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Meditation, Mindfulness & Insight
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Introduction
MeditationMeditation Mindfulness & Insight
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Inspiration What Next
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Zengetsu
To a sincere student every day is a fortunate day. Time passes, but he never lags behind. Neither Glory nor shame can move him.
Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
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The Suffering Process
NegativeCircumstances
FilterPersonalHistory
ComplexesExpectations
EmotionsAnxiety
Fear
ThoughtsDramatization
Woe is Me!Blame!Anger!
NegativeActions
PhysiologicalHeart Rate
Blood Pressure
Neurotic Suffering
Rumination – SegalMindfulness BasedCognitive Therapy
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How Meditation Helps Meditation is time consuming and doesn’t make sense
People need to understand why they should spend time. Zen Practice - Mental discipline
Avoids rumination Mindfulness - Concentration – present moment experience
Tantric Practices Stops Rumination after it has started – Mantras – shift focus
Dog whisperer – substitute behaviors Modify our complexes through repetition / Compassion / Mantras
We live in a Buddha Field Meditation Effect
Like Xanax – Shifts attitude – Actual induces equanimity w/o we are trying to logically talk
ourselves into equanimity. Spontaneous Reverence / Humility and compassion
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Awareness
NegativeCircumstance
NonJudgmental
Skip theDrama
Forgiveness
InsightClarity
Psychology
CompassionAwareness/Mindfulness
Equanimity
AcceptanceOf things we
can not change
InspirationSacred
StrategicActions
Stop Be Mindful Be ConsciousDetach Disidentify Observe Think
Gratitude
PositiveCircumstance
Inflation
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Faith / Spirituality What is the opposite of Fear? Gives us the strength to face life’s greatest
challenges. Faith / Spirituality
Being Inspirited Feeling full of life (respiration)
Deeply personal choice Specific Religion Something more important than our own self interest Cosmic Consciousness
Daily meditation practice is a chance for cultivating spirituality.
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Christianity Mennonite family
Had a dinner with a Mennonite family Pile of dishes to be washed. “This is the work that the lord has made for me.” Not only was she in the moment, but each
moment was special and treated with reverence. Something beyond logic and reason can be
awesome. Faith can be a deep wisdom in our hearts that can
not be found with our thinking mind. There was a deep internal sense of “letting go” and
“letting be” Spirituality can bring meaning to each and
every moment of our lives.
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Judaism Bal Shem Tov – Humility
Finding a successor. Find someone with no conceit. How can you tell who has no
conceit? Anyone who thinks that they have
no conceit, has the most conceit of all.
Notice what he wasn’t looking for: Piety Knowledge
Reverence for the divine can manifest as humility
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Enlightenment - Tibetan A monk hears about Patrul Rinpoche who has
the most profound teaching and travels to see him.
When the monk finds Patrul Rinpoche he tells the monk to just travel with him for a while.
After 10 years of traveling with Patrul Rinpoche the monk asks for the profound teaching.
The Patrul Rinpoche teacher says, lay on the ground and tell me what you experience.
The monk says I see the stars in the sky. I feel the wind on my face. I hear the birds in the trees. I notice the gap between my thoughts.
The Patrul Rinpoche tells the monk– Now you understand the most profound teaching.
Moment to moment awareness with an open nonjudgmental sense of awe
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Transformation
Hatred
Arrogance
FearDespair
Unconsciousness
Compassion
Humility
ConfidenceFearlessness
Hope
AwarenessInsight
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The Process
Monkey Mind – Constant thoughts of fear and anxiety
Recover from big things more quickly
See a broader perspective when big things hit
Change your reactions to small things
Awareness of the monkey mind and habitual reactivity
Life is more calm and serene
Others treat you better
Become a calming influence to others
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What NextDevelop a Daily Practice. A daily practice / Make it a daily ritual
Create a special place to do it. / Make it a daily ritual Guided meditation / Jon Kabat-Zinn – From this class
OR Develop your own set of prayers, quotes and meditation
using what you have learned in this course. OR Read – Cheri Huber, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Pema
Chodron, Thich Nat Hahn – (see reading list.) At some point meditation alters your attitude
You just feel better in spite of circumstances. The meditation experience comes when it comes…
Find a group practice
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Groups Cheri Huber
http://www.livingcompassion.org/ Retreats are accessible to Westerners / Email Classes Great series of books
Tibetan – Anam Thubten Rinpoche http://www.dharmatafoundation.com/ [email protected] Second and Fourth Wednesdays Tibetan tradition modified for American Culture
MBSR – Meditation / Group Discussions Micki Fine – Psychologist - Certified MBSR Teacher http://www.livingmindfully.org/
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Groups continued
Vipassana Great 10 day retreats Houston Meditation Group – Beltway 8 and http://www.dhamma.org/en/schedules/
schsiri.shtml#course Zen – Houston Zen Center
http://www.houstonzen.org Local Teacher – Gaelyn Godwin
Insight Meditation - Houston http://www.insighthouston.org/index.html Mary Rees - http://www.citta101.org/
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Cheri Huber’s The process
Awareness CENTER - Focus on present moment
experience Rest in Equanimity
The Philosophy – 3 keys Pay Attention Don’t Take it personally
Complexes are likely dominating We are not the center of the universe
Believe nothing Question the beliefs that cause negative reactions.
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Self ObservationFind Your own truth (Individuation)
You can observe a lot by just watching - Yogi Bera
Question your own thoughts and beliefs and habitual patterns
Become your personal authority Are your Expectations / Aspirations supportive? Are you dramatizing Difference between worrying and planning See if you can “Let go” of some disturbances Observe carefully your physical state Are you breathing slowly What are the thoughts that you are thinking?
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Mindfulness: As much as you are able
Whatever you are doing, put your full attention on it.
See every experience and every event as something special.
Show gratitude for all of the things in life that we take for granted:
This precious moment is your life!
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Guided Meditation CD Jon Kaba-Zinn
Guided Meditations
Sitting Meditation
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Can we look at life from a universal perspective?
Pelican Fishing
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Universal perspective From the pelican’s perspective it is the
happiness of a meal. From the fishes perspective it is a
catastrophe. From a universal perspective it is the
cycle of life. What would happen if we looked at our
lives from this universal perspective? When someone cuts us off in traffic, we get
a red light, when the market goes down and the market goes up.
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We see ourselves as the center of the universe
The world isn’t really the way that we see it! Our perception of reality is changed by our own self interest.
Good or bad are always evaluated based on how people and situations impact us.
If it is good for us it is good. If it is bad for us it is bad. My values, religion and politics are the best!
Examples People who praise us vs people who correct us.
The ones who correct us might help us grow. Our desire to be heard and praised is much stronger
than our desire to listen and to give praise.