Lorianne, a "virtual sangha" sounds great! And I'm glad the conference is going so well - it sounds like an exciting meeting ground for collaborating on religious traditions and spiritual journeys.
If you're advertising us, does that mean we have to shape up? :grins:
Also, we are multi-tradition here, aren't we? I'm such a mixture of traditions myself I'd be hard pressed to describe this space as a "sangha" for me.
But alright if you promise to list it along with other descriptive terms: virtual poustinia, chapel, retreat - I'm sure there are parallel terms for the quiet meditation space or prayer corner that exists in every tradition.
Great blogging conference on a potential multi-faith community though!
"Sangha" was my word, coming from my tradition...but I made clear that this group reflected a variety of traditions & non-traditions. The context was a discussion of "blogging meditation," so I suggested this site as an example of one way to couple blogging & meditation, not any particular *kind* of meditation.
The conference continues to be awesome: we did informal Muslim prayers last night, and an ecumenical Christian service this morning. And this afternoon, I'll be doing more driving meditation on my way home to NH...
I'm all shy. Brenda invited me to come on over and take a look. I am excited to be here - so new to meditation I still have my fluffy feathers, but very much in need of the daily discipline that this site seems to offer you all.
And here, wondering what on earth I might say, Lorianne has given me an in: Driving meditation.
I'm sure you weren't entirely serious, but I have only just begun to make time and space for thinking and feeling, but have realised that the place I find it most natural to do this is in my car. My very first experiences of 'meditation' were in the form of solo long distance drives. Still now, if I am finding it hard to be with myself, a few hours in the car, heading somewhere far from Here, radio off, music off, feelings on, is the place I can do it.
Lorianne, I've been following your conference experiences on HO, it sounds amazing. I still come out in hives at the mention of any religious language associated with my Baptist upbringing, but somehow am finding myself wishing I was there!
So, hi all. Nice to meet you, a little tardy at day 93!
Hello friends. I'm back home after a very difficult few days; lots of tears, lots of heart-wrenching grief both of my own and my father's, observed and felt. I'm OK but feeling very drained, with a big headache and a half-cold or allergies or something. I am sure this will get better with some sleep and regular hours and less stress. I've checked in here every day and felt grateful for you, and even if I wasn't sitting in a traditional way, I as certainly meditating whenever I could and using the breath to calm and center myself, and to "look for" the right thing to do in situations where I really didn't know or have any prior experience. Anyway - I'm glad to be home and I hope everyone who has been having a difficult time finds some ease and peace.
Welcome, Stray! Driving meditation is a wonderful practice -- I typically do it terribly unmindfully, turn on the radio right away, & spend the whole time thinking ahead to my destination, completely absent from the here and now. But every once in a while I remember to remind myself that this car on this road is a real place too, that the people in the cars around me are real people too.
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Lorianne, a "virtual sangha" sounds great! And I'm glad the conference is going so well - it sounds like an exciting meeting ground for collaborating on religious traditions and spiritual journeys.
If you're advertising us, does that mean we have to shape up? :grins:
Also, we are multi-tradition here, aren't we? I'm such a mixture of traditions myself I'd be hard pressed to describe this space as a "sangha" for me.
But alright if you promise to list it along with other descriptive terms: virtual poustinia, chapel, retreat - I'm sure there are parallel terms for the quiet meditation space or prayer corner that exists in every tradition.
Great blogging conference on a potential multi-faith community though!
"Sangha" was my word, coming from my tradition...but I made clear that this group reflected a variety of traditions & non-traditions. The context was a discussion of "blogging meditation," so I suggested this site as an example of one way to couple blogging & meditation, not any particular *kind* of meditation.
The conference continues to be awesome: we did informal Muslim prayers last night, and an ecumenical Christian service this morning. And this afternoon, I'll be doing more driving meditation on my way home to NH...
I'm all shy. Brenda invited me to come on over and take a look. I am excited to be here - so new to meditation I still have my fluffy feathers, but very much in need of the daily discipline that this site seems to offer you all.
And here, wondering what on earth I might say, Lorianne has given me an in: Driving meditation.
I'm sure you weren't entirely serious, but I have only just begun to make time and space for thinking and feeling, but have realised that the place I find it most natural to do this is in my car. My very first experiences of 'meditation' were in the form of solo long distance drives. Still now, if I am finding it hard to be with myself, a few hours in the car, heading somewhere far from Here, radio off, music off, feelings on, is the place I can do it.
Lorianne, I've been following your conference experiences on HO, it sounds amazing. I still come out in hives at the mention of any religious language associated with my Baptist upbringing, but somehow am finding myself wishing I was there!
So, hi all. Nice to meet you, a little tardy at day 93!
Sx
Hello friends. I'm back home after a very difficult few days; lots of tears, lots of heart-wrenching grief both of my own and my father's, observed and felt. I'm OK but feeling very drained, with a big headache and a half-cold or allergies or something. I am sure this will get better with some sleep and regular hours and less stress. I've checked in here every day and felt grateful for you, and even if I wasn't sitting in a traditional way, I as certainly meditating whenever I could and using the breath to calm and center myself, and to "look for" the right thing to do in situations where I really didn't know or have any prior experience. Anyway - I'm glad to be home and I hope everyone who has been having a difficult time finds some ease and peace.
{{{Beth}}}
Welcome home. Thinking of you.
Welcome, Stray! Driving meditation is a wonderful practice -- I typically do it terribly unmindfully, turn on the radio right away, & spend the whole time thinking ahead to my destination, completely absent from the here and now. But every once in a while I remember to remind myself that this car on this road is a real place too, that the people in the cars around me are real people too.
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