Oakville Zen Meditation
#242 When the mind is squeaking, the body listens Sept 23th 18

When the mind is squeaking, the body listens Contrary to our Western medicine, the Oriental one and Zen Buddhism consider Mind and Body as an unbreakable single unit in which each part affects the other back and forth and continuously and at different degrees. Body functions, thoughts and emotions are the jobs of our subconscious […]

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#241 Love and Attachment: is there a difference Set. 16 18

                                Love and attachment: Is there a difference? Difficult question. since these 2 words are perceived almost synonymous. From our own experience we know that when we love someone or something we become, subconsciously attached to this person or a thing like home, car, sex, chocolate, addiction, etc., We are even totally attached to our […]

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#240 Meditation: Tips & Tricks while meditating Sept 9th 18

                                          Meditation: Tips & Tricks while meditating About yourself: Prioritize. We always find time for priorities, never enough time for what we perceive as “non priorities”. Make your sitting a priority like your day-to day routine stuff. Minimize the excuses. Pick a doable amount of time to sit. Even five minutes are enough to […]

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#239 Self, No-Self, True-Self: what does that mean?

                                 Self, No-Self, True Self: what does it mean?  How do we define the “self”? In our Western world, the way we define and delimit Self that is you, others and me living beings is very arbitrary, restrictive, too materialistic. This “individual self” is just a biological organism made of around 30 trillions cells and […]

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