Article on Meditation from Shambala. What do you want to do with your mind?

I found a good article on meditation by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at Shambala Times. It goes well with the “All is Given” blog post I wrote recently.

“Meditation is not a recess or a timeout. It’s a deepening and strengthening of the mind, which affects our whole life.”

It’s a brief but rich and eloquent inspiring article.
See “Be Pragmatic in Practice” at Shambala Times.

He closes with the compelling question:

“For example, if we want to have more compassion, generosity, or flexibility, if we want to be a better listener, or to be less reactive at work, we can train those aspects of our mind. So we have to ask ourselves, What is it I want to do with my mind?”

More on meditation and guided audio coming soon. Did anyone use the guided meditation? I welcome feedback.

Download Karl’s Guided Meditation:
This is from a six week Bhagavad Gita Course I taught recently. This was the opening to the fourth session. Right click to download to local drive.
All is Given Meditation (18 minutes, 2 MB)
Karl

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