Ryanshelton7

LATEST ARTICLES ( 402 )

• Listening with Empathy

  Apparently we all like to talk about ourselves. I don’t know why it took me 60+ days (not consecutive!) of being quiet to become aware of this. Yesterday I met... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Balance Bogus?

  My five-year-old nephew begs me to pick him up over and over again and spin circles till we fall over, dizzy and laughing. His delight, I think, is rooted in th... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Results Don’t Matter

  We have very little control over the results of our actions. The physical products of our choices depend on a large group of people and how they respond to... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• One Step

  

  I think that as long as we do our best in each moment we are on the path of Dhamma. That doesn’t have to be direct meditation. It has to simply do with being... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Attachment to Pain

  When something deeply stirs me up in the realm of fear or pain, I outwardly express my internal emotions by smiling less or not at all, by feeling and being... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Interior Castle Or Why We Meditate?

  An intelligent person is always available to hesitation. The more intelligent you are, the more easily you become available to hesitations; because each... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Right Action

  Can I only be successful by keeping busy? Sometimes I feel like we perceive the people who do the most or produce the most as the most successful people. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• A Serious Game

  Next to me my brother and a few friends are sitting down to play Super Smash Brothers Melee. It’s an old fighting game for Gamecube that has recently become mor... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Let Them Be

  Meditating / Sitting in silence, quiet and alert, observing the self without reacting brings forth many awarenesses. With continuous practice, this awareness... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Complete Self Love

  Compliments feel good, and insults hurt. On a subtler level, compliments improve our self confidence and insults weaken it. Even more subtly, we may start to... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Sitting Outside, Looking In

  I sit on the patio chairs with a smoothie outside Nature’s Fare. Across the parking lot way I see two young girls in a car. Their dad left just a moment ago to... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• I Am Still a Whiner

  “Oh my God, you’re such a whiner!”, said my girlfriend smilingly to me. I replied back with a mix of whining and knowing, “Yes, and now you see why meditation i... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Can We Break Our Habits? Or: Why We Suffer.

  I came to my first Vipassana session at the beginning of  2012 after a short experience with relaxation techniques and psychotherapy; so those first encounters... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Glory to the Sun

  

  written by Elena Olejarz from Toronto, CanadaPerhaps the title of this post contrasts with the real precepts of the Dhamma way. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Keep Talking

  Lately I’ve been more aware of when I speak, why I speak and how I speak. Communication is such a valuable tool, yet to discuss meditation and direct... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• On Labels, Lightly Worn: It’s Okay to Flinch

  “You were the only one that flinched,” she says. I’m unsure if my friend’s trying to comfort or criticize, but I appreciate this information. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Increasing Distractions

  Before I started meditating, I couldn’t imagine a completely silent mind. Further, I would have considered mental silence a waste of my mental abilities. Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Art of Perception

  What is beauty? Does it need to be expressed? When I meditate, I’m not expressing anything and that makes it my biggest expression. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Truth Over False Safety

  This is my fourth post on Living Vipassana. I have been excited about being a contributor here from Day 1. It was exactly the right addition to my week; it... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Words…

  I was thinking about the power of words, and I wanted to start today with Mr. Cohen verses: Do Not Be a Magician – Be Magic. Leonard is certainly a master with... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY