Comments on: Mindfulness in daily life

By: buddhacam

buddhacam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:33:56 +0000

Vaibhav – I’ve founsd it useful to distinguish between ‘thinking’ and ‘having thoughts’. Thinking is the process which we are more in control of; when we are ‘having thoughts’ we are pushed from one place to another. Meditation allows us to think – and, therefore, if we wish, to allow genuine creativity to develop.

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:50:52 +0000

Hi Vaibhav,

I don’t think anyone’s suggesting that we permanently move into a state of “only feeling sensations in the body.” It’s very useful to do this for periods of time in order to quiet the mind, but there’s a value in thinking as well. And actually, what I’ve found is that by getting out of those “whirlpools of thought,” genuine creativity arises. When the mind is cluttered with unnecessary thinking there’s no room for creative thoughts to arise.

All the best,
Bodhipaksa

By: vaibhav

vaibhav — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:44:39 +0000

we will become like animals if we stop our imagination and only feel sensations of our body.its not good to get lost in whirpools of mind but how will we being humans invent new things

By: Dh. Chandrabodhi

Dh. Chandrabodhi — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:17:18 +0000

A very detailed and helpful article. I would like to keep in touch about more such articles.

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:41:52 +0000

Hi Ed. We have a whole section on depression. Hopefully something there will be helpful.

By: ed mccarren

ed mccarren — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:54:00 +0000

hi ive suffered from depression all my life looking for answers in meditation got any suggestions?

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:53:14 +0000

Hi Kathaleen,

Panic attacks are not something that I know much about, but I’ll see if I can find a meditation teacher who has some experience in that area.

All the best,
Bodhipaksa

By: Kathaleen

Kathaleen — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:49:36 +0000

I would like a meditation for anxiety and panic attacks, to relieve them.

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:16:47 +0000

Hi Mikal, we have some extensive guides to meditation on our site. I'd suggest starting with the mindfulness of breathing practice and move on to the development of lovingkindness meditation. All the best, Bodhipaksa

By: mikal wailer

mikal wailer — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:33:53 +0000

i would be glad if you could teach me what you are suppose to think of while meditating.