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Lesley Baker replied to the topic Slooooooooooow / Noooooooooo Progress in the forum Meditation 5 years, 1 month ago
Hi James
Its been a few days since you posted and I am wondering how your six part preparation now feels for you. Just because it’s called ‘preparation ‘ doesn’t mean it’s not a practice in and of itself. Give yourself time to enjoy this preparation practice, you will be learning valuable skills which will assist you as you go on. Eventually your…[Read more] -
Lesley Baker replied to the topic Differentiating between awareness and attention as a body experience in the forum Meditation 6 years, 1 month ago
Hi Bernadette Differentiating between awareness and attention feels obscure when you first start to watch whether your mind is using one method of knowing or another, because we are so used to automatically using them and flipping from one to another. I found it really useful when I first started to practice to correlate attention/awareness with…[Read more]
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Lesley Baker replied to the topic curious about ringing buzzing like sound in the head in the forum Meditation 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi Orhan
I have seen your post and replies and I thought I would say that I have also practiced using the inner sound in my head. I am now a teacher-in-training with Dharma Treasure and Culadasa and have used the breath as my object of attention for a long while. However recently I revisited the inner sound. I was introduced to this from a book…[Read more] -
Lesley Baker replied to the topic Thoughts, unifying mind, joy & tranquillity in the forum Meditation 8 years, 10 months ago
Thank you very much for all your guidance. I understand your words and relate to both scenarios. Post your reply I fell down that metaphoric hole again and wondered why I still did. Then an ‘insight ‘ maybe ! Life gave me and I am guessing others very little training in having feelings. They were not voiced, not heard, not permitted, not cared…[Read more]
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Lesley Baker started the topic Thoughts, unifying mind, joy & tranquillity in the forum Meditation 8 years, 10 months ago
In my practice, mostly self led with the help of listening to Dharma Treasure talks nearly daily, I often come to a place where I need guidance. I live in England and have no Sangha to go to. I also hold a weekly meditation group which focuses more on meditation than Dharma although sometimes it is hard for me not to include both.
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Lesley Baker started the topic Dharma Treasure teachers UK in the forum Help Wanted or Offered 8 years, 10 months ago
I live in England and would love to know if any other members are British and living in England.