Oh, the sweet irony of Microsoft’s next-gen console getting a midlife crisis and asking its users to perform a digital exorcism 🔄 just to end up faceplanting into a "403 Forbidden" wall. 😂 Maybe the real next-gen feature is getting gamers to practice patience and zen meditation. 🙏
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/06/resetting-xbox/ #Microsoft #MidlifeCrisis #DigitalExorcism #403Forbidden #GamingPatience #ZenMeditation #HackerNews #ngated
#zenmeditation — Public Fediverse posts
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Master Subul: Enlightenment Comes Through Experience, Not Knowledge
Subul, head of Anguk Seon Center, presses his palms together before an interview with Seoul Economic Daily at…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #AngukSeonCenter #enlightenment #Ganhwaseon #hwadu #JogyeOrder #KoreanBuddhism #MasterSubul #Zenmeditation
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Tomorrow night’s Dharma Talk: What Is Dharma?
How do we recognize what is actually happening before old stories, emotions, and assumptions shape how we respond?
Join Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon for meditation and teaching on meeting the present moment with clarity and compassion.
Thursday, 7–8pm ET
YouTube livestream or in person in Somerville, MA
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This Thursday: guided meditation with Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon.
Where does experience happen?
A koan meditation on awareness, direct experience, and the stillness before thought.
May 7, 2026
7–8 PM ETIn person: 86 Joy St. Studio 5R, Somerville, MA
Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/ouRxGXI88z8#GuidedMeditation #ZenMeditation #KoanMeditation #SomervilleMA
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Okay, everyone...
DO NOT PANIC!
I repeat.
Do not panic!
I'm still alive. I was just at a day-long Zen meditation retreat.
:catthinking:
Okay, you may panic at the news that I'm still alive. :derpface:
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How do you feel connected when you’re alone?
Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon offers a clear teaching on loneliness, separation, meditation, and the quiet truth that we are never truly separate.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gHwTuYBHqP8
What helps you reconnect when loneliness appears?
#ZenMeditation #MindfulnessPractice #Loneliness #SpiritualCommunity #MindLightWay
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The ability to listen is essential.
When we truly engage in meditation we are listening.
We are listening to sounds with our ears, yes.
However, we are also listening to the shapes in front of us with our eyes.
We are also listening to the pressure of the floor on our legs with our bodies.
We are listening to the air currents with our skin.
We are listening to the thoughts that come and go with our mind.
We are listening to the tastes, and the smells.
We are completely listening.
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🔥 The whole world is on fire.
What do you do?
Zen has an answer.
🗓 March 5, 2026
🕖 7–8 pm ETWatch live:
https://youtube.com/live/0Q6OlieIa7s#ZenMeditation #ZenPractice #Mindfulness #MeditationPractice #ZenWisdom #PresentMoment #Awareness #MeditationCommunity
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Winter Mind Meditation
If winter has slowed your energy or quieted your direction, this practice is designed for exactly that moment.
Join live, or watch the replay — but live carries a different quality.
🗓 Tonight | Feb 5 | 7 PM EThttps://youtube.com/live/NhiXG-57bYQ
#WinterMeditation #GuidedMeditation #ZenMeditation #Zen #Mindfulness #Awareness
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🍁 Thanksgiving Zen | Guided Meditation for Gratitude, Forgiveness & Intention A special Thanksgiving-season practice to calm the mind, open the heart, and set your intentions for the months ahead
🕖 Thursday, November 6 at 7 PM ET 🎥 Stream live on The Zen Art Center YouTube Channel → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bco_UdgMwswTake this moment to clear your mind, give thanks, and plant the seeds for the life you wish to grow. 🌱
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Heute mit #ZenMeditation
Dream Loom – Clairvoyance
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What if your body, your thoughts, and your identity were nothing more than swirling waves in a vast ocean of energy?
#Zen #Consciousness #Karma #Energy #Reincarnation #Mindfulness #Meditation #SpiritualAwakening #DharmaTalk #ZenMaster #NatureOfMind #Enlightenment #zenmeditation
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Looking for a short and powerful way to clear your mind and reconnect with your inner awareness? This 8-minute guided meditation is perfect for beginners and experienced meditators alike. Relax, center your attention, and experience pure awareness.
