Center of Head - Inner Geography

The idea of the Center of the Head and of having your Presence there is a simple concept. Yet it is not as simple as one might assume.

On the Digital Downloads page, you can listen to a full sitting practice that will clarify the location of the center of your head. The actual sitting practice (part 2) is approximately 27 minutes.

This practice does not need to be repeated, but doing it at least once will forever clarify the inner geography of your head in ways you (in all probability) have not experienced before, even if you have been meditation for many decades.

1/18/23

Copyright David Doyle 1/2024

You are frequently Awake

You are frequently Awake

Think of a time when you were suddenly confronted with great beauty or exquisite music, something stunning.

Perhaps something like the following has happened to you:

You are inside your living space making breakfast and getting ready to go to work, oblivious to what is going on outside.

You gather up yourself and head out the door and suddenly you are confronted with a gorgeous day, with the dew still glistening on the grass, shrubs and trees. Steam is rising from areas where the sun is radiant. The smell of freshness and the ions in the air, all of this just stops you in your tracks.

For a moment, you are simply Present, in the NOW, you are no longer in the momentum of going anywhere. Your head space is not thinking of work, of the traffic, what time it is, projects you need to address.  You are suddenly Present and taking-in the moment.

This is a Waking State

You are not in the trance of inertias that have you in futures and pasts.

You are not in time and space.

1/11/23

Copyright David Doyle 1/2024

Grasping

Grasping

You are at a retreat, or perhaps it was an extraordinary day, or an amazing experience. The effect of the day or days, the recent glow of events and experiences ever so slightly, begin to fade.

You notice the fading, and you, on some faint level, try to compress the lingering sensation and hold on to it.

As you clutch, it moves away, more distant than only a moment ago.

This is grasping.

Noticing this is perhaps the biggest lesson in a month of meditation retreat days.

1/11/24

Copyright David Doyle 1/2024