Intro talks about using the breath in working with pain recovering from surgery. Main talk addresses “citta,” mind or mind states from Anapanasati Sutta. This goes into different ways of defining the mind.
After some reflections on working with pain after surgery, I talk about a passage in the Simile of the Saw sutta that challenges us...
Not all karma is personal. The weather, biology, physics and more are impersonal. And we are not responsible for other people’s karma.
“Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” – let the thoughts come and let them go. Don’t get into a conflict with thoughts, don’t analyze, don’t try...