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These days we’re hearing from many students too that their practice has been impacted in unexpected ways by the pandemic. Some, not so driven, others more so. Some longing for Mysore community, others feeling less connected and moving away from practice. Many finding new expressions of practice (chanting, farming or social activism, to name a few) that seem more relevant to their body or the times.
Read MoreOne of the things I like about meditation practice, is that you’re not really sure what you’re supposed to be doing, or whether you’re even doing it or not. Eventually, you may realize that whatever arises, in terms of self-torture, is totally dependent on a certain frame of reference. It’s like it’s a game that the mind has created: a language game, in which you’ve decided that meditation is supposed to be bright. Then as you sit there, other things arise besides brightness, and so you decide that your meditation is no good based on just the axioms of that game—that meditation equals brightness. And then you think, “Well, I’m not going to play that game anymore.” Then a minute later you decide, “Oh, meditation is actually darkness!” Then what arises isn’t darkness, and you’ve failed again. Every trip that the mind makes, every vṛtti, is a little story, and is totally dependent on context.
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