Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern religions. In reality, the two ideas stand worlds apart. Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are quite different.
Richard J. FosterStichwörter: buddhism christianity meditation contemplation eastern-religion
Jesus lived a life of deep meditation. If thoughts and words were physical objects, meditation would be the act of holding, examining, taking apart, tasting, smelling, listening to, and savoring in order to study and become one.
amy litzelmanStichwörter: worship meditation
Full minds create chaos.
David W. JonesStichwörter: mindfulness meditation enlightenment busyness busy-life
Nothing needs to be done, and things get done.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: buddhism zen meditation enlightenment
You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: love acceptance buddhism peace meditation enlightenment dark-night-of-the-soul overcoming-challenges struggles struggling overcoming-difficulties personal-journey
I loved Enso Roshi’s teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved life, and I loved learning, and I was still learning. I was not, yet, done. At the end of our journeys, there would be an end to the journey. Maybe. If I was lucky. If providence shone down upon me gently. I would find love. I would find acceptance. Complete love. Complete acceptance. I would know, that the self, is an illusion. I would come to enlightenment, but that would also mean, there would be no ‘I’ there. I would realize that the ‘I’ was an illusion, all along, just like some great dream. This is what the wise sages say, the great teachings, the mystical teachings, not only from the East, but also from the West. The Gospel of Saint Thomas. Thomas Merton. Thomas, like I was Thomas, and also doubting, the main reasons I’d chosen the name. If nothing else, it was lovable, just as it is. My life. Even the parts I didn’t love, could I love them? The struggles. It was all part of the journey, and would I not look back fondly on this, at some time? Look at how arduous and sincere I’d been. Look at how worried I’d been. Look at how insecure I’d been. Look at how I’d struggled. Trying to find my way. Would I not look back upon myself, affectionately and fondly and with love?
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: love acceptance buddhism journey meditation enlightenment spiritual-growth loving-yourself the-journey spiritual-journey loving-one-s-self personal-journey
Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: buddhism peace zen meditation enlightenment purpose-in-life the-meaning-of-life life-s-purpose life-s-greatest-answers living-the-question
I don’t know where I’m going on this path. I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. You had to be lost, before you could be found. These are the truths. You had to be confused, before you could find clarity; you had to suffer, before you could find peace. These were the only ways, life could happen. Of course you were confused before you found clarity. If you weren't confused, then you would already be clear. Of course you were lost before you were found. If you were already found, then you wouldn't be lost. Of course there would be suffering before peace. If there was already peace, then there wouldn't be suffering. One necessarily came before the other.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: buddhism peace zen suffering meditation confusion enlightenment struggling being-lost spiritual-journeys spiritual-journey finding-one-s-way overcoming-confusion
The mind is limitless, in its creations.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: buddhism zen meditation enlightenment
You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: buddhism peace zen suffering meditation enlightenment awakening struggles zen-buddhism spiritual-journey the-end-of-suffering the-end-of-struggling
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