Date: 03/22/2025 03/23/2025
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Sara
Sitting Meditation
The Emergence of Wisdom After Deep Calm
When the mind rests in deep calm, wisdom arises naturally. This insight is direct and uncontrived, not the product of analytical thought. Calm provides the space for clarity to appear.
1.Relationship Between Calm and Wisdom
1.Calm removes interference
Emotional noise fades.
2.Awareness sharpens
Observation deepens.
3.Unbiased seeing
Perception is unobstructed.
2.Characteristics of Wisdom
1.Direct and simple
No elaborate reasoning.
2.Beyond concepts
Language recedes.
3.Stable and clear
Unaffected by mood.
3.Common Insights
1.Direct seeing of impermanence
Change is undeniable.
2.Release of grasping
Clinging loses necessity.
3.Clear causality
Actions and results align.
4.How to Relate to Insight
1.No self-appropriation
Not a personal achievement.
2.No exaggeration
Remain grounded.
3.Continued practice
Stability is required.
5.Direction After Calm
1.Return to daily life
Test insight in action.
2.Integrate conduct
Wisdom informs behavior.
3.Deepening contemplation
Sustain clear seeing.
Conclusion
Wisdom arises from deep calm as natural clarity, not intellectual accumulation. The steadier the calm, the clearer the insight.
