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Regularity and Congruence
‘Whether he stands, walks, sits or lies down, as long as he is awake, one should develop this mindfulness. This they say is the noblest living here.’Karaniya Metta SuttaRunning these meditation...
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Metta Bhavana and Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions
These two documents will provide you with simple instructions for our two regular meditation practices:The Metta Bhavanan (cultivation of Loving Kindness)The Mindfulness of Breathing (using breath to...
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Metta Practice This Week
‘The great secret of morals is love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification with ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be...
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Dear Friends of The Coogee Meditation GroupThis week we will be doing the Metta Bhavana practice. A practice designed to cultivate kindness toward self and other.Generosity is given enormous emphasis...
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Meditation this week
Dear Coogee Meditation GroupI was thinking about the Metta Bhavana practice this week and reflected that this particular practice is really as simple as meeting oneself wherever one finds oneself with...
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Creating a Quiet and Friendly Place in our Experience
Trying to take the jargon out of meditation I think you can say that it’s consciously creating a quiet, friendly space in our life.There is something deeply good for us in simply stepping out of the...
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Why Does Meditation Work?
Dear Coogee MeditatorWhy does meditation work? Why are mainstream health and care workers recommending it to help avoid relapse into depression, for pain management, stress reduction and to assist...
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Dear MeditatorI invite you to do the following – right now – wherever you are:Read the following and then do it:1. Stop what you’re doing2. Find your gentle breathing process3. Be with it for several...
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Meditation in a Can
Dear Fellow MeditatorMy partner Gina came up with the excellent idea this week of marketing ‘Meditation in a Can’ - powdered meditation – mix two scoops with water and take dailySaves all that time...
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Meditation This week
Dear Coogee MeditatorSome of us were on Coogee Beach at 6.15 am on Sunday morning to meditate as the sun came up. This was the result of an initiative by Brigitte our in-house artist / photographer. It...
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A Magic Fix
Meditation is a magic fix – only problem is that for most of us it’s a long and gradual process of applying ourselves to the practices and slowly seeing our habits change from ones that dissipate into...
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Karma's Gonna Getcha!
Dear MeditatorPerhaps the most core of all understandings for Buddhists is that every action has a consequence. Often we don’t make the connection consciously to the consequence but you can be sure...
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We Determine Our Experience of Life
How is your personal practice of meditation going? It is very cool to come along and meditate in a group setting. Actually for most of us it’s essential – at least for periods of time but it is very...
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HOLDINGONTOANGERISLIKEDRINKINGPOISONANDEXPECTINGTHEOTHERPERSONTODIETHEBUDDHAEnough said eh?But it’s actually not easy to forgive sometimes. Righteous indignation is a classic isn’t it? As I heard one...
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We Determine Our Experience of Life
How is your personal practice of meditation going? It is very cool to come along and meditate in a group setting. Actually for most of us it’s essential – at least for periods of time but it is very...
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HOLDINGONTOANGERISLIKEDRINKINGPOISONANDEXPECTINGTHEOTHERPERSONTODIETHEBUDDHAEnough said eh?But it’s actually not easy to forgive sometimes. Righteous indignation is a classic isn’t it? As I heard one...
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It's not just about fixing problems ......
Hi Meditation PeopleIt’s occurred to me a few times lately that it’s important to not only talk about the problems meditation can help you with but also highlight the fact that it is a profound means...
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Stopping and Looking
One of the wonderful benefits of meditating is that you start to see things as they are rather than through the habituated glasses that we filter everything through.The simple but profound act of...
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A Bundle of Habits with a Name and an Address
Dear Coogee MeditatorMy Buddhist teacher has described human beings as ‘A bunch of habits with a name and an address’ - it’s both amusing and insightful I think. He has gone on further to say (partly...
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Love and Kindness Makes Sense
Dear Coogee MeditatorIn our current Coogee Dharma study group we’re reading a text on metta (loving kindness) and it makes the point early on that kindness and compassion is the response to life that...
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