Spiritual Discipline

One topic that is relatively taboo in spiritual circles is spiritual discipline, yet for long term meditators of every tradition, discipline is the bedrock of their practice. If you search for spiritual videos on YouTube titles like "Instant enlightenment", "meditation for lazy people" and "the wisdom of not trying" appear. In the American culture if you are sick, experiencing mental health issues, or need to lose weight the answer is routinely stated as - "take a pill."

We admire professional tennis players, gold medal gymnast and skilled football players but don't see the ten thousand hours of practice that created these skilled athletes. In this session we are going to discuss the time effort and discipline needed to establish a solid spiritual practice.