Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To support our exploration of the third wise effort\u2014cultivating wholesome states\u2014here is a guided meditation by Jill Shepherd titled “Investigating skillful behaviour skilfully.” (13:24). This meditation focuses on investigating and recollecting skillful, wholesome, or virtuous behavior. Jill’s approach, which she calls “post-mortem mindfulness,” invites us to reflect on past actions of body, speech, or mind that were positive and skillful. As we do this, we are invited to notice the sensations, emotions, and mind states associated with these actions–such as warmth, compassion, generosity, or courage. Through this practice, we deepen our awareness of the qualities that supported these wholesome actions and strengthen our intention to act skillfully in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In my own practice, I have noticed a couple of things that might resonate with you. One is that I often undervalue the small, regular acts of kindness or virtue I engage in. It is helpful to remember that these “little things” matter–they don\u2019t have to be big or flashy to count. The other is a hesitation that arises, as if reflecting on virtuous actions might feel boastful. But the Buddha emphasized the importance of recollecting virtuous behavior to inspire joy and tranquility, incline the mind toward the wholesome, and nurture inner peace.*<\/sup> This practice is an opportunity to honor the positive seeds we have planted and to water them so they continue to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope this meditation inspires a sense of possibility in your practice. Let me know how it resonates with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With good wishes, * As an example, Jill references the Buddha’s instructions to Mahanama in AN 6:10<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Friends, To support our exploration of the third wise effort\u2014cultivating wholesome states\u2014here is a guided meditation by Jill Shepherd titled “Investigating skillful behaviour skilfully.” (13:24).https:\/\/www.dharmaseed.org\/talks\/39015\/ This meditation focuses on investigating and recollecting skillful, wholesome, or virtuous behavior. Jill’s approach, which she calls “post-mortem mindfulness,” invites us to reflect on past actions of body, speech, or mind that\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[372],"tags":[334,104],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jan-2025","tag-effort","tag-jill-shepherd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2218,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/2218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Andrea<\/p>\n\n\n\n