Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)

Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)

Gil Fronsdal: Jun 4-11: Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori (2017-06-04)

Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-04

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Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-06-03

Gil Fronsdal: Meditation is like when you sit yourself down on a boulder in the middle of a river, and you just let the river flow by. One of the values of this instruction is not to get involved with anything, not to pick it up, not to resist, not to think about it – just letting the river flow. It’s just phenomena flowing through, and we are still, allowing everything to flow. But we get pulled into that world rather than just staying in our place and watching everything washing through. Suzuki Roshi was asked, “Where do you keep you mind in meditation?” and he said to keep the mind in the mudra, in the hands in this oval shape. And that becomes a place of stillness and stability. Having a reference place in the body, or in the gentle movements of breathing, can be a place to keep the mind. And so meditation can become very simple – the simpler the better. Just let everything flow through; don’t get involved. Thoughts, feelings, sounds, sensations, just coming through, as you sit on your boulder in the middle of the river.

Gil Fronsdal: In our practice when there is a lot going on inside of us -- physical, emotional, mental -- it's helpful to have a reference point of stillness: not to stop the movement, but to allow everything to settle down and come to rest. Just seeing the mind clearly can allow it to settle. Part of how this works is when we start not identifying so strongly with the movement. Often, we’re reacting to it, or we identify with it and latch on to it. But if instead we focus on the stillness that is here, it helps us to dis-identify, to unlatch ourselves from this world of movement and activity. And when we unlatch ourselves, the mind has a chance to settle down and quiet. As you sit, you might look for some sense of stillness that you can find. It can be as simple as the body not moving. Or it could be a still place inside that feels like a grounded post, or a place where you are centered. And you start identifying with the stillness and start resting there, more than in the movement. This can also be done in walking meditation.

Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-05-31

Gil Fronsdal: Recorded: 2017-05-31