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DharmaKitten said:When you get to work and realize you don't even remember driving there, it's a sign you're being unmindful. For me, being mindful is paying attention - to myself, to others, to the world around me. Furthermore, it means understan…
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I struggle with the adaptation of Buddhist practice to our modern lives. Lama Surya Das has written a book entitled "Awakening the Buddha Within" that looks at this issue. In the end, I decided that it was more important to live true to the princi…
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One significant person was a man who was my first therapist (not that I have had that many!) and the man who introduced me to Buddhism. He was a social worker and I thought that helping people the way that he helped me was what I wanted to do with m…
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I am trained as a social worker and have worked for 14 years in the addictions field for our provincial treatment services. I developed a specialization working with older adults who are experiencing substance use issues. I have worked for the las…
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This is an interesting discussion. I agree with some of the posts that nothing comes free. As Brigid commented, in Canada, we all contribute through our taxes. In Alberta, the province where I live, we also pay a monthly premium (about $44.00 or so …
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I like Sim City and play that the most on PC. However, I also like X-Box and play a number of games on that. I am not very good at any of them but enjoy it nevertheless.
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I mentioned in another post (somewhere here) that I was introduced to Buddhism in 1976 in Seattle through a therapist from whom I was receiving counselling. I followed his suggestion and read more on Buddhism and it has felt that this is where I bel…
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I work with older adults and so might be thinking about this issue from time to time. My feeling is that it is inevitable to die so there is no benefit to worrying about it - it will come. We need to focus on living our lives with compassion, fully…
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I don't think that there are mutually accepted rules about how many friends we should all have. I am a somewhat quiet and sometimes shy guy who has never had a large circle of friends. However, I think that I have always had a small circle of very c…
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I work with geriatric clients and quite a few will express a wish to die. In some instances, it is understandable that they might wish that it was all over. Rather than looking at it as a decision to seek death, I prefer to look at it as a request…
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I was in a depression treatment centre in Seattle Washington in 1976. My therapist noticed my interest in the gestalt psychology that was being used and he suggested that if I was interested in gestalt, I might be interested in Buddhism. The rest i…
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I like vegetarian cuisine but as a diet, I have not had much luck. So, I have a mix of vegetarian and meat dishes. I liked the idea very much that it is how we eat, not what we eat. :canflag:
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I agree with the preference for speaking of dependency rather than addiction. If you refer to the DSM-IV-TR, there are specific criteria for dependency, abuse, withdrawal, tolerance, etc.. It think it is more accurate than "addiciton" which not only…
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What is important to me is recognizing that perfection is impossible in all likelihood but nevertheless I am wise to seek to be the best I can. While I might not understand or agree with all aspects of Buddhism, it remains to me an inspiration for h…
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Thanks for the link. This seems to be an excellent source.