‘Notice when you’re caught up in thought or emotional reactivity. The more you do this, the more intuitive it becomes. You begin to trust the quiet knowing beneath the noise of the mind. You see the power of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhist
Buddhist Insights
Morning meditation — Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state.
‘Importantly, Buddhist practice is not about achieving a future state of awakening, as though it were a distant goal. Awakening is already present within us — not as an idea, but as a capacity for direct knowing.’
Everyday Buddhist
Morning meditation — To enter beyond non-duality means to see that.
‘“To enter beyond non-duality means to see that ‘I’ and ‘not-I’ are not two,” Vimalakīrti declares, not with words but with a silence so potent it silences the assembled bodhisattvas.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Dhammavicaya is a fascinating factor from the Seven Factors of Awakening.
‘Dhammavicaya is a fascinating factor from the Seven Factors of Awakening that goes far beyond mere intellectual analysis. Direct Investigation and looking deeply into the three characteristics: Impermanence (anicca), Unsatisfactoriness (dukkha), and Non-self (anattā).’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — Notice how physical discomfort often rises up when thoughts begin to quiet down.
‘Notice how physical discomfort often rises up when thoughts begin to quiet down — an ache in the back, an itch, a dull heaviness in the body. It’s as if the mind, sensing its grip loosening, tries to reclaim attention through the body.’
Everyday Buddhism
Morning meditation — May we all find the courage to let go of complexity.
‘May we all find the courage to let go of complexity, to embrace the simple, transformative power of the Dhamma, and to tread the path with clarity and compassion, trusting in the wisdom that arises from the process itself.’
Everyday Buddhist
Buddha as Person, Buddha as Experience.
As we live it, our practice becomes the vessel that carries us forward, and with each moment of awareness, we touch upon the truth the Buddha himself encountered under the Bodhi tree.
Morning meditation — When the mind no longer seeks to position itself.
‘When the mind no longer seeks to position itself in relation to reality — when it no longer needs to define itself as separate or unified.’
Everyday Buddhism
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