It is now 5 weeks since the silent meditation retreat at the IMS has been over. As I mentioned in my first blog on this retreat on May 24, it was the gentlest retreat I have ever experienced, and yet, there was a sense of a door opening. If the truth be known, on the [...]
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MEDITATION RETREAT AT IMS Part 9: Final Reflections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art and play therapy, ego, IMS, Insight Meditation, Insight Meditation Society, Mindful Meditation, Retreat Center, silent meditation retreat, soap bubbles, Vipassana, vulnerability on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MEDITATION RETREAT AT IMS Part 8: Healing the Heart
Posted in Insight Meditation Society, Wat Chom Tong, Wat Ram Poeng, tagged anatta, Buddha, Buddhism, dharma, dharma talk, healing, heart, IMS, Insight Meditation, Insight Meditation Society, judgment, judgmental mind, longing, Mindfulness, non-self, Vipassana, Wat Chom Tong, Wat Ram Poeng on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the previous blog, I mentioned how judgmental my mind was, including demands of my own heart. It was actually a bit deeper than that. When I perceived my heart as placing unfair demands upon me, I saw the image of my departed mother. This came as a shock. For most of my life, my [...]
MEDITATION RETREAT AT IMS Part 6: Pain
Posted in Insight Meditation Society, Phra Ajahn Suphan, Wat Ram Poeng, tagged Ajahn Amaro, Buddhism, equanimity, healing, IMS, Insight Meditation, Insight Meditation Society, joy, Lyme disease, migraine headaches, Mindfulness, Monastic Retreat, pain, Phra Ajahn Suphan, sitting meditation, suffering, Vipassana, walking meditation on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My friend arrived,as usual on the third day of the retreat. Some friendships have a relationship built on ease. One would think that would be good. Sometimes it is. But sometimes, we grow complacent with ease, not taking the friendship seriously enough, not nurturing it, no calling. There is always tomorrow, we rationalize. But a [...]
MEDITATION RETREAT AT IMS Part 5: Pali Chanting
Posted in Ajahn Amaro, Insight Meditation Society, tagged aggragates, Ajahn Amaro, Ajahn Chah, beliefs, Buddhism, determination, Doi Mae Salong, doubt, fear, gentleness, hindrances, IMS, Insight Meditation, insight meditation retreat, Insight Meditation Society, non-self, Pali chants, perceptions, silent meditation retreat, spiritual path, Thai Forestry Tradition, Wat Chom Tong, Wat Ram Poeng on June 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I came to the Monastic Retreat at the IMS with two intentions; determination and gentleness. Determination, because I know that a spiritual path involves a deep commitment. In previous retreats at Wat Ram Poeng and Wat Chom Tong, I often gave into doubt, believing that I really wasn’t capable of certain things. As my meditation [...]
MEDITATION RETREAT AT IMS Part 4: Fear
Posted in Ajahn Amaro, Insight Meditation Society, tagged Ajahn Amaro, cycle of suffering, dharma talk, dukkha, fears, grasping, impermanence, IMS, Insight Meditation Society, Monastic Retreat, non-self, perceptions, samsara, silent meditation retreat, Thai Forestry Tradition on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the dharma talk on the third evening, Ajahn Amaro talked of perceptions and beliefs that we identify with. Rather than seeing them as mind constructs that have been conditioned by certain realities that have no substance, are always open to investigation and change, and ultimately are not even personal, we grasp onto them as [...]
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