#GuidedMeditation #ZenMeditation #MindfulnessPractice #Breathwork #MantraMeditation #8MinuteMeditation #clarityandfocus
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https://www.europesays.com/de/91269/ „Mind Blanking“: Nicht träumen, nicht schlafen – was passiert, wenn das Gehirn abschaltet #Bewusstsein #Deutschland #Germany #Gesundheit #health+ #Hirnforschung #Meditation #Neurologie #Psychologie #texttospeech #TM(TranszendentaleMeditation) #Trancezustand #Yoga #ZenMeditation
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In Zen practice, a “critical phrase” like *Who am I?* or *What is the mind?* isn’t meant to be answered. It’s meant to pierce through illusion. Let the question burn through distraction, until only boundless awareness remains. 🔥🧘 #Koan #ZenMeditation #WhoAmI #DirectExperience #Awareness
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Your thoughts, your identity, your world—they’re all reflections in a dusty mirror. That dust is karma. When covered in thoughts, trauma, and attachments, the mirror reflects a distorted reality. But when it's clear, it reflects truth perfectly.
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Want a clear mind? Start small. Just 1–5 minutes of daily meditation—still or in motion—can transform your life. Don’t skip a day. Train your mind, build inner strength, and discover who you truly are. Try it for a month… then come back and tell me what changed. 🧘♂️✨ #MeditationChallenge #ZenPractice #1MinuteMeditation #ZenMeditation #zen #Meditation https://youtube.com/shorts/WUclLIQNHE4
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Dhyana is not about doing nothing—it's about doing *one thing* with full presence. In Zen, focus is the gateway. When your attention flows without distraction, the mind becomes steady, clear, and deeply awake. 🧘♂️🌀 #ZenMeditation #Dhyana #Focus #Presence #zen #Mindfulness #SpiritualAwakening #ZenMind #Meditation #Awareness https://youtube.com/shorts/trQKFM7EBg0
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One of the benefits of Zen practice is realizing in oneself the capability to witness someone's suffering with poise.
i.e. without freaking out, without trying to plaster over it, without judgment.
#Zen #ZenMeditation #meditation #suffering #poise #listening
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Some notes on Zen meditation, aimed at beginners.
Being bored or experiencing excruciating pain during meditation is not evidence that "you ain't cut out for it."
Being bored and the excruciating pain are normal. I've experienced both. I'm not special. I just pushed through.
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Is Meditation More Pleasurable Than Sex?
What being neurodivergent and queer has taught me about this question.
Photo by Zoltan Tasi on UnsplashThere is frank talk about sex in what follows here, including masochism. In my view, it is light talk, but reader beware.
From time to time I see claims that meditation is indeed more pleasurable than sex.
Wow!
Let’s reach for the meditation cushion to have a cosmic orgasm, right?
Hold off for a second.
It is possible that, for some people, meditation is more pleasurable than sex. It does not follow from this that meditation is more pleasurable than sex, for everyone, generally speaking. I’m going to explain why I don’t believe that this claim applies in the general sense.
I have good reasons for saying this, I’ve practiced Zen meditation for over 28 years now. I’ve never had a “cosmic orgasm,” or any “out of this world” experience in meditation. Have I grown in my meditation practice? Yes, I have. However, I do not cultivate any extraordinary experiences in meditation. My practice is all about unlearning.
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/11/05/on-zen-practice/
Now, I also enjoy sex. Guess what? I do hold that sex is more pleasurable than meditation. Am I contradicting those who hold that meditation is more pleasurable than sex? Not necessarily. If they hold that everyone performing meditation will find it more pleasurable than sex, then yes, I’m contradicting them. However, if the claim is that they find meditation more pleasurable than sex, then their claim is compatible with my experience.
