{"id":18197,"date":"2023-09-29T06:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/?p=18197"},"modified":"2023-09-29T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:21:00","slug":"words-of-wisdom-for-september-29-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/words-of-wisdom-for-september-29-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of Wisdom for September 29, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"15\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"564\" style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dear Friends:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" width=\"550\">\n<td>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image_files\/IMG_5212.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; maxwidth: 550px;\" width=\"550\" alt=\"\">  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span font-size: 16px;'>Bursting the Bubble of Fear<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To willingly reside in our distress, no longer resisting what is, is the real key to transformation. As painful as it may be to face our deepest fears, we do reach the point where it&#8217;s more painful not to face them. This is a pivotal point in the practice life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ezra Bayda, &#8220;Bursting the Bubble of Fear&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=1&#038;m=58685\" title=\"Mini Mindfulness Break\">Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks<\/a>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='font-size=16px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center'>  <a href='https:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/offer-what-you-can' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\">Click here to <i>offer what you can<\/i> for eBooks and Guided Mediations!<\/a>  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center' style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;\">Here&#8217;s an interesting post from Meditation Practices:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 8px; text-align:center;\">\n<td>  <a href=\"http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=9&#038;i=58685&#038;p=658\" title=\"What is the Main Obstacle to Meditation Practices?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is the Main Obstacle to Meditation Practices?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<td style=\"text-align:left; font-family:'trebuchet ms', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/micah-affiliates.com\/click.php?c=9&#038;i=58685&#038;p=658\" title=\"What is the Main Obstacle to Meditation Practices?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainsangha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/vlcsnap-2010-04-25-16h16m03s53-110x110.jpg\" style=\"float:left; margin:10px; width:110; height:110\" align=\"left\" width=\"110px\" alt=\"\"><\/a>When you first began meditating, you certainly will have noticed a lot of obstacles to your meditation practices. Is it the noise in your house? Is it the children running around in the neighborhood? Is it the dogs barking outside? Is is the traffic going by? 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