I’m currently reading “The War of Art”, which is about the challenges of overcoming one’s internal challenges i.e. Resistance.
This was the paragraph that caught my eye, as something completely representative of most people’s attitude towards meditation:
Procrastination is the most common manifestation of Resistance because it’s the easiest to rationalise. We don’t tell ourselves “I’m never going to write my symphony”. Instead we say “I’m going to write my symphony; I’m just going to start tomorrow.”
Substitute “write” for meditate!
Also,
Rule of thumb: the more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
Singaporean. Trained as a scientist (B.S. in Chemical Physics from Rice University, Houston Texas). Now in the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design as part of the Interaction Design Programme (IDP 2019).
Generally a curious person, with wide ranging interests from Archaeology to Zen.
Meditator. Largely due to an experience that I described here in Quora before.
Websites:
https://inquivision.wordpress.com - personal blog for self expression. Eventually will also contain some of my portfolio.
https://8-course.net/ - very WIP site for a non-sectarian course introducing the basics of the Eightfold Path, complete with practice exercises, references, and guided meditations.
https://withdrawndiligentardentresolute.wordpress.com - Notes from Buddhist scriptures, specifically the first 10 Majjhima Nikaya suttas, as explained by Ajahn Brahmavamso in the 2011 Rains Retreat.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peijingteh/ - LinkedIn profile
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