Description
December 27, 2022- Jan 2, 2023. A Domo Geshe Rinpoche Retreat.
8 MP3s. Available for immediate download.
Recorded at Winter retreat by Zoom or in person with Domo Geshe Rinpoche at Lotus Lake Temple and Retreat Center
The Discursive Mind: Friend or Foe?
with Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment
While meditating, many start hearing the chatter of their own thoughts; the harder they try, the more intrusive it becomes. Understanding how the mind functions and its relationship to the subconscious will be explored in this weeklong retreat along with techniques to help overcome “The Monkey Mind”.
12/27/2022 Day 1
The Busy Mind
Why do we want to get rid of monkey mind? How does the busy mind help us in daily life? How does the busy mind get us into trouble in daily life? Our core problem. Work on therapy so problem will disappear.
12-29-2022 Day 3
A. Mindfulness in Daily life.
Rinpoche began with a discussion of purification and mindfulness. She then leads a discussion of mindfulness in daily life and how it affects our discursiveness of mind.
B. Discursive veil
Rinpoche discusses what the discursive veil is composed of and how to thin it with purification and mind training. She discusses how our aspiration to awaken creates a better story that becomes our new narrative.
12-30-2022 Day 4
B Kinds of discursive
Rinpoche discusses various definitions of discursive. She then asks How is discursiveness used in its form of communication with others. Sarcasm is part of that discussion.
12-31-2022 Day 5
A Discursive communicating with our self
Rinpoche leads a discussion of “How is discursive used in communicating with ourselves?”
B What is thinking?
Rinpoche begins with our needing to speak more kindly to our self, like. Our self, no find our natural speed. Rinpoche leads a discussion about what is thinking, or what do we think thinking is?
1-1-2023 Day 6
B What is thinking used for?
Rinpoche leads a discussion of “What is thinking used for?”. Rinpoche ends with a discussion of using thinking to stabilize an improved personality, self image, and perceptions.
1-2-2023 Day 7
A Put the techniques into practice
Rinpoche began with commentary on “please sit carefully in the vow” for self respect. She also discussed reducing judgemental, curiosity, self importance, muscle tension. She clarified languid vs flaccid, curiosity vs interest, and discussed the discursive veils between levels of subconscious mind. She emphasized relying on the bones and inner structure to help reduce discursive mind. She asked us to put into practice, the teachings and suggestions for reducing discursive mind that we discussed.
