Embracing Distractions with Oakville Zen In September, after Cathy spoke about her time with this Zen meditation group, Arnaud asked that more members consider submitting a talk about their experience with meditation. When I first attended this group in March, I thought it was a silent group except for Arnaud’s insightful talks because we arrived […]
3M Multi mini mindfulness exercises This week talk is practical. How to practice mindfulness at any moment, any time, anywhere, on anything Remember that the beneficial impacts of mindfulness are cumulative with practice even if it is not formal sitting meditation. Focusing actively on anything is mindfulness practice in its spiritual sense as […]
Awakening: The most important attributes & attitudes P2 The nickname “Buddha” means “the awakened” one. Awakening or Enlightenment is simply the ability to understand and experience genuine and concrete reality of the present moment including all its components. Put in different words: it is the ability to differentiate what we are and are not, […]
Awakening: The most important attributes & attitudes P1 The nickname “Buddha” means “the awakened” one. Awakening or Enlightenment is simply to understand and experience genuine and concrete reality of the present moment including all its components. Put in different words: it is the ability to differentiate what we are and are not, what reality […]
Effect of mindfulness on anxiety and how General Anxiety Disorder ( G.A.D.) It is a cluster of several diseases including PTSDD Definition: Worries or even fears of possible negative outcomes affecting people or events in the present moment or in the future. Usually anxiety is continuous during lifetime at various degrees. Can be debilitating […]
Releasing body tension: the mind-body connection The following talk assumes that no medical condition exists. Mindfulness meditation is a great exercise to quieter and relax our restless mind. Mindfulness can also be used in reverse to relax our body. Why? Because in Zen Buddhist philosophy body and mind is one entity tightly connected. This […]
DETACHMENT: A ZEN PERSPECTIVE by Kris Buddha soon after Enlightenment stated three noble truths. Among them are: Everything in this world is transient and changing; Attachment to worldly things brings only suffering. Why the suffering? Because we all get attached to things we love and when we lose them, that causes suffering. Hence over 2000 […]
Learning to love yourself This is an alien advice not learned in our Western education. I am not saying to become narcissist and super self-centered. The word “love” in Zen Buddhist literature means all together tolerance, acceptance, forgiveness, self-compassion and kindness of what you are or, better said, how you are perceiving yourself. We […]
MY EXPERIENCE WITH OAKVILLE ZEN MEDITATION – THE LAST FIVE YEARS In the autumn of 2012, I took a MBSR course with a local psychiatrist, where I was taught meditation. I started practicing diligently, as though my life depended on it…which in many ways, it did. I followed the advice I was given very precisely, […]
Eat, Pray, Love …….. Meditate? Every major religion in the world includes a ritual of prayer. A resolute way of communication with the Divine, Supreme being or God. Whatever the religious flavor and structure, these conversations take the form of praise for the Divine, often giving thanks and followed by some sort of plea […]
