I find the absence of mental disturbance that sometimes happens during meditation to be a pleasant experience. Sometimes I can induce it by visualising the spaciousness of open moorland or the vast interior of a medieval cathedral, for example. A useful insight arising from such deep concentration is the conditionality of the tranquillity…
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Seems to me that blogs are a rather good – albeit two-dimensional – model of existence; each post represents a momentary life experience, characterised by anicca (impermanence), dukkha (unease), anatta (not-self)…
Here are some more thoughts on transient experiences –
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As the year draws to a close and winter tightens its grip I am reminded that peace and goodwill do not extend to all. The world remains a dangerous place and a political solution to the perennial problems of war, deprivation and injustice is still a long way off. The latest issue of ‘The Middle Way: Journal of The Buddhist Society’ is devoted to the issue of reconciliation, and I hope you will agree that its timely message is one worth sharing.
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