Using Mental Noting
Question: “In the early stages of the meditation, I find there’s a lot of things happening at the same time – especially Thinking, Hearing and Rising or Falling of the breath. And I… Continue reading
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Accept the Struggle
Most people struggle with meditation, either with the posture or with an attention that just won’t sit still – not to mention the skeins of thinking that just won’t let you alone. It’s… Continue reading
Free download of Acharn Chah’s Teachings
Though I never had the opportunity to practice with Acharn Chah, I wish I had, because his understanding of meditation, and the tricky mental obstacle course it can be when we practice it,… Continue reading
Meditation is not the Destination
The skill of meditating is not for its own sake. We are not meditating to be excellent meditators. We’re meditating to have excellent lives. Meditation’s just a method, a tool after all –… Continue reading
Stillness – Keep it Simple
One thing that keeps coming through the emails I’m getting about the audio course is, people are turning meditation into hard work. They’re thinking too much about it and trying too hard to… Continue reading
Sensations Are Everything in Meditation
In meditation, sensations are everything, and everything should be contemplated as sensations – nameless, characterless and constantly changing. Sensations are life. Life is sensations. Everything else are the illusions we build out of… Continue reading
The Main Game of Meditation
In a culture like ours, which values excitement and novelty above most other things, a lot of people come to meditation looking for exactly that – the novelty, the new, the wow factor.… Continue reading
Essential Reading for Meditation
I found this extraordinary resource in my wanderings on the net. It’s called Dhamma Talks.net and all of the greatest teachers of Mindfulness meditation are here … what they wrote, what they said… Continue reading
The Difference between Samatha and Vipassana Meditation Methods
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “I’ve been looking for information about Vipassana meditation and I keep noticing another method called Samatha meditation, so I’m wondering what the difference is between them. As far as… Continue reading
The Utter Unimportance of the Meditation ‘Experience’.
Question: “Some of my friends meditate. They do other methods and they keep telling me about all this stuff they experience. They see lights, colours and hear things, and one of them keeps… Continue reading
How do I remember to fit meditation into my day?
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “I can’t seem to fit meditation into my day. It’s only half an hour, and it’s not like I don’t have time, but I just keep forgetting. I try… Continue reading
The Use of Mindfulness/Mental Noting in Life
This audio came out of a talk I had with a friend about mental noting, in which, she mentioned how difficult it was to remember to be mindful, and use mental noting outside… Continue reading
Depression – is there a special meditation method to deal with it
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “I suffer from depression and it’s very debilitating, to the extent that sometimes I cannot get out of bed. I’ve tried to meditate at those times but it doesn’t… Continue reading
Excema – will meditation help?
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “Hi, I suffer from eczema, and I’m wondering if meditation will help with it.” ……………………………………………………………….. Roger’s book, ‘BEING STILL – MEDITATION THAT MAKES SENSE’ is available now. Just click… Continue reading
Thinking – having terrible trouble with it
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “Can you talk a little about thinking, because even though I know it can’t be stopped, I’m having terrible trouble with it.” ……………………………………………………………….. Roger’s book, ‘BEING STILL – MEDITATION… Continue reading
Can’t sleep, though I have tried basic relaxation exercise
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “I have read your book ‘Happy to Burn’, and tried the exercise you have there which resembles Basic Relaxation in the book, but I still can’t sleep. I’m wondering… Continue reading