hi bob..i looked in new files..i did not see them..i will look again and get back to you...thanks ...merle
Hi Merle I loaded one of them in the 'files' area. Unfortunately it is not organised into a date format. It is about halfway down the first page. I will post a few more if you are interested? Bob --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â hi bob... > > sounds great unfortunately i am unable to attend > > where would the attachments be found?...cheers merle > > Â > Hello Joe and thank you. I guess it is a little unusual, but I do not put > much faith in dogma. Westerners have real problems sitting for an hour in a > full or half lotus, so I say to them that it is the meditation that is > important and the method of sitting is secondary. > > People are welcome to sit anyway they like providing they sit upright and > with ears & nose on straight and if in a chair, that they hold their legs at > 90deg's to the floor. > > I also do not insist on a mantra or the counting and people new to meditation > can choose whichever they feel comfortable with ( there is one guy who counts > up from 1-0 and then backwards to 1). The key thing is to fill the mind with > something that the ego can't get a grip on. It is the vehicle and experience > that is important at the early stages. I do suggest they hold their hands so > that they get to feel the light contact of skin on skin ie where the working > surfaces touch there is the reality. > > New people only meditate for 10 mins and then move to 20 mins when > comfortable and we develop from there. The plan is to end up at a 1 hour > session. > > I also put statements and questions I prepare to them after the group. I have > attached a couple - (oops! attachments not so easy will try another time). > > Nothing radical or new. > > regards > > Bob > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Welcome, to the Group, Bob! Good of Merle to recommend the site. > > > > Do I understand that you are organizing the Zen in a Chair practice? I > > hope you'll tell us a bit about it, as you wish. I don't think Merle has > > attended, so we have not heard details, only the interesting title. > > > > Greetings!, from the desert of southern Arizona, > > > > --Joe > > > > > "bobthomas564" <bobthomas564@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, Just a thank you to Merle for introducing me to this site. > > > Looking forward to reading some of the members experiences. > > >
