Comments on: Playing our way through life http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life Explore Meditation Online Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sunada http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-80798 Sunada Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:39:35 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-80798 Hi Erick, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to keep that in mind and give it some more thought! Best wishes, Sunada www.mindfulpurpose.com Hi Erick,
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have to keep that in mind and give it some more thought!
Best wishes,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

]]> By: Erick http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-80726 Erick Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:16:38 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-80726 Thanks for your article! It's got various good insights. There's a video tutorial on youtube where deepak chopra teaches meditation and he says that kids, while totally immersed in their play, are in fact meditating - the mind is clear and focused. I saw somebody write that in a tutorial on meditation on Wiki-How also. It seems to me that only kids can easily do this cause they usually haven't been given much to worry about, yet. I think that's a very nice insight on the nature of play and the buddhist approach to life. Maybe you could elaborate even further on this correlation between the absolute play state of mind and the meditation state of mind, in a future article (that's a sugestion of mine). Thanks =) Thanks for your article! It’s got various good insights.
There’s a video tutorial on youtube where deepak chopra teaches meditation and he says that kids, while totally immersed in their play, are in fact meditating – the mind is clear and focused.
I saw somebody write that in a tutorial on meditation on Wiki-How also.
It seems to me that only kids can easily do this cause they usually haven’t been given much to worry about, yet.
I think that’s a very nice insight on the nature of play and the buddhist approach to life.
Maybe you could elaborate even further on this correlation between the absolute play state of mind and the meditation state of mind, in a future article (that’s a sugestion of mine).
Thanks =)

]]> By: Sunada http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-79616 Sunada Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:55:16 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-79616 Hi Matt, Thank you! As far as how to bring more of a sense of play into your life, well, I think the way I'd approach it is to do things that you genuinely enjoy. That's what I do. What do you like doing just for its own sake? What makes you laugh? Try something out and see how it goes. Best wishes, Sunada www.mindfulpurpose.com Hi Matt,
Thank you! As far as how to bring more of a sense of play into your life, well, I think the way I’d approach it is to do things that you genuinely enjoy. That’s what I do. What do you like doing just for its own sake? What makes you laugh? Try something out and see how it goes.

Best wishes,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

]]> By: Matt http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-79612 Matt Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:51:28 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-79612 Hi Sunada, I really loved your article, thanks for posting it. I always seem to have a big to do list. In fact there is one on the screen in front of me right now. Where's a good place to start being playful about my to do list? Also can you recommend any good meditations or activities to help me become more playful with other people and life in general? People always tell me I am very serious! Thanks :) Hi Sunada, I really loved your article, thanks for posting it. I always seem to have a big to do list. In fact there is one on the screen in front of me right now. Where’s a good place to start being playful about my to do list?

Also can you recommend any good meditations or activities to help me become more playful with other people and life in general? People always tell me I am very serious!

Thanks :)

]]> By: Sunada http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-78767 Sunada Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:30:22 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-78767 Hi Sandy, Thanks for your comments. I wrote this article just as much to remind myself of these lessons. I tend to take like a bit too seriously at times, too! It's a lifelong process of learning. Best wishes, Sunada www.mindfulpurpose.com Hi Sandy,
Thanks for your comments. I wrote this article just as much to remind myself of these lessons. I tend to take like a bit too seriously at times, too! It’s a lifelong process of learning.

Best wishes,
Sunada
http://www.mindfulpurpose.com

]]> By: Sandy Staplehurst http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-78723 Sandy Staplehurst Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-78723 Thank you for this article. I suffer from severe anxiety and play has become a significant and helpful part of my life. As well as freeing the imagination and opening up to life, I find play important in connecting me to others as it is something I do not do so much on my own. There is an honesty, openness and warmth in playful interactions, in being "silly" together with others that takes us beyond the masks we wear and the identities we cling to, that Sangharakshita talks about in "Who is the Buddha?" Thank you for this article. I suffer from severe anxiety and play has become a significant and helpful part of my life. As well as freeing the imagination and opening up to life, I find play important in connecting me to others as it is something I do not do so much on my own. There is an honesty, openness and warmth in playful interactions, in being “silly” together with others that takes us beyond the masks we wear and the identities we cling to, that Sangharakshita talks about in “Who is the Buddha?”

]]> By: G.K. Chesterton: “The true object of all human life is play.” | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/playing-our-way-through-life/comment-page-1#comment-78626 G.K. Chesterton: “The true object of all human life is play.” | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:55:37 +0000 http://www.wildmind.org/?p=5193#comment-78626 [...] Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart,” by Thich Nhat HanhPrisoners of samsaraPlaying our way through lifeThe play of causes and [...] [...] Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart,” by Thich Nhat HanhPrisoners of samsaraPlaying our way through lifeThe play of causes and [...]

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