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The mother of all meditation states and of samadhi
In the recent meditation retreats (Autumn 2016), two points were investigated and experienced with fullness: Shamatha is the foundation of all meditation practices. It also is the mother-source that produces all subsequent meditative capacities, states, and samdhis. Additionally, it is … Continue reading
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Feel it.
Within a couple of minutes, the renewed Intermediate group meditation field was heightened and refined. Ahhh. Nice to be back in the flow of group meditation! We begin this round of Intermediate meditations with simple instructions (very simple) that led … Continue reading
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The Inner Dynamics of Meditation
Hours and days of meditation provide opportunity to clarify one’s practice. Patanjali was clear in his Sutras about the stages leading to and then within meditation: right withdrawal – pratyahara concentration – dharana meditation yogically understood – dhyana absorption – … Continue reading
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… then one is experiencing Wholeness as non-differentiated from oneself.
Lucille Cedarcrans regarding seed thoughts in meditation followed by some comments. “The seed-thought is then dropped. The words are no longer spoken. This is the most difficult stage of the entire meditation for beginners and for many of their seniors. … Continue reading
The sky is the sky. Awareness is awareness.
Interlude is the space between, between in-breath and out-breath, between out-breath and in, it is the space between thoughts. Interlude is the space – the empty non-action – before action is engaged. Often action is engaged robotically, habitually. Just as … Continue reading
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