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Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I'm preparing for my final exams to then start my LAST year to become a certified Neuropsychologist. Argh!
Kotishka
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
@Kotishka said:
I would go for a walk but the sun is scorching. I tend to do my walks in the morning or evening.
My cousin went with a group of friends to Lanzarote for holidays. I told him I "know" someone from there. Small world, @Kotishka!
marcitko
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I too delight in walking, but find the going tough, due to my wearing a calliper. So now, I trike. I would go for longer rides, but my dog begins to flag... rest assured, I do not run him all the time, that would be cruel; in fact, I very much let him set the pace, and at times he sets the run speed! I also always take water for him... I don't mind the occasional glug myself!!
federica
Re: Discipline in the Path
love you bodhi> @Kotishka said:
Rising early, following the precepts, sitting daily, being quiet when necessary, and speaking with right speech and intention when required—this takes time and development. Once, I believed this brought a much-needed sense of discipline, but in my case, it has been life’s punches that revealed how foolish I was for not following them sooner.
Perhaps discipline and awareness can prevent such unnecessary suffering. Once you truly see it, it’s not as easy to fall back. Still, I cannot forget that the flaws in my character can reignite like dry tumbleweeds quite easily. Thus, the precepts and sitting are non-negotiable.
ty bodhi koishka. i will join in discipline in my zen be and do.
what im realizing soon dicipline becomes u...a way of life.
since you are a zenist like me, chop wood carry water on...
a tidbit, why we practice is to be the unborn like shakimooni. our mind is buddha.through awareness we be awake to nirvanna.
the buudha nature is be and do with ordinary mind. but sit, you will be the samstate of all in all--the natural sambodhi flavor of...the dharmakaya...happy, bliss,peace
our discipline is like ink drawing a circle...complete in your self.
namaste, sambodhi in me bow the sambodhi in u.
s.a.m bodhi...nirvana is in samsara by the grace of sam ohm our dharmakaya mother
Discipline in the Path
Rising early, following the precepts, sitting daily, being quiet when necessary, and speaking with right speech and intention when required—this takes time and development. Once, I believed this brought a much-needed sense of discipline, but in my case, it has been life’s punches that revealed how foolish I was for not following them sooner.
Perhaps discipline and awareness can prevent such unnecessary suffering. Once you truly see it, it’s not as easy to fall back. Still, I cannot forget that the flaws in my character can reignite like dry tumbleweeds quite easily. Thus, the precepts and sitting are non-negotiable.
Kotishka
Re: Discipline in the Path
Great post, Kotishka.
Maybe it's a middle-way type of thing, but I tend towards the undisciplined extreme...
It's always discipline that gets me on the straight&narrow and ultimately happy, healthy, and sane.
It's always non-discipline that gets me into trouble.
Onwards with your efforts and I hope I gain more discipline too 
marcitko
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I went for an hours walk through the neighbourhood and the park… I had hoped to reach the woods but my knee was acting up and I took a shorter route. It seems I am 52 after all.
Jeroen
Re: How do you experience your body?
I still my breathing; I gently relax my whole body, and release tension. I have noticed often, that I seem to experience a sensation of tingling between my skull and brain.. very subtle, almost imperceptible... and my palms also tingle, a little bit like pins and needles, and I can palpate energy between them, as if pressing on an inflated balloon...
I have become aware of the head sensation, since experiencing the car accident last year.☆
Less welcome sensations involve pain to my left eye, manifesting in different ways; and I have experienced 4 severe migraines since.
I am alive. I can't complain. I am grateful for the fact I still exist!
☆see update in this thread:
https://newbuddhist.com/discussion/27257/up-and-down-in-and-out-knocked-sideways#latest
federica