Dharma Treasure Community | Tim Clark | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/timclark/activity/ Activity feed for Tim Clark. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f01975956d72c58eeef84e80133932c1 Tim Clark replied to the topic Is there a classification of discoursive mind events? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/is-there-a-classification-of-discoursive-mind-events/#post-3016 Thu, 31 May 2018 00:24:09 +0000 Hi Ward,

When you have a distraction go ahead and label it, but keep your labels general. An example is a bird sound. You label it as sound. Not bird sound, nor Robin sound. Anything past labeling is one step down the rabbit hole.

]]> 661e071f8c0ac21566e5e9d9506af682 Tim Clark replied to the topic Is there a classification of discoursive mind events? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/is-there-a-classification-of-discoursive-mind-events/#post-3012 Wed, 30 May 2018 16:35:26 +0000 Yes, there is a classification. It is called Distractions. Generally speaking, they are all the same. Unfortunately, they are also all different. Think about a box of animal crackers.

The trick is too quickly recognize that your mind has gone to visit the fairies and to gently and compassionately come back to your object of meditation…[Read more]

]]> 9ff65fe8fe3c5a9e877b2e15aa7a68c7 Tim Clark replied to the topic Me and a wave in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/me-and-a-wave/#post-2790 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 05:18:24 +0000 Hi Bernadette,

When I searched for what Enlightenment is I found many definitions. Most of them described what the enlightened state felt like, not what it is.
Then I found this one, “Enlightenment is the Art of living compassionately with mindful, habits, beliefs, experiences and expectations”. You might also say this is living in the present…[Read more]

]]> 32ebb7289a41e0ebb14a9ab8a2c266e2 Tim Clark replied to the topic Struggles of a new meditator in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggles-of-a-new-meditator/#post-324 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:54:01 +0000 One of the great things about Buddhism is it’s openness to science. Some time ago I read and heard at a lecture by Hayward Fox that three 15 minute sits is far better than one forty five.

I have searched and […]

]]> 8ceea88d1e907854e4c6568f53b1dcc5 Tim Clark replied to the topic Conceptualising the breath in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/conceptualising-the-breath/#post-307 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:58:24 +0000 Basically, the ribbon is a distraction.

]]> c277ef3a07f1e6cd70f4aa3647bc9625 Tim Clark replied to the topic Letting go of the breath in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/letting-go-of-the-breath/#post-246 Fri, 16 May 2014 01:11:43 +0000 John,

Something else to consider:

Noticing is just noticing. The idea is to note where your mind has gone and return to your OOM (Object Of Meditation). It doesn’t matter all that much where your mind has […]

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