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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 82 excerpt)

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2023/02/18

Story 82 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. An old proverb says that “as a man thinketh, so he is.” I’d like to alter this somewhat and proclaim that “as a man is conditioned, so he is.” Oft-repeated behaviors, beliefs, views, and thought patterns define who we seem to be. This we feel is carved in stone, because we feel comfortable with what is familiar.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 2 minutes 26 seconds

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 81 excerpt)

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2023/02/15

Story 81 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. One time I chose to simply live in a small guesthouse on Gnat Agi Pagoda Road in Bahan Township in Burma. I would forego all travel. Across from my guesthouse was a tea shop from which I could watch all of Burma, past and present, pass by. Further down the road was a stitcher lady who would alter and repair my longyis. And behind her was a monastery where I could meditate....

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 80 excerpt)

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2023/02/11

Story 80 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Matthew 21:22 promises us, “Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, ye shall receive.” Now I grant you that few people read the Bible these days, perhaps because they took Matthew too literally. But it doesn't matter, because today the good news of the Bible has been replaced by the Gospel according to Wellness. Pursuit of a good life has been replaced by the pursuit of the perfect life. “Everything

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 79 excerpt)

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2023/02/08

Story 79 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Our cottage is on a small lake on the Canadian Shield. Our shoreline is very rocky, with large boulders deposited there as the glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. Amazingly this shoreline provides sufficient sustenance for trees to grow and, in their own way, thrive. They protrude out perpendicularly from crevices between the rocks before turning upwards to catch a modicum of sunlight and

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 78 excerpt)

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2023/02/04

Story 78 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. One summer I drove a truck for an oil company. Two of us installed the oil tanks for furnaces in the basement of houses. It was dirty work. The basements were often unheated. They were seldom clean. One day, it was particularly cold and rainy. We entered through the back door into the kitchen. On my way to the basement stairs I came upon the owners, two unwed older sisters having a breakfast of

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 77 excerpt)

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2023/02/01

Story 77 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Doing non-doing deconditions the mind so that a happy life, defined by the Stoics as true, virtuous, and natural, arises like a phoenix from the ashes of the conditioned mind. Since the real shift is within you, your new life may retain all the appearances of your old life. After all, the difference, they say, between heaven and hell is a mere sixteenth of an inch, surely an imperceptible amount

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 76 excerpt)

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2023/01/28

Story 76 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. In Korea it is considered rude to speak immediately after someone else has just spoken. Korean culture demands a slight pause to indicate the listeners have fully digested and appreciated the input. It gives them pause for thought. This promotes civilized dialogue in which everyone’s view is respected. It also calms blind reactions to some perceived fault in the argument. A pause is a conscious

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 75 excerpt)

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2023/01/25

Story 75 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Years ago, when I would walk around my house late at night after everyone else was asleep, it felt like I had always lived there. I liked that it felt that way. As my oldest son said when he was three, “It feels as perfect as right.” I knew where the hardwood floors creaked, and I avoided those spots so I wouldn’t wake the baby who, like me, was a light sleeper. My wife and my five-year-old, he

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 74 excerpt)

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2023/01/21

Story 74 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I loved the water buffalo I encountered in India. Despite their girth and their horns, they were very gentle creatures. They calmly abided all and sundry afflictions, heat, mosquitoes, and monsoon rains without so much as a by-your-leave. Other than whisking away unwanted bitey things with their tails, they endured, and they did so ever so calmly.... narrated by Ian McCrorie

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 73 excerpt)

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2023/01/18

Story 73 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I loved to go fishing with my father, because he was a terrible fisherman. He never caught anything. I was fine with this. I didn't like to put a worm on the hook. I didn't like taking the hook out of the fish's mouth, and I certainly couldn't bash the head of the fish against the seat of the boat to kill it.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 5 minutes 47 seconds

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 72 excerpt)

