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A long time ago, not long after I started this blog, I wrote a post aboutAttachment to Thought and How We Create Problems.  It was actually one of my very first articles. I had an interesting little thing happen last weekend that made this concept of attachment to thought so clear and it got me [...]

In the article Mindfulness and the Meditation Object I spoke about several parts that are important in our overall progression and development of meditation.  Some aspects of that I spoke about again in Meditation Tip #26 – Stabilising the Mind and Investigation.  Following on from that I want to restate another point that is important to be aware.  While [...]

In the article Mindfulness and the Meditation Object I spoke about several things that are really important to the meditation practice. The title of this article probably doesn’t give the reader a sense of everything contained within it so I wanted to restate some aspects of that article as separate meditation tips because they are vitally important [...]

A couple of months ago I was in a discussion with some friends and the topic was mostly about who had read what books, what books were good, what would be a good next read, what suttas are good to read etc. As the conversation went on I found myself amazed at how much some [...]

In Part 1 I outlined that thought is an arising condition from contact of an object with consciousness and that insight is a clear seeing of the nature of a something (or the whole of reality).  In Part 2 I explained that wisdom is synonymous with discernment and is the intuitive knowing of reality (which came from the insight) to understand it’s nature – how it arises, how [...]

Following on from Part 1 where I outlined that thought is an arising condition from contact of an object with consciousness and that insight is a clear seeing of the nature of a thing or whole of life, let’s continue on with examining and explaining what wisdom, discernment and wise thought are … What is Wisdom and [...]

For a long time when I was practicing meditation and Buddhism I had no real understanding what contemplation meant. “When I’m thinking about something is that contemplation?”  Or is thought something else?  I also was a bit unsure of what wisdom was opposed to a thought or opposed to an insight.  ”Was a thought I was having a [...]

As I’ve mentioned several times in previous articles one’s development in meditation is a continual process of letting go.  In Quietening the Inner Chatter – Part 3 I talk about this most succinctly and how mindfulness itself results in this letting go. Getting a sense of how this “letting go” works, how it feels to let something [...]

Over the years during my meditation practice I’ve had many, many insights.  At first they are like “Wow, I can’t believe it!” and the insight completely changes your view on things.  Then some months later another insight and again it alters your view of how things are yet again.  As this process happens over and [...]