Show Notes
When monks tell engrossing & inspiring true stories from their own experience, seemingly philosophical matters become less intellectual & much more compelling.
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Here I am demonstrating an important and beautiful process, wherein we can incline the mind to peace and well-being through contemplating the body as elements.
In this meditation we brighten and calm the mind by generating metta first, and then take the good energy and even mindedness resulting from having generated metta, as the foundation for then investigating the true 'deeper' nature of the physical body.
A breath meditation and contemplation of the body, where hair, nails and teeth are meditated upon as earth element and not a self.
The meditation begins with awareness of the body and breath before contemplating death, and impermanence as a great equalizer that can illicit forgiveness.
Here we confront the habits of aversion to oneself and others by challenging some of our assumptions.