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B E G I N N E R'S M I N D buddhist meditation


Starting Out Fresh
Why is it so difficult to really understand something so deeply that we feel it is part of who we are? Our small sangha has been...
Nigel Wellings
Aug 102 min read
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I'm In Bits
What it's like to ask our manager subpersonality to stand back? Recently I was thinking about my subpersonalities and how all the...
Nigel Wellings
Jul 232 min read
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I'm Afraid of Myself
It’s strange how we can be afraid of the most extraordinary and precious part of ourselves. A very dear friend was recently telling me...
Nigel Wellings
Jul 123 min read
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I Can't Stop Fiddling
So many of these blogs have been about the ‘doing nothing meditation’ in which we (hopefully) manage to rest for perhaps at first no...
Nigel Wellings
Jul 34 min read
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A Fun Flash of Insight
Having supper with two very dear friends last night the subject of which was better, Buddhism or Jungian psychology came up. This is a...
Nigel Wellings
Jun 153 min read
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Looking in the Mirror
Quite recently our small sangha has been introduced to the meditation practice of ‘guru yoga’. One or two were perhaps initially alarmed...
Nigel Wellings
Jun 23 min read
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Slippery
Philippa woke me this morning to tell me about a dream. What did I think it meant? This is what she told me: “A woman has disappeared...
Nigel Wellings
Apr 241 min read
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Doing It Again and Doing It Different
Good Friday, and a sudden insight comes to me that at the heart of different forms of spiritual practice is a re-enactment of a pivotal...
Nigel Wellings
Apr 183 min read
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Keeping the Best for First
I just keep realising how important the very first things we learn about mindfulness are and how over and over again these lessons are...
Nigel Wellings
Apr 35 min read
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Greasy Glasses
It’s strange how an idea for a blog pings into existence. This one is made up of three elements: a rather strict Buddhist teaching I...
Nigel Wellings
Mar 253 min read
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What Happens in the Mind of a Meditation Teacher?
This morning I decided to really notice what my mind did when I sat to practice meditation. I talk a lot about the importance of really...
Nigel Wellings
Mar 173 min read
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Just Hanging Out
Along time ago I asked someone I knew what sort of meditation they were doing. They, like me, were interested in Tibetan Buddhism so the...
Nigel Wellings
Mar 74 min read
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Being a Snail
Once again our small group has struck gold. In the book we are reading - Henry Shukman’s Original Love - he throws in a section on the...
Nigel Wellings
Feb 63 min read
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Killing with Kindness
Yesterday was a dark day, a narcissistic monster took the reigns of one of the most powerful countries in the world and immediately...
Nigel Wellings
Jan 214 min read
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Love and the Locked Room
Yesterday we had lunch with two friends - one of whom is soon to become a Jungian Analyst. Chatting, an idea came up which I said during...
Nigel Wellings
Jan 203 min read
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What’s in the Cupboard?
A member of our group - I’m sure she won’t mind me saying her name, Suzanne - very kindly gave me a book for Christmas. It’s called Into...
Nigel Wellings
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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A frog sits by a pond, plop.
For many years I was persecuted - yes, I know it’s a strong word - by something that the Archetypal Psychologist, James Hillman had...
Nigel Wellings
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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Waking at Night
I have noticed since the disaster of the American election that my fear levels have gone up. It’s as if I am subliminally walking around...
Nigel Wellings
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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I’m Afraid of Americans
There is an American drama called Berlin Station that is about the CIA machinations in Europe. The opening song is a powerful riff that...
Nigel Wellings
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Mr. Smarty Pants
This blog comes from two sources - let’s see if I can bring them together. The first was a trip to Avebury that Philippa and I made a...
Nigel Wellings
Oct 24, 20243 min read
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