A journal of Vern Lovic’s meditation experiences in sitting meditation focused on the breath, Jhana, and Abhinna.
[Updated on 25 April 2025] I first wrote this sometime in 2007. This is part of my Meditation Journal where you can find dozens of more posts like this. I have probably added to this page five times over the years, so I can’t even tell what date I wrote what. Hot a great way…
This is part of my Meditation Journal (click) which includes dozens of posts. Here is something I posted in a meditation group a while back. It’s interesting for me to read it again. I just stumbled upon this group and it seems to be a good place to share some of my experience during vipassana….
This is part of my Meditation Journal (click) which includes dozens of posts. I’ve done little with meditation this year (2021). I just haven’t felt it. I’ve had things to take care of and I have had to work hard to keep our head above water. I’ve considered a few times this year doing something…
This is part of my Meditation Journal Experience after the Flat-mind State became permanent. Meditation at Suan Mokkh Temple has always been a pleasure. I’ve had some nice insights there. [Featured image above: Two monks walking to breakfast down a dirt path at Suan Mokkh Buddhist Temple in Chaiya province, Southern Thailand. © Vern Lovic.]…
This is part of my Meditation Journal (click) which includes dozens of posts. Journal Date: 1995 to 2008. I was just thinking that it would be good for me to put down in writing some sort of timeline for the way things have happened for me since starting meditation. Often times people read this journal…
Sitting Position during Meditation Journal Date: 1998 I found that meditation by sitting in a chair and putting my feet up on a table is the easiest way for me to relax. I feel no back/foot/leg pain and am able to lose myself in concentration on breath more easily. I also find that when I…
Thailand Meditation Journal Date: 1996? This morning while sitting on the balcony of our 7th-floor hotel room in Melbourne one was not trying to meditate–but one was just experiencing and being in the present moment. After a short time, one blanked out for some periods of 1-10 seconds. One felt that otherness perch on the…
I found this in a folder of old files I’d left up on Google Drive. I’m glad I kept so much of my journal entries. This one is a doozy. This was written on the day I decided I was moving to Thailand. I didn’t know if I’d become a monk or stay at a…