So, how does being neurodivergent and queer allow me to harmonize my claim with theirs? We neurodivergent people are well aware that people do not all perceive the world in the same way. Our experiences may seem to entail contradictory claims, and still not actually be contradictory. My experience with famotidine is a case in point. It made me depressed, which is an extremely rare side effect. The fact that a lot of people take the medicine without experiencing this does not negate my own experience.
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2023/12/05/when-famotidine-messes-with-your-head/
Add to this the fact that people’s experience of sex can differ wildly. I’m sex-positive. Some people are sex-neutral or sex-negative. For someone who is grossed out by sex, I’ll bet that a lot of things are better than sex, including, maybe, meditation. However, their experience with meditation does not negate my own.
Even more confounding. Some people are masochists. Some masochists can reach orgasm from pain alone. Again, this is their experience, and their experience does not negate that of the majority of the population, including my own. I definitely do not get orgasms from pain. I hate pain. I don’t want it.
Let me ask you this. Is it better to find meditation more pleasurable than sex and pursue meditation because of this? Or is it better to find sex more pleasurable than meditation and yet persist in one’s meditation practice? Which of the two is likely to be a crass pursuit of pleasure for pleasure’s sake?
In my book, meditation is not more pleasurable than sex. If my meditation turned out to be more pleasurable than sex, then my technique would be one that promotes extraordinary experiences, and my meditation would not be meditation, but something akin to the practice of tennis.
#AutisticWriters #meditation #pain #pleasure #sex #YourAutisticLife #ZenMeditation
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On Zen Practice
The revolutionary art of unlearning.
Photo by Jr Korpa on UnsplashI don’t think that what follows is especially original. It was probably communicated to me at the beginning of my practice, but I was too bewildered and stupid to understand it. It is only now, after years of practice, that I finally understand what was communicated.
When I talk about Zen practice, I talk about both the formal aspect embodied in Zen meditation, and the informal aspect when someone who has engaged in meditation takes Zen into their daily life.
Zen practice is an activity that frustrates the capitalist impulse.
Why?
Because Zen practice has no immediate benefit. My own practice did not bring me riches. The benefits of practice regarding my health have been very mixed. It did not protect me from a heart attack, but maybe that’s because I was too green back then. However, it did not protect me, many years later, from cancer either. Still, there are a few health benefits: my breathing capacity is high, and my heart rate is low, and both are due to my Zen practice.
Zen practice, moreover, did not give me partners. My ex-wife is someone who practices roughly to the same intensity I do, but everyone after her has been on the fence about Zen practice, or decided to simply not practice at all.
Zen practice hasn’t made me superhuman. This is in part why I call Zen practice revolutionary. It goes against capitalism, against the grain, and against social conventions about what people should do with their time.
I’ve practiced Zen meditation for over 28 years. Giving an exact figure is difficult. I did not mark on my calendar the day I became invested in Zen practice, or the first day on which I decided to go to the Montréal Zen Center to sit in meditation.
I’ve practiced meditation for over 28 years, but these were definitely not years of utmost dedication. I’ve been to seven-day retreats, yes. However, I’ve had periods during which no meditation whatsoever happened. These days, I don’t meditate every day. Such is life. However, Zen practice is ever present, even when I do not sit in meditation.
More recently, I’ve taken my practice into the relationships that I’ve established with my partners after my divorce. Seen from the point of view of the ego, a lot of these relationships are failures, because they did not last. However, seen from the point of view of Zen practice, they are successes because the trials that my exes have put me through have revealed so much to me.
“What have you gained over all these years of practice?”
Nothing.
“Lol wut?”
Alright. I’ve gained everything.
“Now you’re contradicting yourself.”
When we sit in meditation, we are not replacing one way of thinking with another. What we are doing is unlearning our habits. As we unlearn our habit, we are not replacing these habits with other habits. We just unlearn them.
This is very much unlike any other endeavor of ours. Usually when we undertake something, it is to gain something concrete. So we replace one way of thinking with another, or one behavior with another. Not so for Zen meditation.
This is the “nothing” that I have gained. I’ve given up old habits.
