. Let the process be in
>> the moment. There is really no set limit, although a particular period of
> time
>> in daily meditation is recommended. If you can manage for 25 or 30 minutes
> at a
>> time keep doing it. If you have been meditating for ten minutes and need a
>> break, stop and continue later or tomorrow.
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>> What is important is to meditate
>> often. As soon as you find your mind wandering, concentrate on your
> breathing.
>> Counting your breath helps, but is not a permanent solution to obtain
>> concentration. As thoughts arise, let them go. Thoughts are temporary,
>> transient elements of you consciousness. The clearer your mind becomes the
>> better you can meditate and the more you will stay clear-minded in all you
> do.
>> Ultimately, you will see things the way they really are, not how you or
> others
>> interpret them. Events in themselves do not cause stress, but what you
> make of
>> them will affect you. A calm and clear mind is less troubled by adversity
> than
>> a cluttered one.
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>> Clarity of mind has to do
>> with letting go of concepts or attachments that harm us and subsequently
> cause
>> dependency and suffering.
>>
>> We start out with
>> concentrated and disciplined mediation on the cushion, Zen style or other.
> It
>> will help us to concentrate fully on one activity. In our daily life we
> become
>> one with everything we do. It is now a kind of meditation in itself. We do
>> everything fully concentrated. That all is you in that moment, during that
>> time! That is all there is. – Once you’re finished with one thing
>> and move on to the next activity you had planned, again it is you becoming
> one
>> with it at that moment. From moment to moment in our daily life we
> experience
>> reality, we become connected. We fully live. We are enlightened. We are
> free.
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>>
>> Lotus Meditation Center
>> Virtual
>> Temple
>> E-Sangha
>> Community
>> www.lotus-meditatio n-center. org
>> Seward , Nebraska
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