some lessons learnt today

• Isis

  14 Dec 06, 23:35

  After i had listened to the dharma talk today on mindfulness and concentration
  which was informative. /\ sadhu x 3
  
  I started to meditate and unlearn the mistakes i had made in the past.. i discovered i had been practising wrongly in some ways.
  
  I had started observing my mental state, feelings, thought and neutral or bad feeling towards objects... letting go of every tensions and sensation.. for my objective is to remain a calm and relaxed state... just watching and not analysis, judging, comparing, pondering, attaching to feelings and conceptualised.
  
  For every sensation felt:: pain, anger, ill-willness or blissful feeling as there are all just passing feelings.
  
  There are absolutely no point holding on to an sensation. It is okay to feel pain and to let it go. > as told by the venerable
  
  I had experience a different mental state than the one that i had have had. It is in a much clearer and more calming in a very subtle way... i find the mind not cluttered and find myself less lost in thought.. more awared of the surrounding..
  
  Just some sharing here. Im quite surprised with the result..
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 01:53

  Glad for you... yes indeed you are seeing the results of insight practise.. do post more, these are good testimonies
• longchen

  15 Dec 06, 08:10

  Hi Isis,
  
  Glad for you too.
  
  regards
• Isis

  16 Dec 06, 15:21

  mm i used to learn on my own but after learning from a venerable, i began to understand much better.
  
  btw the experience isnt always there.. have to put in enduring efforts...
• An Eternal Now

  16 Dec 06, 15:25

  Originally posted by Isis:
  mm i used to learn on my own but after learning from a venerable, i began to understand much better.

  Yes best to learn from an experienced teacher, a 'guo4 lai2 ren2' (someone who has walked the path before you). Learn and practise what they teach, it will speed up our path a lot.
  
  

  btw the experience isnt always there.. have to put in enduring efforts...

  That is why Right Effort is part of 8 fold path
• Isis

  16 Dec 06, 15:41

  yes. indeed, i think i have been suffering alot from my mispractise but then from every mistakes i made, i also learnt.
  
  Just learn more about the five powers from the camp. Efforts was one of them.
  
  thanks