Volumes upon volumes have been written about the dense concept of emptiness. Sounds like a cosmic “joke’s on you,” huh? Yet, it’s a subject worth pondering, and an experience worth mustering. Emptiness is quite tricky to fathom, let alone experience, in our world of 10,000 things. Both Buddhism and Quantum Science would agree that the … More Peering Toward the Empty Mind
It’s important to bring about an element of compassion when we begin to see how unpredictable and hasty the mind can be at times. This becomes really obvious during a meditation sitting. We want to cultivate a friend, not an enemy which must be suppressed or subdued. Practicing “focused awareness” can help with this. The … More Attention as Intention
What is the mind? One definition refers to the mind as “a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, language and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity’s thoughts and consciousness.” Another definition states that the mind is an “element of a person that enables them to be aware … More Mind