🦥 Effortlessness and effortless Practice 🦥
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🦥 Effortlessness and effortless Practice 🦥
“It is not what you do, but what you stop doing that matters. [...] In peace and silence the skin of the ‘I’ dissolves and the inner and the outer become one. The real sadhana is effortless.” (Nisargadatta Maharaj)
One of the fundamental opposites on the spiritual path are effort and effortlessness. The more advanced the practice, the more effortlessness becomes an important quality in the practice. At the same time, most practicioners make a lot of effort on the path.
Let's meet and share for an afternoon on the topic of effortlessness and effortless practice and it's balance with effort.
“When you are trying too hard, your effort becomes mechanical, and that defeats mindfulness before it even gets started. [...] Drop your expectations and straining. Simply meditate with a steady and balanced effort. Enjoy your meditation and [...t]he meditation itself will take care of the future.” (Bhante Gunaratana)
💫 What this event offers for you:
*Guided Meditations for arriving, calming the mind and tuning into your intuition
- Meeting people interested in spirituality (all levels)
*Safe Space for sharing - non-hierarchical and non-judgemental - Opportunity to ask just about any question
👀 You may watch one or few of the following Videos for inspiration:
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Adyashanti on effortless effort: https://youtu.be/0ZxRrfZTj9I?is=jTGL1qspGosYmxch
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Angelo Dilullo on "Simply always awake": https://youtu.be/l2LZvO9wotM?is=AGxDMQem6AL2MJAn
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Dean Sluyter on the Guru Viking Podcast "on "Effortless Awakening": https://youtu.be/hWn63b4f490?is=tHMv8coTga2jhci5
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Mingyur Rinpoche on effortless meditation: https://youtu.be/2va3j-Ub3B0?is=lE3T-MMxF8eFpQeH
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Swami Sarvapriyananda on effortless meditation: https://youtu.be/1GkNIs3H2OA?is=HVcNEgoYuasFuNHb
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Shinzen Young on "strong determination sitting": https://youtu.be/xVUtUguRc5s?is=YWH_wRWTJb3Ooqc5
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Sadhguru on "Meditation is effortless": https://youtu.be/7uV-dZuxAXg?is=yiKvnjwUsUFOQ7oM
🧘 About the Organizer
Martin is a certified Mindfulness Teacher, Systemic Coach, Yogi and Altruist by heart who teaches Meditation and Martial Arts in different formats. However, in this meetup Martin focuses on the altruistic intention to open a space for people to share while offering as much facilitation as needed in the moment.
“What is the use of truth, goodness, harmony, beauty? They are their own goal. They manifest spontaneously and effortlessly, when things are left to themselves, are not interfered with, not shunned, or wanted, or conceptualized, but just experienced in full awareness. Such awareness itself is sattva. It does not make use of things and people — it fulfils them.” (Nisargadatta Maharaj)