Towards Enlightenment (5): Waking up While Drifting Off / An Introduction to Energy Capacity

by Erdal Bora | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 17, 2015 17:05 After I posted the previous article I didn’t focus directly on meditation. I walked around the house, I went to my father’s, I petted the cats, I ate 15 almonds, I want to play the accordion now. I realized that I was going towards...

Towards Enlightenment (4): About Moving Beyond the Understanding: “It’s not happening. I cannot focus, I am distracted by desires, by life. I feel very sad.”

by Erdal Bora | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 17, 2015 14:19. We are back from Gallipoli. I was able to maintain my state of centering throughout the journey. But there were times of absent-mindedness, yet there is a growing awareness, a state of centering in the background. I ate a green sour apple and a...

Towards Enlightenment (3): What Can Be Done About Losing Focus/Getting Distracted?

by Erdal Bora | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 16, 2015, 10:32 p.m. I just published the previous post and then I was going to sit in meditation, but I lost focus and my attent’on was claimed by Facebook and I briefly surfed a news channel. That didn’t last long. I ate another 8-10 black olives...

Towards Enlightenment (2): The Ground Floor of Heaven is All Well and Good, but How Do We Get In?

by Erdal Bora | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

July 16, 2015 at 00:03 (3rd minute of the day) After I shared yesterday’s article, I talked to a relative and realized that people seek peace and happiness when they are struggling in the system. I remembered my own struggling time. I set the intention before...

Towards Enlightenment (1): The Ground Floor of Heaven and the Slowly Boiled Frog Syndrome

by Erdal Bora | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog Post (Translated from Turkish)

Nice title, isn’t it? I’m going to do it now. I can’t write the article right now because I’m suffering from the slowly-boiled frog syndrome. I have to meditate first and I’m sleepy. I’m going to meditate while lying in bed to get...