The point is to look at meditation as awakenedness and awareness throughout daily life in whatever way we live and in whatever conditions…Be that which allows things to be what they are.
All posts tagged daily life practice
Integration
Posted by sharanam on April 22, 2011
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/integration/
Postscript on vulnerability
First, I want to assure you that I am quite well! The experience I shared in the last post was a wonderful opening for me, not something I am upset about or wish had been different. Not at all. It was exactly the teaching I needed at exactly the right time. Isn’t it always? Second, [...]
Posted by sharanam on February 4, 2011
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/postscript-on-vulnerability/
Chop, carry
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. – Zen saying Several days ago, a tornado stormed through my little town and in about 10 minutes or so dumped torrential rains and brought down countless trees. Among them was a yellowwood which was unwisely planted just below our telephone and electric [...]
Posted by sharanam on July 24, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/chop-carry/
Opening to uncertainty and walking the path
Learning to balance internal and external, retreat and daily life, contemplative and engaged practice is difficult. It takes diligence and effort, and it usually means tilting to one side of the scale for a while, then over-adjusting, then trying to come back to equilibrium. I left my job and career a year ago next week, [...]
Posted by sharanam on July 13, 2010
http://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/opening-to-uncertainty-and-walking-the-path/


