Meditatie 31 maart 2014

Stoppen, aandacht, adem. Gevoelens en gedachten.

Afgelopen weken hebben we geoefend met de basis van de meditatie. Stoppen, aandacht, adem. Vanavond oefenen we verder met stoppen, aandacht en ademen. We oefenen onze aandacht steeds terug te laten keren naar het hier en nu. Het anker waarmee we oefenen zijn nu de gevoelens en gedachten die in ons bewegen. Het komt zoals het komt en het gaat weer. Het is als eb en vloed, als de golven van de zee. Bewust blijven dat het niet gaat om de verschijningsvorm van water: golf, druppel, troebel of spiegelglad helder. De verschijningsvormen leiden ons af en nemen ons in beslag. Ondanks haar vele verschijningsvormen, blijft water in haar essentie water. We hoeven niet te reageren, niet mee te gaan in de vorm. We kunnen waarnemen, aanvaarden en loslaten. We keren steeds weer terug met onze aandacht en volgen de adem hier en nu.

Stop, focus, breathe. Feelings and thoughts.
Past few weeks we have been practicing with the basics of meditation. Stop, focus, breathe. This evening we carry on with stop, focus and breathe. We exercise our attention more to return to the here and now back. The anchor which we practice are the feelings and thoughts that move us. It comes as it comes and it goes again. It is ebb and flow, like the waves of the sea. Remain aware that it is not the appearance of water: golf, drip, cloudy or clear slippery. The manifestations distract us and take us to complete. Despite its many manifestations, water remains in its essence water. We do not need to respond, not to go into the form. We can observe, accept and let go. We return again and again to our attention and follow the breath here and now.

Happy Teachers will change the world.


Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:43:07 -0700

Dear Friends, Quieridos Amigos,

I want to share this short (bilingual) video with you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYkiRNLp-M&feature=youtu.be

It is a video I made for Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community to promote a new Educators Retreat in Barcelona, May 2014. The goal of Thich Nhat Hanh and his community is to bring mindfulness to the classroom, so that the children and students of today will become mindful, responsible, ethical and happy citizens of the world community.

For educators of all levels interested to attend the Retreat (Conference and Course), registration will be open very soon at: http://escuelasdespiertas.org/english/general-description/

The complete film 'Happy Teachers will change the World', with an impression of the tranformational process at the Educators Retreat near Toronto, recorded in August 2013, will be released later this year.

If you want to keep updated about the activities of this Happy Teachers movement, you can subscribe at http://wakeupschools.org/

Feel free to Share :-)

I wish you a happy week, with a smile,
Wouter
Wouter Verhoeven
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Zie ook http://www.aandacht.net/sanghas/onderwijssangha
en: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4821393&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Eanp_4821393_1395145787772_1

Mindfulness is the source of happiness

Dear Friends,

Happiness seems sometimes far out of reach and to big to get.

We will watch a part of a Dharmatalk where Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that happiness is close by and made out of little things.

Like the river is formed by individual drops.

You are invited to come home to your self and enjoy what is there,

like friendship, the blue sky, drinking your tea

By being mindful we can recognise what makes us happy and we can take care of our pain and suffering.

Doors will be open at 19h30,

we will start at 20h00 with a short sitting meditation and about 20 min video.

Silent sitting and silent walking meditation.

We close with Dharma sharing

Kind regards

Hans

Sensing observing without judgement

Dear Friends,

The past two weeks we have been practising stopping , resting enjoying.

Also the coming monday evening we will practise stopping and observing, sensing without judgement. This is a very basic and powerful practise to come away from thinking and worrying and returning to the present moment via contact with your body. 

Doors will be open as usual at 19h30,

meditaion will start at 20h00.

Leo will lead the meditation.

Next we can gladly announce that Cuong Lu is coming to Eindhoven again.

On march 23 he will give a Dharma-talk (in dutch) in "De Heremiet" the Bookstore in the centre of town: Title: Juiste inspanning voor ontspanning in ons leven.

(doors open 13h30) details in up-coming events page of our Blog