It sounds weird, huh? Anyway, my today’s post will be about my meditation lesson. Go on. This was my first time to practice and learn Dhamma at Wat Marp Jan in Rayong. The moment that I made up my mind to stay at Wat Marp Jan for two nights, I first felt scared of something I have never known at that place even if I was accompanied by my friend. But then, my panic feeling was disappeared when my pace had stepped in Wat Marp Jan. How come? That was because I got a chance to sit for meditation and listen Dhamma teaching. After that, my mind had become calm and wonderful because I didn’t have to think or feel worried about something which made my mind unhappy or displease. In other words, my mind was as if the sea stayed calm and pacific. When my meditation was done, the next thing I have to do was to do activities like cleaning restroom, sweeping leaves on the temple’s ground, or cleaning kitchen. From the teaching, while I was doing something, I need to be mindful that I was doing the thing and have to do it carefully; that is, I had to do one thing at one time.
As the sun had set, I walked to its chapel on hill to pray and practice the sitting meditation in the evening. Around serene and placid circumstance, my meditation just focused peacefully on my in-and-out breaths so that my mind could not think about anything else. This is the point of this story. That I tell you about my meditation is because I want to tell you that meditation can help you in many areas. To illustrate, if you do anything mindfully and carefully, you will get it done successfully. And I would like you to try sitting for meditation or doing anything with mindfulness. For beginner like me, you should go step by step by sitting for meditation once a week for 15 – 20 minutes and then, twice a week for 20 – 30 minutes. I know that you may feel bored with it when you read my post above. But you know what? The meditation will teach you how to live and be happy. Wonderful!!
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