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Samyama page The practice of
Samyama meditation is a way to learn to open to what is, to feel what we fear
or don’t want to feel, in order to experience the grace that exists in all
situations, even the worst and most heart breaking ones. Every experience, no
matter how awful, can open to grace, to love, to peace, if we are willing to
let ourselves feel what is present in the moment. We don’t have to like it or
to condone it - - we simply must feel it without our thoughts about it. Samyama is a simple
and heart centered practice. It can be used for a sitting meditation or a
moving meditation. It can be used for being present and in the here and now,
moment to moment, and for opening to what is, as it is, whatever it is. Samyama is a
vehicle for opening the heart, meeting what is, and dis-identifying with the
ego, thoughts, suffering, and emotional wounds. It is a powerful practice to
be able to use to stop suffering, struggling, agonizing, and running away
from ourselves and from Life. The beauty of this
work is that anyone can learn the basic Samyama practice and use it in her or
his own life, not just in difficult times, but experiencing daily life
directly, anywhere. Here is a wonderful
quote about Samyama by Sheila Foster. “Samyama is essentially alchemy of the
Heart. I capitalize Heart because Samyama takes us into and through our own,
personal, emotional heart to The Heart, the Heart shared by all human beings.
It can bring us into the realization of union with all beings, where we don’t
take what happens to us so personally, where we feel a growing compassion for
the others who are in this same fragile human boat, adrift on calm seas as
well as tidal waves. We come to understand that this is not my broken heart,
but rather it is The Broken Heart that we all share.” For more
information and to access guided Samyama meditations by Sheila Foster, click
here: SAMYAMA. |
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