Introspection and self-monitoring
3 teachings in the library are about this.
- Learn to Choose Your Thoughts David Oromith · 32 minutes · recorded November 1, 2026
In the meditation we picture the mind as a vast blue sky and our thoughts as clouds passing through it, and watch each one without getting involved. David explains how this creates distance between our awareness and our thoughts, and spaciousness around each one. Thoughts are like a mosquito looking for somewhere to land, he says, and they get their energy from us, so we have a choice about which ones we starve and which we nurture.
- D4S1 - Concentration, and Balancing Effort With Relaxation David Oromith · 86 minutes · recorded August 10, 2026
The morning opens with mindfulness of breathing at the nostrils, with relaxation, stability and the counting. David turns to concentration, the fifth of the six perfections, and what gets in the way: excitation, the scattered mind, and laxity, the dullness that can feel like meditation. He talks about balancing effort with relaxation, and about mindfulness as the guard at the gate and introspection as the manager checking on it. In a second practice we attend to sight, sound and mind, then harvest joy.
- Guided Meditation - Sitting with a Difficult Emotion as a Hurting Friend David Oromith · 21 minutes · recorded October 26, 2025
A recent worry or difficult emotion is brought up from under the surface and held as if it were a hurting friend. David asks for no fixing and no dialogue, only hello. We follow how it maps across the body, a swirling, a tightening, a pressure, then the narratives and memories, listened to rather than believed. When the mind starts problem solving, the exhale lengthens. It closes on three energetic breaths sighed out through the mouth.
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