


Can you explain what you mean by this. Thank you for your response, I hope you enjoyed the red fish.DAWN wrote:Putt all what flood your mind very far. Without acces.
For exemple, as me concern.BryanRoberts wrote:Can you explain what you mean by this. Thank you for your response, I hope you enjoyed the red fish.DAWN wrote:Putt all what flood your mind very far. Without acces.
I am actually finding the same to be true of Facebook and noticing the grip lesson as I become increasingly mindful, so maybe, hopefully, it is just a matter of time.Digity wrote:I use to surf the web like crazy....eventually I just got bored of it. Maybe you'll reach a point when you'll just see that most of the stuff you're spending time on looking at on the web is useless...I mean, stuff like facebook is usually a waste of time.
Now when I'm on the web it's usually dharma related. I'm seeking out info to study or listen to talks. However, even that I feel like I need to cut back on.
You have to find your own medicament for your mind, every door have a different key.BryanRoberts wrote:Dawn, thanks for the reply, I think there is merit to this philosophy and am glad you reminded me of it. However, I depends on internet access because of my work.
I am interested to know what I can do to avoid feeling tarped when on the computer for extended times, what is a good means of breaking the chain when I find myself in the thick of it, so to speak?
Rowyourboat, yes I do have a lot of free time, I have built my life around creating as much free time as possible. What I am interested in is how to make the most of this free time. I do not want a busy life full of stimulation, it is a quiet mind and meditative life that I seek. Perhaps there is merit to creating more structure though, but only as a stop gap.
Today has gone rather well, I have meditated for about 4 hours, yay! Lowering my goal to simply stepping away from the computer (instead of going straight to meditation) seems to be helping. Still, I want to sit for longer and longer periods, to have the discipline to have meditation retreats without needing group support.
Yes, that IS good. Consistency is more important than how much, for establishing a life-long habit.BryanRoberts wrote:I've manage to meditate daily lately, so that is good
That sounds fine. There's no need to jump in the deep end.BryanRoberts wrote:....and it rarely works out that way. I might meditate for half an hour a few times during the day
Yes, it can seems crazy, but i feel better like that. I think, that it is the only way to practice well, when you dwell alone. With good discipline. Like a train, you putt yourself on the rails - and you dwell like that. But of corse some conditions must be here: like have no family, have no to much resposabilities, habe no a lot of work etcDavid2 wrote:wow, that timetable seems to be pretty crazy if I didn't misunderstand it.
Your work is finished at 1 am, 1 hour after midnight, and you go to sleep 9 hours later in the late morning?
Aren't you tired after your work?
I'm not critisizing, I'm just surprised.
Just so you know, those are talks actually given to the lay people during group meditation in the sala. They often are based on questions asked by lay people to Thanissaro during the Q and A period of the day at the Wat.Kamran wrote:I find the 10 min dhamma talks that Thanissaro Bikhu gives to the monks at Metta Forrest monastery before they meditate to be motivational. The talks seem to be intended to motivate the monks to meditate, and deal with issues that come up during meditation. They are available at dhammatalks.org
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