Mindfulness of Feeling Tones   The Buddha taught four foundations of mindfulness: mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind, and mental objects or teachings. Together, they provide a framework for exploring our experience with greater awareness and understanding.Today, we will focus on the Second Foundation of Mindfulness: mindfulness of feelings. In everyday language, we often use the […]

We talk a lot about the importance of mindfulness and its practice without explaining how it works. Here is a possible explanation: Because the human brain cannot process 2 mental activities at once, being mindful in a non-judgmental way on X such as breathing or Y such as working with our  non-dominant hand, we are forcing our brain to activate […]

Serenity &  equanimity  Is there a difference ? A Zen perspective  In Zen philosophy, equanimity and serenity are closed related states of peace ,but they function differently. A simple way to distinguish them is that serenity is an intermittent emotional state of calmness, while equanimity is a permanent structural stability of the mind. Here is […]

The 3 Great Pillars of Zen practice according to Z.M. Dogen  1. Great Faith (Daishinko) dictates the stability of practice Great Faith is not about being complesant, having blind & rigid belief in unproven dogmas or sort of deities surrendered by supernatural events. Instead, it is a deep, and profound double trust.   1)In your own […]

Meditation: Why is it so hard to meditate?    Up to 80% of people starting meditation will quit within a few weeks. Despite being too impatient and disappointed with their achievements, they quit because it is hard to meditate.  It should be the simplest thing in the world, right? You just sit down, close your eyes, […]