For ages the common thought was that during rest our mind is resting. But science proved that our minds are active even when we are not doing anything. This is what's called the default network. We are not resting, we are lost in thought.Our thoughts (in this default mode) focus on the past or the future and they come with an emotional baggage that build anxiety. It's like a slow drip of continuous suffering.

Default Network - the slow dip of suffering

Life happens now. But an unexamined mind bounces between anxiety caused by ruminating about the past or fearing the future.Sitting meditation is an exercise in awareness of this default mode. We sit to know the world how it really is. This awareness created the opportunity for more present living. It's an exercise in regulating our minds.You have to notice you are in a Matrix so you can start having glimpses of Reality.

Meditation is More Life

Henry recorded a series of six introductory talks about Zen meditation. You can listen to them in any order. https://www.mountaincloud.org/ All are welcome to join us for sitting and dharma talks. The link to join us is https://sit.mountaincloud.org The schedule and further information can be found at https://www.mountaincloud.org/virtual-zendo/ Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud with a donation or becoming a member so we can continue to provide online programs such as this. Donations: https://www.mountaincloud.org/donate/ Become a member: https://www.mountaincloud.org/about/membership/ You can also subscribe to our newsletter on the website.

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Henry recorded a series of six introductory talks about Zen meditation. You can listen to them in any order. 

https://www.mountaincloud.org/

All are welcome to join us for sitting and dharma talks.  The link to join us is https://sit.mountaincloud.org

The schedule and further information can be found at https://www.mountaincloud.org/virtual-zendo/

Please consider supporting Mountain Cloud with a donation or becoming a member so we can continue to provide online programs such as this.

Donations: https://www.mountaincloud.org/donate/

Become a member: https://www.mountaincloud.org/about/membership/

You can also subscribe to our newsletter on the website.

We are a lay Zen practice community, and offer several opportunities to meditate together each week in our zendo. Our teacher is Henry Ryu-un Shukman, an Associate Zen Master of the Sanbo Zen lineage.

For our weekly schedule and retreats, please visit : http://www.mountaincloud.org/

We offer meditation instruction and orientation to the zendo at all our sitting times, and have a weekly Intro to Zen class on Wednesday evenings, in addition to the second Sunday of each month, and various retreats through the year. We welcome diversity: the practice of zazen is available here to people of every race, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability.

We aspire to maintain and share the authentic Dharma of Zen Buddhism as we experience and understand it. We use traditional koan study and shikantaza (or “just sitting”) in our training, and are always happy to welcome anyone who would like to sit with us.

Our website: http://www.mountaincloud.org/

Intro to Meditation Series, Talk One: Fundamentals of Why We Sit - with Henry Shukman

Default Network - the slow dip of suffering

Meditation is More Life

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