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HAHAHA thank you pietro, very inspiring...!! thank you ALL for this lovely, HELPFUL advice!! roger i have been practicing your ideas daily, including it with my daily intention.
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this new format is beautiful! i love it, so much easier to navigate. thank you so much!
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thank you Dog Star!
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wicked cynical. and i've gotten exceptional advice from the "bumbling farting students." ...
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teacher??? that's why i'm here. --.--
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Thank you, all. I will work on it day by day. :) And, I always love different perspectives. keep it comin'!
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cute stories, Love'N'Peace! thanks!
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Thank you all for your heart-felt advice! My peer-practitioner and former roomate Jeff gave me the best response I've heard yet. "The feeding of Lucifer: life's moral dilemma #432. If the boy needs to devour fresh souls on a regular basis, then by…
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Thank-You for that idea, Fran45. I may just raise my own mice so I have control of their welfare. :) I think the Middle Way is the Only Way in this difficult situation. I highly doub that Lucifer would be accumulating bad karma by eating the ONLy th…
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that's difficult for me too, Love'N'Peace. Nature isn't decisive, by definition, it's life or death.....
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it's better for you because it's more challenging. 'Deep Waters' = Challenge. ;) THe rougher conditions you train yourself within the better you will be period...! It is the reaction that you have control over, not the noises or the source of the n…
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thank you both for your exceptional advice. I will definetely be using it as some meditation material. :) Very helpful. And honestly, at this point, yes I'm very attached. *namaste*
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With so many branches from religion and philosophy, organized or otherwise, it's bound to be the victim of the easier (negative) culprits of human nature, like greed, hatred, anger, etc....these lead to taking advantage of the system. Any true spiri…
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patb:. I just watched the video you posted...I'm incredibly impressed, and will be looking for more by him!! Thank-You!!
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FoibleFull;94418 said:Look deeper. Behind that person's big ego is probably someone who is terrified that he is "inferior". When you can find their pain, you apply compassion, and your annoyance evaporates. A yogi once said, "Don't hate the cruel …
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Annndd, i just moved to Denver, CO..and I noticed one of those SGI buildings near where I work. I was interested for sure, and every class was really expensive. On their behalf, if they really had pure intentions, why not spread the word for free...…
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I...think all this animosity is completely misguided. I don't blame you whatsoever, Stream, are you kidding?? How could anyone? I think he *Stream* was solely asking for more information about the said 'cult'. Oftentimes, even from my own experience…
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patomin;101884 said: My whole point was that killing is killing is killing. If we say we are against it then we should oppose it in all of our conduct and beliefs. To say "processed" death is ok (frozen chickens) and personally directed death (feedi…
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patomin;101859 said:First I am not a vegetarian, nor am I trying to offend anyone. I just find it highly hypocritical to allow killing "as long as we don't do it". We should oppose suffering and do good. That being said, in this "reality" we live in…
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patomin;101832 said:question...are thawed hen chicks not killed to make them frozen? what is the difference between feeding live mice or pre-killed chicks to the snake? i don't see a difference. A frozen...anything just won'tmove. have you ever see…
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diamond i love your idea, very inspiring! i think its really best just to be mindful of allll the energy that came together, miraculously, to create the meal that will soon become YOUR energy! and vow to USE that energy for only the best in you. Fee…
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federica + ZenBadger:. yes federica is right, i can't feed him anything other than live, whole healthy mice. otherwise there would be no 'moral dilemma', eh? :p thank you for your advice. and yes i have heard that it's much easier to overfeed a snak…
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ZenBadger I don't think you started babbling at all. how is the necessity of a CAT'S food any different than a SNAKE's food?? I am not in control of their diet, and if I was, then I would have made everyone capable of living off of vegetables and pl…
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Olarte;100344 said:Transmetaphysical I too was very anti-system\religion etc.. because it always took the control out of the person, the though should not etc.... I embraced Buddhism for several reasons but one of the main ones was because it put…
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Stephen;99942 said:Could be either. If you vent by "taking it out on others", that's bad. A better way would be to "vent" physically with exercise, and then to meditate on the reasons you are angry in the first place and come up with a solution. I l…
