The mind seducing awareness…
Thus have I heard and so I have found...
Normally this happens when the mind has become charmed by its own thoughts...
It pays to be careful how you are talking to yourself, because.... you are listening.
So...
Ok, gotcha. Maybe not my time to receive. I can respect that. 🙏
Say what?
Can you give some experience to what exactly you’re referring to?
In what ways can you teach the awareness to slow down?
Everyday application, perhaps. This is very thick in descriptors…but I find myself not understanding what you’re presenting. Is this another way to observe the mind?
Is this a musing or a sharing of a teaching?
Is the Buddha an experimentalist?
He was an experientialist...
How would one know truth, if not through experiential understanding...
Life is sacred
True... Glad you and your family are okay...
Well I had a busy day off yesterday...
Had a Covid booster shot in the morning then around 1pm I attended an open to the public local board meeting/workshop where locals can present issues they feel need to be looked into...
I was there with the local Palestinian solidarity group requesting the local board (which is part of the greater Auckland super city council) approach the government regarding their lack of compassion when it comes to issuing emergency visas for the Palestinian Kiwis family members trapped in Gaza and the West Bank to come to Aotearoa....When the Ukraine Russia conflict started within the first 9 days the NZ government had granted over 900 emergency visas for local Ukrainian's family members to come to Aotearoa.. And in 9 nearly 10 months of Israel's invasion and bombardment of Palestine the government had not approve one emergency visa for Palestinians...
After a short discussion, they agreed to do this and said that they would also contact all the other local board councils who make up the greater Auckland super city council asking them to follow suit.
The workshop/meeting went on for a couple of hours, other groups and individuals presenting their issues.
Then around 5pm I met up with my work friends to farewell one of our work friends who passed away last week.
And at 7pm I attended the showing of the documentary "Where Olive Trees Weep" about the ongoing trauma which many thousands of Palestinians live with under Israeli occupation.
Some of the scenes in the documentary were horrendous.
The positive of the day is the agreement of the local board to pressure the government into granting visas for the local Palestinian's family members to come here.
Miracles become commonplace. The spiritual path is not easy but nothing is more important. Whatever the practice, it is possible to refine, define and surpass.
minor mracle
More to come? Always.