However, what you gain in this giving up is an openness. Whatever life throws at you. You let it come. This is everything. This is what I mentioned above when I talked about my relationships with my partners. One thing for sure, I’ve not gained access to any state of bliss, or anything extraordinary. Quite the contrary, what I have experienced in meditation is extra ordinary. (In the sense of very ordinary.)
I’ve mentioned above that even when I’m not sitting, Zen practice is a constant. I practice whenever people come to me expressing difficult issues in their life. It would be so easy to respond to them with my own opinions, and tell them to do this or that. However, I do not do this. I let them express themselves fully. Then, yes, maybe I’ll have something fruitful to say, but not until they’ve revealed themselves. If I start with my own opinion, my words will most likely be colored by prejudice and be fruitless.
I call this non-obstruction. What we learn in meditation is how to not be obstructive when the myriad things or the myriad folks manifest themselves to us. We listen, and wisdom illuminates what is fruitful to do, and what isn’t.
#AutisticWriters #capitalism #NonObstruction #unlearning #YourAutisticLife #Zen #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation #ZenPractice
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/11/05/on-zen-practice/
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Virtual meditation for neurodivergent folks is still happening.
It happens through Jitsi, a video conferencing system that even my non-technical aunt likes.
Details here:
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/virtual-meditation/
#ZenMeditation #meditation #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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I was curious. So I decided to check for Zen meditation groups on Meetup.com.
I had forgotten how infected with "think positive" nonsense meditation groups are.
I even found one that has the following banner. Yes, because nothing says meditation like a bunch of folks jumping into the air.
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Starting in about 20 minutes, I'll be in a day-long meditation retreat (virtual, through Zoom). Don't break the internet while I'm gone.
I'm leaving my cat, Maddox, in charge. His number is meow-chirp-purr-purr-chirp-meow-meow.
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I'm going to be in meditation all day today.
Carry on!
(I'd ask you to stop, but I doubt that will happen. I'll just have to skip over a ton of posts when I come back.)
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My group is holding an all day meditation event on Jan 27th 2024. From 6am to 8pm. (US Eastern, same as New York.) I plan to attend it. There is no limit as far as the number of spots goes.
Let me know if anyone is interested. Note that you don't have to have done an introduction prior to going to this event. (Tough, I'd advise talking to me beforehand if you want to avoid surprises. 😂 )
We meet over Zoom.
(ETA: When I say "with my group" I mean the group I attend as a meditator. I'm not the *leader* of this group by any means.)
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The Dawn Of Understanding
I’m just beginning to understand that the masters said.
Good news! You’re already enlightened. Bad news. You still need to practice, for a long time, and most likely until you die. Ain’t this fun?
Oftentimes, Zen practice beings with a desire for enlightenment. I’ll get enlightened. Then I’ll show them! Not a very wholesome thought, but one that may occur. Or I’ll get enlightened. Then I’ll save all sentient beings. A more wholesome thought, but still a naive one.
As I said above, you’re already enlightened. I’ve heard this a dozen times over from the masters of old, and the masters that were forged yesterday. I understood this, but I still did not understand it. What I needed to do is to understand it in my bones. You should read the Types of Knowledge section in this article if you don’t know what knowing in your bones mean:
The beginning of understanding in my bones began for me when I watched Heaven Up There by Palace. Why did it cause a shift in me? I don’t know. For one thing, I was high when it happened. I also already had about 26 years of meditation under my belt. These factors may have helped. I just watched the music video, transfixed by the song and the images.
This understanding deepened when I had to deal with an ex of mine. At the time, we were partners. She told me that she did not see a future for us. She assured me that the issue wasn’t me. She couldn’t see a future with anyone. Still, at that time, I was able to listen to her without judgement.
More recently, I sat in meditation and realized that enlightenment happens whether we want it or not. Enlightenment is not one event in time. It is a continual happening from moment to moment. Moreover, there is no way to prevent it from happening. It is because we do not have our attention attuned to enlightenment that it appears falsely to come into existence.
