The art of doing nothing: Part 1 what is boredom, and what is triggering it? The negative impacts of being bored: […]
Oakville Zen Meditation
The art of doing nothing: Part 1 what is boredom, and what is triggering it? The negative impacts of being bored: […]
Proper Mindfulness Proper mindfulness, the seventh step of the Noble Eightfold Path, belongs to the category of mental discipline, along with proper effort and proper concentration. In everyday language, mindfulness, as defined by Webster’s dictionary, means “the quality of being mindful, bearing in mind; aware.” In this sense, it refers to attentiveness, keeping something in […]
Ignorance Part 2 What does that mean? Ignorance with desire/attachment/clinging (I want), dislike/hatred (I don’t want) is one of the so-called 3 poisons causing suffering. There is a difference between ignorance in the common sense of the word and its Zen Buddhist meaning In the Zen meaning, rather than a general lack of knowledge, ignorance […]
Ignorance with desire/attachment/clinging (I want), dislike/hatred (I don’t want) is one of the so-called 3 poisons causing our negativities called suffering. There is a difference between ignorance in the common sense, and its Zen Buddhist meaning. In the Zen Buddhist sense of the word, rather than a general lack of knowledge, ignorance means our illusions, […]
An attachment is an emotional bond +/- physical that is created between the Self and its image with something /somebody. All living beings have attachments, and we cannot deny, escape nor eliminate them because we need them, and because they are part of our genuine and social entity. Buddhist teachings identify extreme attachment such as […]
Proper Effort Proper effort is the sixth step on the Noble Eightfold Path, part of the mental discipline category. It’s about bringing steady, balanced energy to our practice and our daily lives. In this context, the mind is like a garden. With proper effort, we: The Buddha described four aspects of proper effort, and they […]
Thinking zombies: Our brain-mind is on the roll non-stop. We are trapped in our compulsory and mostly conceptual thinking which produce around 90 to 120 thousands thoughts /24h as confirmed by fMRIMost of us spend our entire life glued within the net of our own thoughts. Except for our cognitive decisions, most of our thinking […]
Ego Part 2 : The #1 hacker of our mind The ego is I me, myself, mine that is our opinion and perception of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. It is our own created self-image with its positive and negative components, which can be true or false.By definition, our ego takes everything personally whether […]
EGO Part1: the #1 hacker of our mind The ego is I me, myself, mine that is our opinion and perception of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. It is our own created self-image with its positive and negative components, which can be true or false.By definition, our ego takes everything personally whether the causes […]
Mindfulness is paying attention purposely, moment-to-moment on something such as the body (i.e breathing), a thought, a feeling, someone, or something in the environment without any analysis, judgment, or decision. Simply said mindfulness is practicing pure awareness without thinking. “ You are a mirror reflecting things as they appear moment-to-moment. There are 2 main approaches in […]