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LesC i like that one! and yours, Dhamma Dhatu! awesome. here's one I picked up from a Zen Food Prayer. I give thanks to the many beings who helped this (breakfast, lunch, hot-dog, cereal, MEAL) become possible before me today. I vow to use this en…
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dhammachick:. i got the snake because HE was the one in the primary predicament. he was not being fed, nor was he being kept under any heat lamp, for over 6 months! THAT was cruel. it was my friend's roommate that left him in the basement. Overall.…
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Knight of Buddha:. agreed! fredrica:. No, my snake absolutely prefers live critters to frozen or thawed. he simply won't eat them..hence my dilemma. TheFound:.haha! clever solution. i'd have to beef the mice up pretty heavy. ;) Palzang:. Snakes we…
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aMatt;100083 said:This makes me wonder if carnivores in the wild accumulate afflictions based on their eating habits. The snake's diet seems very natural. Blessing the mice seems like a very kind and loving thing to do! What a heart you have! Wi…
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thank you for your thoughtful advice, Stephen and Eden!! I love my snake. period. I live probably 300 miles away from anywhere i could just leave him. And in any case, Lucifer (snake) would not be able to make it in the wild. He is too mundane anymo…
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Lama Surya Das. ANY of his. he's American, too so it's easier to relate to what he's saying. Also anything by Tarthang Tulku is exceptional. Best of luck! *namaste*
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Dazzle;89210 said:If one notices the arising of an emotion, then relaxes into that emotion completely, it's no longer there.. AGREED! Try just SITTING with the emotion. Applying the deep concentration you've developed through the beginning of your …
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I've found that beginning you'll need LOTS of quiet, as much as you can find, even if it means going outside your home. As you progress and learn to accept the sounds and distractions in and around you without attaching any thoughts to them, you can…
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i keep my eyes mostly open, not halfway, so to speak. it's easier for me to make the transition from "meditation" to "breakfast" or "laundry" or whatever is next in my day. i feel very detached if i keep my eyes closed and meditate, then open my eye…
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Kikujiro;93775 said:You could always use some incense. (if you keep your eyes open) I heard Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki reccomend meditating till there was no more smoke emitted. i love this idea and will certainly try it, thank you!
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Glow;93585 said:Thanks priyajiivana! :) It really is a great book. McLeod has some very interesting ways of explaining the concepts. I'll try laughing during anger as well some time. Like anything that attempts to deal with anger, it is certainly no…
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fun! i'm an artist and want to try this too!
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porpoise;93400 said:Why meditate with eyes closed? To reduce distraction? But what's distracting about gazing at the floor or a wall? And is our concentration so weak that it can't cope with a visual input? P uhhm, yes?! especially with beginners…
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be comfy!
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meditating is not about the position, it's about the way you use the things you learn during meditating, and your awareness, mindfulness accumulation. it's about the meditation itself.
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i typically use mantras, English or otherwise, for insight meditation sessions. i consider their true meaning, and then don't consider the meaning, breathe, and let some answers come to me. then the real meaning surfaces and it begins to have some p…
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personally, there's simply NO WAY i could set any type of timer, alarm (clock or otherwise) with ANY sound to time my meditation sessions. I use mala beads, which take approximately 20 minutes. I breathe in with one bead, and breathe out with the ne…
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I believe, again, that you should try incorporating it into your meditation. listen to the sounds as they are there, don't attach anything to them, no labels like "distracting" "annoying" or "wife"... if this is very difficult for you, (as i could e…
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Brother Bob;88318 said:yup! i blink. :) oh, mindfully. haha! beautiful
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Deshy;84905 said:I have never done it with eyes open. Don't you get disturbed that way? Do you have to sit in the dark and do it when you meditate with your eyes open? How about blinking? I feel that maybe it is distracting but got to try it and see…
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I have always been taught that, if you sit in a traditional position, your feet will ALWAYS fall asleep. I have always been taught to incorporate it into your meditation session for the day/a.m/etc. simply note it, and continue. don't add anything e…
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Glow;93331 said:I learned this from Ken McLeod's book Wake Up to Your Life: Think about the thing that makes you angry. Do everything you can to make the intensity of the anger grow; allow the self-righteousness, the indignation, etc. to grow and gr…