A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Eileen at Soul Sleuthing gives a very honest account of what her experience of meditation is, complete with wandering thoughts (and wandering pets).

The Rev. Danny Fisher (no stranger to Meditation Zeitgeist) has a new article on his friend’s site, Amyknowsbest. It’s a mindfulness meditation exercise.

Lama Surya Das has an article on technology and spirituality, called The Tao of Twitter, in which he discusses matters from texting prayers to being reincarnated as a computer.

If that seems a little “out there,” Will Buckingham writes about how meditation is a very practical activity. Amongst many other interesting things, he says:

As I was sitting this morning, it struck me that meditation is about as far from being an abstract pursuit as is possible. There is a popular idea of meditators as having their head in their clouds, and of meditation as an unworldly pursuit. But it seems to me that there is nothing more worldly than meditation. Not only this, but it also seems to me that a lot of what is sometimes called (although I dislike the term) “worldly” activity is, on the contrary, somewhat abstract and unworldly.

Read the article to see what he means.

Going back to technology, ~C4Chaos describes his experiences on a two-day weekend retreat led by Sharon Salzberg at Nalanda West via the Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS). The theme for the weekend was “fierce compassion.” He also includes the Twitter messages he sent at odd moments on the retreat, and includes a link to a video of Sharon’s talk.

Shambhala Sun Space reports that Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester’s bid to become the next bishop of Northern Michigan was rejected on Monday. Of concern was the fact that he practices Zen meditation, and also because of “ideas he espoused about salvation, including the existence of multiple paths to God.” Apparently God is picky about how you approach him.

Lastly, Vincent Horne of Buddhist Geeks critiques an article in Tricycle Magazine and argues that Enlightenment is more common and more attainable than people often think:

…why do we assume that there aren’t those that are enlightened walking around right now? That’s, to me, one of the most disempowering (and frankly untrue) beliefs one could have.

Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist practitioner, writer, and teacher, and is also the founder of Wildmind. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife, daughter, and son, and has a particular interest in teaching prison inmates.

As well as teaching behind bars, Bodhipaksa also conducts classes at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, New Hampshire. He muses, rants, and shares random aspects of his life on his blog at bodhipaksa.com. You can follow Bodhipaksa’s Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/bodhipaksa or join him on Facebook.

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