lp-week 6 log

May 5^th

1 hour: researching different methods of meditation

during this hour i have begun research on finding the best form of meditation for me. i have decided throughout this week i will devote myself to the meditation aspect of this project.

2 1/2 hours: exploring mindfulness meditation

researching the form of “mindfulness meditation.” it is described as the child to Zen meditation. Mindfulness meditation is described to be used as a tool to “give us exactly this opportunity to become more present with ourselves just as we are”

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-courage-be-present/201001/how-practice-mindfulness-meditation

2 hours: trying to actually “mindfully meditate” (based off of previous research and guidance videos watched)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHhDCW4Q1Rc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W31vHDjyng

daily total: 5 and 1/2 hours

May 6^th

2 hours: researching chan meditation

Chan mediation is described as being the filter in which to gain a clear “attainment of an absorbed, concentrated state of mind”

“The principle of Chan is taking body and mind from a state of confusion and disparity through a condition of one-mind to the experience of no-mind (or no-thought). This is the result of letting go of one’s clinging attachment to the sense of “I,” and to the illusion of the permanence of the self and phenomena…”

http://www.ddmbasf.org/chan-practices

3 hours: attempting to preform chan meditation through previous knowledge.

http://chancenter.org/cmc/chan-practice/how-to-meditate/

daily total: 5 hours

May 7^th

2 hours: researching Zen meditation

(one source)http://www.project-meditation.org/mt/zen_meditation.html

(also in interest)http://olympiazencenter.org/

3 hours: practicing Zen meditation

http://www.wikihow.com/Begin-Zen-Meditation-(Zazen)

1 hour: reading Cuda

daily total: 6 hours