Let me repeat this: enlightenment is not a punctual event, but a continual happening. It happened before we were born, and will continue happening long after we are dead. I’m definitely not finished examining how this enlightenment happens.
So many words, obscuring it.
I know. I sound like a madman.
Here’s the music video I mentioned above:
#AutisticWriters #enlightenment #YourAutisticLife #Zen #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/01/10/the-dawn-of-understanding/
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The next intro to Zen Meditation happening with my group is on Jan 13th 2024. It goes from 8:00am to noon (Eastern US time, same as New York).
If anyone is interested, let me know. There's a limit of 20 spots. I don't know how fast they fill up.
There's also an all day meditation event on Jan 27th 2024. From 6am to 8pm. (Same time zone as above.) I plan to attend this one. There is no limit as far as the number of spots go for this one.
Again, let me know if anyone is interested. Note that you don't have to have done an introduction prior to going to the all day event. (Tough, I'd advise talking to me beforehand if you want to avoid surprises. 😂 )
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Neurodivergence And Spirituality
Is it possible that neurodivergent people experience spirituality differently than neurotypical folks?
The answer is obvious. Yes, we experience spirituality differently than neurotypical folks. Why should spirituality be any different from the other realms of existence? I’ll remind you that I used to think that we perceive the world in more or less the same way. Then I realized that I’m neurodivergent. This neurodivergence has an impact on how I perceive the world, like my inability to perceive glares when I’m in the midst of an interaction with someone.
Perhaps the abstract ideas that serve to explain a specific spirituality are received in a way that is mostly the same for everyone. Note that I say “perhaps.” I’m not even sure about this. However, it is certainly the case that when we talk about the experiences that a spiritual path is supposed to provide, neurodivergent people will not live these experiences in the same way as neurotypical people do.
Note here that I do not have all the answers regarding how this experience differs. I am barely starting to think about this fact. For most of my life, I thought I was neurotypical. I do think, however, that this is a fact worth examining.
Why?
Because, like everything else in life, we may need to adapt our methods of teaching to the neurodivergent crowd. Of course, there are the obvious adaptation that we can make. Let’s take the case of meditation. We can allow people to stim quietly. We can allow them to turn off their camera when this form of meditation is virtual. We can avoid thinking anything special is going on if they don’t want to make eye contact, etc.
It is the less obvious adaptations that I’m wondering about. I did ask my Zen Master about a type of practice appropriate for someone who was suffering from psychosis. I was thinking sitting meditation might be appropriate, but my master suggested doing chanting meditation because of its grounding effect. I can see the wisdom in this.
Moreover, I’m wondering about the reported experiences of spirituality. Buddhism in general, and Zen in particular, both allow for many paths towards enlightenment. I’m wondering, however, how many of these paths are reflective of the paths that neurodivergent people may take. One of the obstacles for a lot of people practicing Zen is to cultivate the ability to focus the mind. Fair enough, but what if, as an autistic person, I already have this ability, but I don’t know it? How much time am I going to waste chasing after something I already have?
Chasing after something we already have is one of the ironies of Zen practice. We are already enlightened. (Yes, even you.) However, we do not know that we are, and those of us who practice Zen spend our life chasing after this enlightenment. If I can make a parallel, the world is naturally ever-changing. It does not need to attain change in order to be able to change. I don’t think, however, that the fact that we are already enlightened says anything about our ability to focus.
Within Zen, we have multiple ways to practice. We can merely sit in silent meditation, or meditate using a koan. Which one is the best? Sometimes people use the term riddles to speak about koans, but this word is not entirely accurate. However, you need to understand the language of the koan to be able to answer. Maybe a neurodivergent person who has difficulty with language should just sit silently, rather than try to parse out the meaning of a koan.
As for myself, I have evolved spiritually since I’ve started practicing Zen meditation more than 27 years ago. However, my path hasn’t really been concordant with what I’ve heard about practice. I’ve not had visual hallucinations. I’ve not seen any Bodhisattva materialize. However, a lot of my perceptual experiences have been auditory. For instance, at the start of a seven-day retreat, I find the clanking of utensils at mealtime annoying. However, as the retreat progresses, this clanking turns into a beautiful harmony. Yes, it is still clanking, but my relationship to it changes.
