Dear Friends, Today we continue our exploration of the earth element through a guided meditation that emphasizes steadiness and non-reactivity. In an early teaching, the Buddha encourages developing the mind “in tune with the earth” – learning from the earth’s capacity to receive what comes without being pushed or pulled by it. Today’s practice takes up that invitation,… Read More »
Dear Friends, Yesterday’s teaching invited us to notice the steadiness of the earth – its ability to receive what comes without pushing away or holding on. Today is a chance to reflect on how that quality shows up in your own experience. This is not about trying to be non-reactive, or holding yourself to an ideal of calm.… Read More »
Dear Friends, As we continue with the earth element, today’s teaching invites us to learn from the earth itself. In a teaching to his son, Rahula, the Buddha offers an analogy of the earth as steadiness. The earth receives everything that comes to it – what is clean and what is unclean, what is wanted and what is… Read More »
Dear Friends, Today we bring our exploration of the earth element into direct practice. Over the past few days, we have been reflecting on the earth element as solidity, stability, and support, and noticing how these qualities flow through the body as part of the natural world. The practice suggested offers a way to experience this directly, through… Read More »
Dear Friends, Today is an invitation to reflect on how the earth element shows up in your own experience – not as an idea, but as something directly felt. Reflection does not require special conditions or long periods of time. You might pause for a few moments, or let these questions accompany you as you move through the… Read More »
Dear Friends, In the The Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation, one practice invitation is that the body be known in a very simple way: as made up of elements. Today we begin with the earth element – the qualities of solidity, structure, and support. The earth element includes everything in the body that feels solid or resistant: bones, teeth,… Read More »