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2023/01/14

Story 72 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I think there is a place in our lives for tradition and even ritual. They keep our lives simple and understandable. In our family we have pancakes every Sunday and tea every evening. We go for walks together. We spend a month every summer at our cottage. We watch a movie every Friday night.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2023 4 minutes 14 seconds Listen to Streaming

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 71 excerpt)

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2023/01/11

Story 71 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. The summer after high school, Tony, his younger brother Chris, and I set out in an old Vauxhall held together with spit and bailing wire for points west on the Trans-Canada Highway. We camped the entire way and cooked over an open fire. Once we reached the Pacific, we headed south to the Oregon hills before turning east and eventually home and university. On the way we camped near Mount

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 70 excerpt)

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2023/01/07

Story 70 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. Bhante Rahula and I would meditate outside on some very flat but hard boulders because that summer was particularly hot. On this particular day, I crossed my legs and straightened my spine as usual. I closed my eyes, and almost immediately I felt nothing but subtle vibrating throughout my entire being. It appeared I had dissolved into pulsations. I felt no solidity. I had become a...

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How to Find More Psychological Stability in an...

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2023/01/06

"How to Find More Psychological Stability in an Unstable Time: The Role of Meditation" is an online Zoom talk by Paul R. Fleischman given on November 10th, 2022, co-sponsored by Connecticut Vipassana, Being Well at Yale, Good Life Center, MCDB DEI Committee, New Haven Library, Hindu Life at Yale, Buddhist Life at Yale, South Asian Studies Council, New Haven Insight and Woodbridge Town Library. This was his fifth talk about Vipassana given to the greater New Haven and Yale communities. Paul R

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 69 excerpt)

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2023/01/04

Story 69 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. The more I investigate and dissect what I focus my attention on with clear comprehension, the more apparent becomes the changing nature of the mind and body. I don’t have to chase away any uncomfortable feelings or pains with alcohol or drugs or various distractions. I am less inclined to succumb to their whispered promise to stop being the person I am for this one evening and become...

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 68 excerpt)

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2022/12/31

Story 68 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. On my way to school one bitterly cold winter's day, I passed a house in the early stages of being built. The workers were framing the roof. The wind was howling, the snow was blowing, and they kept at it because that is what we all must do. We choose our path…roofer, physicist, or, like me, a solo contemplative on a hilltop in India. But we hone our craft every day, even...

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Pariyatti Presents... Maintaining Your Meditation...

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2022/12/30

Pariyatti Presents...a panel discussion about "Maintaining Your Meditation Practice at Home: Helpful Supports and Challenges" recorded on November 13, 2022. The panel consists of meditators in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka moderated by Paul R. Fleischman. The panelists (Michal Barnea Astrog, Wayne Smith, Kory Goldberg and Marta Van Patten) share their experiences based on the questions "What helps you with your daily meditation at home?" and "What are the difficulties

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 67 excerpt)

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2022/12/28

Story 67 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. I was too thin to have good quality clothes fit me well. When I wore a suit, my head looked too small. When I turned my head while wearing a collar and tie, neither collar nor tie moved. Like a compass, my tie always pointed north. If it weren't for the sleeves, I could perform a full 360-degree rotation without my suit getting a wrinkle. But in the end,... narrated by Ian McCrorie

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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 66 excerpt)

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2022/12/24

Story 66 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie. To be a Buddhist is to be a Stoic and to be a Stoic is to be a Buddhist. Neither is a religion. Mere belief in their precepts holds no purchase. Reciting them every morning proves futile. Both speak of universal truths and natural laws that govern human and social behavior. Both schools are empirical, which is to say they are evidence-based. And that itself is grounded or tested, even, on one’s

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Pariyatti Presents... An Interview with Bill...

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2022/12/23

This is a Pariyatti Presents... interview with Bill Crecelius, the author of A Meditator's Handbook, Vipassana teacher and practiioner of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. The interview is followed by a 30-minute Q&A session, where he answers selected questions from the audience. Bill Crecelius interviewed by Marta Van Patten 2022 1 hour 29 minutes Watch the video or download the audio. The Vimeo player has Chapter markers located at the bottom

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