Sakyong Mipham has released a new book - Running With The Mind of Meditation - and I am very excited about it. Sakyong is the leader of Shambhala, a community of meditation retreat centers and the bestseling author of Turning The Mind Into An Ally and Ruling Your World - both excellent books and ones that have helped me quite a bit in my own meditation practice. Sakyong is also a runner who has completed nine marathongs, including Boston.
The book is timely for me as I feel an urge to turn inwards and focus my energy on my interior needs. To further use running as a means to accomplish this is exciting indeed. I will have a deeper review as I progress through the book.
The main meditation method of Shambhala is Shamatha - or calm abiding - a method I have practiced (along with others) for some time and have recently felt the urge to return to - again timely. I love the imagery and sense of peace that the term "calm abiding" brings to me and it is a perfect expression for distance running - no matter what the trail or road brings, I will abide with calm and peace. Everything passes.
Stay tuned,
Eric
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