Category Archives: About meditation

Meditation: awakened senses

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

As one moves along in meditation practice transformation happens. Truth be told, meditation is designed to accomplish this. The variety of transformations and transmutations, of letting go and letting be, of coming home to one’s self thereby coming into essential … Continue reading →

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Meditation: sight, the observer, and duality

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Dualism is assumed by society, education, cultural norms and, thus, by the vast majority of people. Dualism, or a dualistic view of reality, engenders me/my/mine together with you/yours. Dualism says that dog is dog and not bird, that bird is … Continue reading →

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Meditation: rest the mind, view

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

When all is said and done, meditation is about watching the mind. One learns to notice the usually not noticed off the cushion, thus how one is perceiving the world, a situation, and one’s self. During a meditation session, one … Continue reading →

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Meditation: being and vision

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

We settle into a meditative manner immediately. Doing so, distinctions dissolve. What does this report about characteristics? Many years ago, 12 of us spent a weekend with four Lakota People from Pine Ridge Reservation. One was an elder woman, thus … Continue reading →

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Meditation: visual/seeing and awareness 1

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Thus far listening/hearing, touch, and taste have been experienced more fully through our morning contemplations and meditations. We now explore sight. As each sense is more fully experienced, one experiences that Awareness is constant. It is always present, always aware, … Continue reading →

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