Statrix Redux

So I was in Idaho and found I actually had time to lead a meditation…but since then, I’ve forgotten what we did…so this is as much a surprise to me as you!

This was done on a beautiful afternoon in Boise, Idaho, 5/9/2024.

Oh, right, I’m pretty sure we just sat there and knew we were breathing…perhaps even nothing about it. The air was nice a fresh, I will say that!

This grounding meditation is from 5/7/2024.

We are very good at breathing…how often do we notice? How much attention do we pay to what’s happening when we breathe? Hmmm…

This one is from 5/2/2024.

Being conscious of what sensations our body is experiencing, we can learn a lot about who we are, how we work, and how our moods and feelings are felt in our bodies.

This one is from 4/30/2024.

Mettā, or lovingkindness, meditation is a great way to practice being loving and kind. May you be happy!

This was our meditation for 4/25/2024.

Doing nothing is a great way to meditate. You simply…um…do nothing. It’s not as easy as you might suspect!

This meditation is from 4/23/2024.

One of my favorite meditations, stolen gratefully from Jeff Warren!

This one is about the stuff…you know, whatevahs.

This meditation is from 4/16/2024.

I don’t always want to meditate. That’s okay. I do it anyway (most of the time). And you?

This meditation comes from ideas in the Bahiya Sutta about a seeker who went to the Buddha for advice…

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.1.10.irel.html

A third time Bahiya said to the Lord: “It is difficult to know for certain… Teach me Dhamma, Sugata, so that it will be for my good and happiness for a long time.”

“Herein, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: ‘In the seen will be merely what is seen; in the heard will be merely what is heard; in the sensed will be merely what is sensed; in the cognized will be merely what is cognized.’ In this way you should train yourself, Bahiya.

“When, Bahiya, for you in the seen is merely what is seen… in the cognized is merely what is cognized, then, Bahiya, you will not be ‘with that.’ When, Bahiya, you are not ‘with that,’ then, Bahiya, you will not be ‘in that.’ When, Bahiya, you are not ‘in that,’ then, Bahiya, you will be neither here nor beyond nor in between the two. Just this is the end of suffering.”

Now through this brief Dhamma teaching of the Lord the mind of Bahiya of the Bark-cloth was immediately freed from the taints without grasping. Then the Lord, having instructed Bahiya with this brief instruction, went away.