Meditation in the Workplace – Lawyers Become Cool, Calm, Collected DharmaCrafts’ customer Bob Zeglovitch teaches meditation at his law firm (based on a conversation with DharmaCrafts’ President, Dyan Eagles) It’s 7:45 AM and the business district of Minneapolis is just awakening. As the din of the morning rush hour slowly mounts in the street below, an atmosphere of stillness pervades the law offices of Leonard, Street and Deinard. In a small conference room at this prestigious firm, seventeen litigation and business attorneys sit silently, cross-legged on the floor, breathing softly. read more>> up to top Three Aspects of Sitting Meditation By Ezra Bayda This article appeared originally in the Shambhala Sun magazine (www.shambhalasun.com) By continually allowing the light of awareness to shine on the confusion and anxiety of the present moment, we break the circuitry of our conditioning. This is the path to freedom. I used to approach sitting, and especially retreats, with the idea that meditation was supposed to make me feel a special way. Often, I just wanted to be free from anxiety. As a consequence, I rarely had a clear idea of what sitting was really about. Even now, when I'm no longer trying to feel some special way from sitting, I still find it helpful occasionally to reorient myself to exactly what I'm doing in my sitting practice. read more>> up to top Personal Practice By Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche This article appeared originally in the Shambhala Sun magazine (www.shambhalasun.com) There is a trio of activities that lead to enlightenment. The first activity is hearing or contemplating the teachings of the Buddha. The second is meditating. The third is acting with wisdom and compassion. After hearing the dharma and becoming familiar with it through contemplation and meditation, we are able to take compassion as the basis of our daily activity. read more>> up to top |