Ok. There wasn’t actually any omming, but we were guided through some Buddhist meditation techniques yesterday evening.
Angie, Quinn, and I joined forces to go to the meditation class. We were planning to go last week, but Quinn couldn’t make it and Angie was late and I was too nervous to go alone. By all expecting one another to be there this week, we carefully prevented ourselves from chickening out.
We went in to discover that the only seats still available were the front-row seats. Usually, people who arrive late get the seats at the back, but things here appeared to operate outside my realm of experience.
Then we were asked to all stand up, and Gen Kelsang Legden entered the room.
He really had incredible presence. He was simultaneously the most intense and most chilled-out person I’ve ever encountered.
He guided us through meditation, and then spoke to us about the importance of concentration. Concentration and focusing one’s mind. He spoke about a lot of things relating to this. He was captivating, fascinating, entertaining, and wise. A holy man with a sense of humour.
As Quinn said afterwards, ‘The drugs are free and the dealer is funny.’
It was a really incredible experience. I’m so glad I went, and I’m so glad that Angie and Quinn are also happy they attended. We’re so going back for more.
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It was indeed a good experience. I was a little skeptical at first, but there’s really something to this meditation malarkey.
Buddhist philosophy places heavy emphasis on teaching and sharing the tools they’ve developed to train the mind, and learning from others to improve and adapt those tools. I like that; it’s sort of like open-source software for your brain 🙂
Buddhism – The Open-source software of the mind.
Hmm. I feel a new signature coming on.