Bringing the mind home…

Published on Oct 10, 2012 by in Meditation, Teachings

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Isn’t it extraordinary that our minds cannot stay still for longer than a few moments without grasping after distraction? They are so restless and preoccupied that sometimes I think that living in a city in the modern world, we are already like the tormented beings in the intermediate state after death, where the consciousness is said to be agonizingly restless.

We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don’t know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should identify with or believe in. So many contradictory voices, dictates, and feelings fight for control over our inner lives that we find ourselves scattered everywhere, in all directions, leaving nobody at home.

Meditation, then, is bringing the mind home.

–  Sogyal Rinpoche
a Lineage Teacher of coach ilg’s

pic:  ilg and “Shaky” getting the inner work(out) done,  Kinlani, AZ beneath DokoOslid a few years ago…pic by Ananda

2 Responses to “Bringing the mind home…”

  1. Brad Gantt says:

    EC,

    This one hits h(OM)e for me. Thank you for sharing.

    head bowed,

    hsbg

  2. coach says:

    Precious Yogi HSBG!

    it hits h(om)e for you,
    because you are remembering lifetimes of Rising Higher…
    why quit on this ONE AMAZING PRECIOUS LIFETIME!!! there is NO PROMISE that we will return as a Human…that is incalculably precious and rare…WORK INWARD, Noble One!!!!

    head bowd,
    spirit vowd,
    ilg

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