Take It Easy
At the Hi-Pointe Sitting Group tonight, I plan to offer U Tejaniya‘s instructions for Insight Meditation, which is a lovely, relaxed, open-hearted style of practice. Here are the kinds of directions he gives:
“Meditation is acknowledging and observing whatever happens — whether pleasant or unpleasant — in a relaxed way.”
“When meditating, both the mind and the body should be comfortable.”
“If the mind and body are getting tired, something is wrong with the way you are practicing, and it is time to check the way you are meditating.”
“Don’t focus too hard, don’t control. Neither force nor restrict yourself.”
“Don’t try to create anything, and don’t reject what is happening. Just be aware.”
“Trying to create something is greed. Rejecting what is happening is aversion. Not knowing if something is happening or has stopped happening is delusion.”
“You are not trying to make things turn out the way you want them to happen. You are trying to know what is happening as it is.”
Interested? Join us at Blue Lotus Dharma Center, 1002 Hi-Pointe Place, 63117. (Directly behind the Hi-Pointe Theatre.) We sit every Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. For more information, contact Jan.
(I have no idea who to credit for this image. It’s on a deck of cards I’ve had in my desk for ages.)