Hello everyone Gurdipe from Port Talbot

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Thank you that was quite a blissful lunch hour

Thank you :)

Thank you for the session ….

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Lovely method thank you

thank you ❤️

Thankyou ready for the afternoon.

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Thanks!

Q what’s the best way to pay attention to the breath or belly without changing it?

Thank you so much for the session! Nice to see you all!

Thank you. How do you relax attention?

Thank you!

thank so much for the teaching and practice

Many thanks

Many thanks, that was wonderful.

Thank you Maitreyaraja.

Thank you so much!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you so much

Thank you very much! Great way to spend our lunch hour

thanks very much!!

thank you

good to mediate with you all x

thank you that was so helpful to be led more and enter into body sensations

Thanks Everyone! What a wonderful session with you all xxx

What does that breathing help called again the one you mentioned yesterday if your lungs are hurting?

really lovely thank you

Thank you. that was so helpful and restful.

Q. Is there a significance to sitting upright or can we lie down and meditate too?

Thank you, great practice

Thank you so much :)

Thank you

This was an extremely relaxing session. Thank you very very much!!!!

thankyou

Thank you ever so much!

thanks very much. Had a few issues with my bandwidth but caught most of it.

Q: I sometimes have very Good ideas when meditating. what do I do with them?

Thank you

Have to go - thanks so much. Very enjoiyable.

thanks for that

Sometimes when I meditate I come across ideas/thoughts that feel important/profound (to me!) and I'm tempted to break and reach for a piece of paper. Generally I just try to remember them but I worry about the trade off of the effort of remembering vs letting those ideas go. Any tips?

lovely and deep

Thank you.

the difference between making more effort and making less effort was remarkable. thought i wasn’t making a good enough effort to concentrate and then when you said make less effort, it really felt like a far deeper connection with the breath. not a question but just want to share

Haha lunch time nap. You read my mind!

Would love to join other activities but timing doesn’t always work. Are sessions recorded?

Thank you for the wonderful session. x

thanks 🙏🏻

Q. I’m finding it hard to stay comfortable for the whole practice - does this normally improve with perseverance?

Thank you so much 😊🙏. I feel so serene right now 😀🧘‍♀️.

thank you very much, lovely.

thank you so much

thanks! and bye bye…

I have to go, but thank you so much Maitreyaraja!

Today it turned into a siesta for me. Let's see how it goes tomorrow

Thank you very much!

Q:What does that breathing help called the one you mentioned yesterday if your lungs are hurting? (forgot to write it's a question the first time)

breathworks

I feel so much more energised and awake now. Really enjoyed that practice. Thanks so much!

Q I'd be interested in your thoughts about when Buddhist imagery arises in the mind when we are trying to focus on something like the breath. Would you say this is the mind bringing something useful in, perhaps subconsciously, or is this another form of distraction? (I imagine there is no black and white answer to this though!)

Thank you very much. I wonder why Triratna only teach 2 methods of meditation. Mindfulness of breathing and meta bhavana.

thank you so much, very enjoyable meditation and teaching

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thank you so much x

thank you very much! 🙏🏼

thank you so much. Will be donating to support your work.

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Thank you

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Thank you !

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Or when you said relax the attention,it was at that moment when I realised I had just arrived inthe meditation moment

Q, When meditating with eyes shut,, I sometimes see a collection of scenes like a film or a dream unfolding. It feels very distracting. Would sitting with eyes open be a way to get out of this situation?

Q: Every time I meditate, after 10-15 minutes I notice my head is tilted up and my neck gets stiff. Do you have any advice on that?

Thank you! x

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Thank you for the answer to my question!

Have to go thanks so much!!

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I am a double above knee amputee but found my feet getting warm, I use visualisation doing the body scan

Many thanks!

Thank you! Have a wonderful rest of your day!

thank you very much I learnt a lot

Thank you!

Thank you :)

thank you - have a wonderful evening all xx

Thank you!!!

Thank you, I'm finding the sessions so helpful.

thank you. take care

Thank you x

Thanks xx

Thanks everyone. Good bye!

Thank you, bye

Thank you bye everyone