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fear of letting go

Friday, July 6th, 2007

During my sit a few days ago I made it an exercise to notice what it was that kept taking me away from my object of concentration. I wanted to see if there was any particular theme or something that connected all those distractions together. Well after my short sit I did indeed notice something.
I [...]

samata and vipassana

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

As it has been a while since I was meditating regularly I have been experiencing some doubts about going back to it. Not a patch on my old regime of course but still requires a certain amount of commitment. The main doubt is all to do with why I stopped in the first place.
So why [...]

return to the regular sit

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

So now after a fairly long break I find that I can bring it back into my life without the same pressures and expectations. I don’t even feel like I need a to make a decision about whether I am going to take it seriously or not.