David's Book : Meditation  Theravāda in the 21st century -
modern applications of ancient wisdom  David's Book : Meditation
Postby yawares » Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:31 pm  Dear Members,
David's Book : Meditation [By Dr.David N. Snyder]   When you are
feeling unhappy or sorrowful meditate on the arising and
cessation of these feelings. When you see how it ceases you can
create that atmosphere so that unhappiness is limited to a
rarity. Meditate on the impermanence of these feelings. There is
no permanent unhappiness. All feelings, even happy ones are
impermanent. When we realize this we do not cling to any of
these feelings.  Big Pride / Big Ego  If you are suffering from
too large of an ego meditate on impermanence. Sometimes we
achieve some wonderful things, be it fame, riches, etc. When
this happens our ego can become too large and we can become
arrogant, unfriendly, pompous, sad, and depressed.  By
meditating on impermanence we realize that our situation is just
that; impermanent. Soon we will be gone, whatev