Rested Where was I stopped ... oh yes, on my first visit to the EIAB :-) I did not expect that arrive at this current meeting so many people. Our group consisted of 15 participants. Well, 15 may now be not a terribly large number, but my expectations were lower. The meetings generally goes to the daily mindfulness in life. Awareness within the meaning of Buddhism is to feel the life, deliberately exercise. We can pass much too much of our lives, paying no attention. Every moment that passes is a moment of our life, does not come back. Him have not lived consciously, especially when we are healthy, we can still enjoy all the senses, it is past useless. I admit that until recently would have tempted me these words to a smile, as the very "spiritual" sounds. But if one realizes that one nice Moments can pass by without having it tasted intense, you will recognize this may be only when it is too late.
The meeting was led by a Buddhist nun. I was frankly surprised that there are Buddhist nuns. Presumably this was because that, particularly in film and television, mostly monks are shown.
Even with the welcome she radiated such warmth and friendliness that has totally pulled me in its spell. I've never seen a man hit with such charisma. No appearance by outward appearance, but with an openness of heart. One can hard to describe, it was like an aura of deep inner peace and courteous shaft that emanated from this nun.
was first carried out a guided meditation. Half an hour, sitting in complete peace and yourself, and life in an exercise. When I later told this to my wife, she asked in surprise: "meditate for half an hour only. I, known as hectic man for whom nothing is fast enough thought at first too: "Oh dear, I do that?" The goal of meditation is to completely empty his mind and pay attention only to their own purposes. It begins to focus on their own breathing, it consciously perceive. If you only paying attention to the head emptied of other thoughts. But anyone who now thinks that it remains too, is wrong. It is extremely difficult to think over a long period of nothing. You sit there in complete silence, in subdued light, with closed eyes and you hear a lot! Each Magengluckern, inhalation, throat clearing, coughing, etc. When I just thought about what might have been eaten my seat neighbor, that his stomach made gurgling, said the nun, one should only listen without judging the noise without assigning them. Ups caught! :-) Again and again I found myself thinking about something. It is likely that years of practice, his mind entirely free to make. It was a totally new experience of letting go completely.
After half an hour in forges a walking meditation. Among them I could not imagine anything I'm so. I think everyone reading this now will think, "My goodness, have to do nothing else than to meditate, is not it boring?". This consideration alone is a typical example of our hectic time. It is a Buddhist saying: "Have you hurry, go slow!" And that is precisely what can give us peace of mind. We are much too focused on achieving quick success, the next task waiting finally on!
How to Meditate now while walking? Of course, to slow and I, as a complete novice, of course had the good fortune, as it were, the leader of this "Meditationspolonaise" since I was first in the series :-) The exercise: to do slow steps while walking with his left foot, inhale and exhale at the right. Quite quickly, "hurried" I like the group and had to go slower than slow for me. All my thoughts that were circling course, about how "stupid" had the first, were totally against the spirit of this exercise. And so funny it may be found at the beginning is more important for this exercise. Our life is always just about to do things quickly, to eat quickly, fast purchase, clean up quickly. I'm the king so to speak in that discipline. It took enormous energy to walk, slowly and I did not manage to clear my head. I'll try next time.
After we had finished walking meditation, each was in the group to recite something. Out of respect for the other, bowing to the short and the group returned his bow. They say then, what you would like to communicate. I expected now that they are all but the dialogue has been said, discussed. But it is not. It just listens, takes perhaps true for what you want to keep the story says, but no advice or like from when it comes to such problems. I suspect this is done so to get things to not vote. I guess you can say something about the soul, if you have the need to, you can tell happy events to share them with the group. Later, you can still decide to speak to the person to make his courage or perhaps to rejoice with him. The practice first just to listen and not to say what is just me particularly hard, is a completely new experience. I tend to the people during the conversation, with good advice, to fall into the word :-)
After the "monologues" in the group are the practice of touching the earth, the Buddhist practice has been shown. Then I go again later. For now, it was the first.
Until then ...
