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That morality is a natural feature of the natural world is an insight we all have to learn if we hope to be deeply well. The more the sense of an autonomous self is injected into any situation, the more … Continue reading →

For a few moments just feel the body’s warmth and strength, its ability to hold itself upright. The vitality and aliveness that you experience in your body require various chemical and mineral substances, a continuous supply of oxygen, the energy … Continue reading →

  There will not be a meeting of the Meditation Circle on New Year’s  Eve. The next scheduled meeting will be  January 7, 2014,

In addition to Bhante Henepola Gunaratana‘s excellent meditation manual Mindfulness in Plain English, which is available in print from Wisdom Publications or as a PDF file online (http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html), Thanissaro Bhikkhu has a very thorough book available free of charge on … Continue reading →

There will NOT be a  meeting of The Meditation Circle this  Tuesday, December 10, 2013. The next meeting will be at the regular time on Tuesday, December 17th.

Experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, and produced by mind. If one speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering follows even as the cart’s wheel follows the hoof of the ox. Experiences are preceded by mind, led … Continue reading →

  One specific method for practicing mindfulness of body sensations is to focus your attention on sounds. Sounds, like everything else, arise and pass away. Just by listening, you can experience the insight of impermanence, an understanding the Buddha taught … Continue reading →

This post is  to make sure Meditation Circle members and subscribers have been updated on the cancellation of next Tuesday’s meditation. The original post had incorrect dates. The corrected date for the cancellation is Tuesday, October 15th. The regular schedule … Continue reading →

There will not be a meditation session this coming Tuesday, October 15th. The regularly scheduled sitting will resume the following week, October 22nd.  (This is a correction to the original post which had the wrong dates. We aresorry for any … Continue reading →

…Mindfulness trains us to do everything we do with full awareness. …Why is full awareness important? As anyone who tries mindfulness practice quickly discovers, the more aware we are of our actions and of the feelings, thoughts, and perceptions that … Continue reading →

As meditators, we must all have a goal,for if we do not, and blindly follow somebody’s instructions on meditation, we will simply be groping in the dark.There must certainly be a goal for whatever we do consciously and willingly. It … Continue reading →