Category Archives: Meditations

Meditation: inquiry, active meditation

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Active meditation is the in-the-moment use of anything in our current reality or experience for inquiry, exploration, discovery, wondering and contemplation. It can also use a line from a text, poetry, from a song or other sources. Known as vipashyana … Continue reading →

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Meditation: no mind 17, experience

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

We ponder experience with this meditation. (Don’t want to influence your experience with more words!)  

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Meditation: no mind 16, neutral

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

In September, a kitten started to frequent my garden. Clearly the runt of her feral litter, she was small and seemed to have no interest in the chipmunks or the abundant small birds. Not a good hunter. That statement showed … Continue reading →

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Meditation: no mind 15, three ways

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The ways to approach “no mind” are probably limitless. We have been using three methods in our beginning stages. Why? Because people are different. Each person has a  learning style, and has ease or challenge with a variety of things … Continue reading →

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Meditation: no mind 14, in the moment

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What is present moment awareness? What has become clear over millennia of meditation, its sciences and practices, as well as various forms of research done over those same millennia is that present moment awareness is not one thing. It probably … Continue reading →

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