John Thomas Dodson
The Solitude or Loneliness of Quarantine
Solitude is not loneliness, and each one of us is experiencing either one or the other during these days of quarantine. To be alone is to...
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John Thomas Dodson
- Jul 24, 2019
- 3 min
Becoming a Mind Whisperer
Sustaining your attention on the breathing really develops awareness but when you get lost in thought or restlessness, that's all right...
John Thomas Dodson
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
Beginning again (and again)
The heart of skillful meditation is the ability to let go and begin again, over and over again. Even if you have to do that thousands of...
John Thomas Dodson
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Taming without aggression
In spite of your concerted effort to keep the mind on your breathing, the mind will likely wander away. It may go to past experiences and...
John Thomas Dodson
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
A Good Meditation
In our meditation, we learn from both successes and failures. People fail all the time. Mindfulness of the breath is one of the most...
John Thomas Dodson
- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Values and Actions
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. Right understanding has two parts. To start with, it asks...
John Thomas Dodson
- Jan 26, 2019
- 1 min
Let's Begin Here
The word 'meditation' covers many mental experiences, but the goal of Buddhist meditation is to see things as they are; it is a state of...
Notes Along the Way
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