Journalling and reflection
3 teachings in the library cover this practice.
- Session Three - A Letter from a Loving Friend David Oromith · 45 minutes · recorded September 26, 2026
David leads a writing exercise drawn from Kristin Neff's research. We write about something we do not like in ourselves, then a letter to ourselves from an unconditionally loving friend, and read it back as if it had just arrived. After reflections from the group, David answers a question on resentment with the RAIN practice and work on the beliefs beneath it. It closes with Tonglen: we draw our suffering in as dark smoke to a white light at the heart, then widen out to the room and the world.
- Reigniting our Practice David Oromith · 28 minutes · recorded January 26, 2025
The meditation follows the Buddha's instructions to Bahiya: in the seen let there be only the seen, in the heard only the heard, as we rest in bare awareness of body, sight, sound and thought without elaboration. David talks about Marcus Aurelius' reminder that our principles are never extinguished, only buried, and that we can reignite them at any moment. He offers a journal prompt for what small change would bring us closer to our values, and the water pot filled drop by drop.
- Befriending the Mind Natalia Bojanic · 178 minutes · recorded November 9, 2024
Natalia Bojanic on the attitudes that make mindfulness possible: curiosity, non-striving, letting be and letting go, and generosity, offered as antidotes to boredom, agitation, aversion and doubt. Two thirds experiential, with guided meditations, mindful walking and stretching, journalling and discussion.
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- The four immeasurables 76
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- Lojong (mind training) 35
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- Tonglen 24
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- Empathetic joy (mudita) 20
- Mantra 20
- Equanimity 19
- Settling the mind in its natural state 17
- The four applications of mindfulness 17
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- Refuge 6
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- Walking meditation 2
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