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
https://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, I want to say how incredibly privileged I feel to have people who aren’t just reading what I’m writing here, but are thinking about it, reflecting on their own experience, sharing and dialoguing, and just generally being supportive–allowing this to be much more than one meditator’s personal narrative. It’s really a testament to the ability of our current technology and this particular manifestation of “sangha” to build authentic community. One which is coming and going, continually evolving, and discovering its various strengths and weaknesses. So, thank you, thank you so much.
Posted by sharanam on February 4, 2011
https://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 line 10 years ago. A few weeks ago we had woken up to a large branch from said tree leaning against the house, so it wasn’t surprising that the rest of it had had it when the storm came.
Posted by sharanam on July 24, 2010
https://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, and I still don’t know what’s next. Only that this practice is whatever it is, and that is life itself. It took a lot to disengage from all that security and I’m not keen on jumping right back in. The word I tend to use to describe to people what it is that I’m doing is, to just let things unfold.
Posted by sharanam on July 13, 2010
https://sharanam.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/opening-to-uncertainty-and-walking-the-path/