Meditation

We booked for a meditation course about half an hours drive from Willetton. It was being held at the Tibetan Buddhist Temple. I was really looking forward to it as I am interested in Buddhism as a way of life rather than a religion, which it is not. The area we went to was in the middle of horse country. There were paddocks surrounded by white picket fences. It was serene and peaceful. The temple had only been there since June 2009. It was a beautiful building sat in the countryside for all to admire. The course lived up to its expectations and I took away the first glimpses of how to meditate. This is the main thing in a Buddhist life, it closes down the stress and strains of everyday life and leads to the compassion which, simply put, is the Buddhist way. Being kind and compassionate to every living thing, helping people, not being selfish, not being influenced etc., everything is dependent upon yourself and your choices, everything leads up to finding happiness in your life. Meditation when mastered takes away the negative thoughts, undoes the connections in the brain. Mastering it, is the hard bit, concentrating on your breathing without distraction from your mind is incredibly difficult. Try it for 10 breaths, in and out!