“A festival where you can have a fantastic weekend without having participated in one activity” Last Sunday I was at the Healing Garden festival that took place on the Erkemederstrand in Zeewolde. Together with my girlfriend and 10 month old daughter we drove here, without knowing exactly what to expect from the festival. From the parking lot we walked over […]
Why do we develop the Four Heart qualities – Loving kindness ( Metta ) – Compassion (Karuna) – Meditation (Mudita) – Equanimity (Upekkha) Accompanied with wisdom, the cultivation of these abodes in the heart leads to the liberation of suffering (Dukkha) which is formed by enmity, anger and aversion. We train our minds to have pure, well-promoting intentions born. […]
What is meditation? People are conditioned in doing. With meditation we bring ourselves from doing to being. Doing nothing at all, but being concentrated with the right effort in the now. Here we can be senseless (sit in silence and watch with attention what the ‘mind’ is drawn to) or use an anchor as a meditation object (such as in […]
To get rest through meditation and insights from the meditation I estimate that at least 8 out of 10 people who start with me meditation, motivate “getting rest”. Let us therefore go deeper into this. For this specific part I was (again) inspired by Dingeman Boot during a retreat he recently accompanied. When I talk about this in this article, […]
What is Hara? Your harp point is about 2 to 3 centimeters below your navel. Hara is also called the source of life in Japan and China. Hara meditation by Anando Würzburger The Hara meditation, developed by Anando Würzburger, is not only a meditation, but also a sedative exercise. The Hara meditation is also very suitable for people […]
A good sitting posture in meditation is very important. A wrong sitting posture can lead to physical complaints. Often in the back, but possibly also in the ankle, knee or hip joints. Inconveniences and / or pains can not be prevented Mind you, it is not that a good sitting posture can completely prevent pain. On the contrary, even […]
SILENCE SPEAKS WHEN WORDS CAN NOT Get out of the roller coaster Many people are constantly in mind, are reactive and are lived. Continuously working from A to B. If I do not take care, this happens to me too. In fact, this happens every day. That is why the moments of silence are so important. In the silence your […]
Within the Vipassana Meditation or also Insight Meditation it is possible to apply the mnemonic RAIN. RAIN stands for Recognition, Acceptation, Investigation and Non-Identification. You can apply this as follows during meditation: Recognize At the start of the meditation you have the intention to stay with your meditation object. Often the breathing as you can observe it in the abdomen. […]
The ‘ seven factors of enlightenment’ in Buddhism are mainly a deepening on three aspects of the ‘ Eightfold Path’ . Namely on proper effort, proper attention and proper meditation . The seven factors of enlightenment are also a counterpart to ‘ The five obstacles ‘ (the five obstacles can overshadow the 7 factors of enlightenment). According to Buddhist teachings, […]
The five obstacles can be strong forces and occur with everyone. Both during the meditation process and in daily life. The five obstacles are also called the five ‘covers’ or ‘overshadows’. The obstacles namely overshadow clarity, concentration, attentiveness and correct insight ( lighting factors ). The five obstacles are: sensory desire or greed anger, irritation or aversion drowsiness or slowness […]