I trying to find time in my day for 20-30 minutes of meditation. This is something I really want to dive into, but with 4 kids it gets hard to find some quiet time to do such a thing. I am really getting into Buddhism and all that surrounds out, I am reading as much as I can get my hands on and as often as I can. What I am discovering I am liking and I think the things they believe in are certainly along the lines of the type of father, husband, and man I want to be. I am a long way away, but I am on the path and that is what is important. From the following website: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/buddhawise.html I dug up this which I am trying to adhere to:
1. Right view is the true understanding of the four noble truths.
2. Right aspiration is the true desire to free oneself from attachment, ignorance, and hatefulness.
These two are referred to as prajña, or wisdom.
3. Right speech involves abstaining from lying, gossiping, or hurtful talk.
4. Right action involves abstaining from hurtful behaviors, such as killing, stealing, and careless sex.
5. Right livelihood means making your living in such a way as to avoid dishonesty and hurting others, including animals.
These three are referred to as shila, or morality.
6. Right effort is a matter of exerting oneself in regards to the content of one's mind: Bad qualities should be abandoned and prevented from arising again; Good qualities should be enacted and nurtured.
7. Right mindfulness is the focusing of one's attention on one's body, feelings, thoughts, and consciousness in such a way as to overcome craving, hatred, and ignorance.
8. Right concentration is meditating in such a way as to progressively realize a true understanding of imperfection, impermanence, and non-separateness.
Pretty awesome stuff. I cant read through that list and say I am living my life that way, I dont think most can. But I can imagine if I did and how much better off I would be. The plan is to make a conscious effort to live this way.
Once I get this surgery coming up I guess I will have 4 weeks of time to fit the meditation in! I leave you today with a picture of the mountain the wife and I will be climbing this summer.
Pretty awesome stuff. I cant read through that list and say I am living my life that way, I dont think most can. But I can imagine if I did and how much better off I would be. The plan is to make a conscious effort to live this way.
Once I get this surgery coming up I guess I will have 4 weeks of time to fit the meditation in! I leave you today with a picture of the mountain the wife and I will be climbing this summer.
Let the games being!
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