Zen Commuter

Appropriate music can enhance your meditation sessions, but as a beginner it’s tough to know what to select. Today I talk about the criteria for selecting music that will not be distracting for new practitioners.

Every day millions of people meditate; what an awesome thing. However, new practitioners and old sometimes face meditation plateaus. Today I talk about ways to break out of your meditation comfort zone.

For some people, meditation seems to be the answer to a less than satisfying life. They wish to hone their practice to escape their humanness, instead of understanding it. Today I talk about the true nature of meditation and wisdom. #meditation

Creating consistency with your meditation practice can be tough if you are just starting out. However, there are some things to think about that might help out that go beyond the dryness of habit formation. Let's talk about it.

I would imagine that many people don’t know what a singing bowl is. I didn’t up until about three years ago. However, I now consider meditations that contain the sound of singing bowls to be an effective way to focus. Today I will talk about what a singing bowl is, and how to integrate it into your meditation practice.

Meditation and Right Concentration are not the same thing. Right concentration goes beyond simply meditating and cultivating focus. Buddhists think of it as preparing the mind for enlightenment. Barbara O’Brien will do her typical great job of describing it for us. Let’s talk about it.

Many think that Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration are the same thing. However, there are subtle differences. Right Concentration has a singleness of purpose about it, focusing on the mind. Mindfulness is more about creating awareness of your surroundings using all your senses. The differences are subtle. But we have Barbara O’Brien to help us figure it all out.

In with kindness, Love and generosity...and out with greed, anger and hatred. It sounds easy, but it takes some practice. Let's talk about it.

Right livelihood would best be described by Hippocrates. You remember him, right? He was the Greek that doctors know by heart, because he said, quite simply…”Do no harm”. Such is the case of Right Livelihood; finding a way to earn a living that does not go against the other precepts of the Eightfold Path. What jobs are included? Let’s talk about it.