In addition, I’ve received teachings in dreams, like the Tibetan Buddhists do. No, I don’t think this is supernatural. I’ve also had realizations that were triggered not by sitting in meditation but by my life experiences. Maybe the sitting meditation that I did prior to those life experiences was helpful?
How much of this is due to my neurodivergence? I don’t know. At any rate, with this article, I merely wanted to bring up the problem. As I said above, I don’t have all the answers.
#autism #AutisticWriters #meditation #neurodivergence #perception #practice #spirituality #YourAutisticLife #Zen #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2023/12/20/neurodivergence-and-spirituality/
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Neurodivergence And Spirituality
Is it possible that neurodivergent people experience spirituality differently than neurotypical folks?
#YourAutisticLife #AutisticWriters #neurodivergence #autism #spirituality #Zen #ZenBuddhism #meditation #ZenMeditation #practice #perception
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In meditation today we had an interesting talk.
The lady who was talking told us about a heart-wrenching story. I cannot go into details because I'd have to put my post behind a CW.
In the story there was a man, who by his behavior was demonstrating that he was not allowing himself to feel his feelings. He was closed off.
The lady who told us the story told us that she found something to say that would make him open up. It worked. He then felt the grief that he was trying not to feel. This lady *deliberately* exposed herself to this man's emotions.
I don't recall the exact words she used, but her method seemed a bit more active than just listening. Maybe if I were faced with someone in this situation I'd also try to find a turn of phrase to make him open up.
My advice right now is to just listen to someone who is grieving or in a shitty mood. Sometimes, however, one more step may be necessary to get the person you're trying to help to open up to their own feelings.
Do note that she was not trying to bury his feelings or telling him to find silver linings.
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On the vagaries of virtual mediation...
This morning I was virtually meditating with the rest of my group, through Zoom. At some point, the Zoom window went away.
At first, I thought it crashed, but the little camera light was still on.
I realized that one of my extensions had decided to open a page. So another window as to the front and hiding the Zoom tab.
What to do?
I just remained still until the end of the meditation.
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I watched this one while high, and I managed to touch the infinite for a moment. Don't ask me how I did it... I mean other than being high, and having over a couple of decades of Zen meditation under my belt.
Heaven Up There by Palace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cS_i-zDdxg
#high #infinite #music #MusicVideo #ZenMeditation #Zen #ZenBuddhism #HeavenUpThere #Palace
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Zen meditation can be incredibly boring. For most people new to it, it is incredibly boring.
There have been periods of my life when it wasn't for me.
Also, not all forms of meditation are good for all people. My own Zen Master suggested chanting meditation for another person when I put a problem to him. Chanting meditation has the ability to keep you in the here and now more than sitting meditation.
This being said, I'm still offering virtual mediation to autistic people (or people willing to tolerate us). We're going to just be sitting. It starts this weekend on Saturday and Sunday morning.
No chanting for now, even though doing chanting meditation can be absolutely wonderful.
Shin myo jang gu dae dharani...
The page below has more information:
https://www.yourautisticlife.com/virtual-meditation/
#meditation #SittingMeditation #ChantingMeditation #ZenMeditation #Zen #ActuallyAutistic
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Check out the October Dharma Talk! Offering instructions on various meditation techniques and their integration into daily life, featuring guided meditations. The discussion will cover a range of meditation practices, including breathing techniques, gratitude, forgivness, prayers, moving, and mantra meditiations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by903Hvp8Zw&t=1422s
#meditation #guidedmeditation #mantra #dharma #zen #buddhism #zenmaster #buddhist #philosophy #zenmeditation #prayers #forgiveness #breathing #movingmeditation @buddhism @dharma @dhamma -
@shrinkthinks In 2020 I sat a weeklong silent #ZenMeditation retreat at home via Zoom. Spouse crunching on corn chips in the kitchen for 20 mins was… an enlightening experience.