>From our side? Please explain.
----- Original Message ---- From: Fa Jian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2007 12:22:57 PM Subject: RE: [Zen] Help for those on their own Yes, of course, from our side. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of daniel sherwood > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 19:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Zen] Help for those on their own > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > > > Lotus Meditation Center > > Virtual > > Temple > > E-Sangha > > Community > > www.lotus-meditatio n-center. org > > Seward , Nebraska > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.9/1158 - Release Date: 11/28/2007 21:11 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.9/1158 - Release Date: 11/28/2007 21:11 > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. 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