Meditation Practice Strategy

Practice strategy for meditation: A total of about 40 minutes per day is a basic adult strength dose of meditation for an experienced meditator. It is often more illuminating - and more practical - to split the sessions up. Twenty minutes, twice a day, is often very nice.

Especially if you are having difficulty taking the peace of your meditation practice into your every day affairs, you might try this (or something like it): Do your formal meditation sessions for 2 minutes, 10 times a day. 2 x 10 = 20.

Always feel free to adjust your formal practice to the needs and exigencies of your current situation. If you would like help exploring what's helpful for you, be sure to ask your teacher.

Yearn, baby, yearn!

Bodhicitta (awakening consciousness) is that deep feeling that there must be "something more". It is the yearning for understanding, meaning and belonging. Bodhicitta is the motivating force for seekers. The "something more" for which we yearn has been generically expressed, in Sanskrit and in English, as:

Satyam - Shivam - Sundara

Truth - Love - Beauty

Transformation and Change

Many people think they want transformation, but they would rather not have to change their behavior, attitudes, methods, posture or habits.