Oakville Zen Meditation
#64.Zen little cloud.23JUL2015

    A happy little cloud       Even alone, and lost in the immensity of the blue sky this little cloud has realized that in fact he is far more than an insignificant and transient tiny cloud.

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#63.TV clips on meditation and stress management

      Read the transcript on stress management:

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#62.POT POURRI : short Zen statements in alphabetic order.

We are adding words once a while as we feel like it. Thanks. Ven. Ji Gong Sunim. Awakening: To be awake = To focus = To concentrate. See meditation Brain vs. mind: Think about a computer. Brain = Hardware & Mind = Software. Consciousness:  To be aware of = To focus = To pay attention […]

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#61.Mind & Body =1. JUL2015

Eastern medicine considers mind and body as one but its Western counterpart continues to be very dualistic and sees mind and body as 2 separate entities. Zen Buddhism cannot differentiate mind from body despite the appearance. In fact we all know that chronic pain (body) greatly affects our emotions (mind) and chronic anxiety or depression […]

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#60.Thought on Thoughts. JUL15

  Thoughts are little voices produced nonstop by our mind. Zen talks about “thinking zombie” or “day sleep walking”. Have you ever tried not to think for 10sec.? Or even 2 sec.? Or even 1 sec.? Impossible. The mind produces thoughts like the sun produces light.    

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#59.Anger: carrying it vs. observing it? 13JUL15

Anger          

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#58.Ego is like a cliff.11JUL15

  If our ego is too small we cannot function properly. If our ego is too big it is harmful (high cliff) and we suffer from chasing indefinitely power, fame, pride,  love, intelligence, recognition, pleasure, etc... The solution?  Balancing the too small and the too big by walking the Middle Way. Questions?....just ask. Thoughtlessly yours. […]

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#57.Zen Tree: meditation, contemplation & experience. 7JUL15

  The Zen tree has a trunk, 6 branches and 3 main roots. The Trunk represents the Meditation. The 6 Main branches represent the contemplation. The 3 Main roots represent the experience thru Mindfulness.    

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#56.Practicing Zen by Tania our 12 year old member

This is a text  written by Tania the youngest member of our group. Imagine a world where you were happier, healthier and smarter. Mindfulness and Zen Meditation can make this happen. So today, I will be explaining about Zen Meditation and how you do it.

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#55.About opinion and judgment. July 2015

To have ideas and opinions and make judgments is perfectly normal and necessary when decisions have to be made every day. In fact our Western society with its education and its day-to-day life is expecting us to think all the time and to have ideas, opinions and judgments on everything. This is even more relevant […]

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