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Re: So HUNGRY to NOT CRAVE
@lobster said:
Imagine someone has Nothing to offer. We of course want something. So we give them an impossible task.
... And the funny thing is they are up to the task until we stop taking and start giving
Nothing.
The replies here have made me realize that the impulse behind my post is about what I WANT. Which is similar to how Christmas was a child. 
If I shift into what I might be able give (or at least, shift away from the focus on my Self), the "problem" drifts away.
Re: Sharing practice through non-practice
@Jeroen said:
I came across this teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh…
I really just wanted to talk about the first 20 minutes of this, where he talks about Mother Earth being within us and just relaxing, not-doing while we breathe, and thinking that healing and nourishment come to us on the in-breath and out-breath, that by letting Mother Earth act for us in walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, we can bring healing to our body, our mind, our society and our planet.
I’ve listened to it three times, it seems to be a way within. Wonderful!
🙏
@Jeroen Synchronicity, I watched that same talk (or very similar one) and practised that same method yesterday evening and was planning to do the same today. Maybe the YT algo decided to push that video on all Buddhists yesterday?
I used to call it "active rest" - where I/we are "just resting". I found it very regenerative and good in my situation of monkey mind and monkey emotions where if I try to bring some calm to the system actively, I often (not always) just make it worse.
I think in scientific jargon this would be called accessing the rest&digest nervous system state. Kind of like after having lunch the body wants to snooze a bit or rest after a workout. These are not laziness but the way the body looks to process and get back to balance.
@Person "Battery recharge", yes!
Thanks for sharing.
marcitko
Sharing practice through non-practice
I came across this teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh…
I really just wanted to talk about the first 20 minutes of this, where he talks about Mother Earth being within us and just relaxing, not-doing while we breathe, and thinking that healing and nourishment come to us on the in-breath and out-breath, that by letting Mother Earth act for us in walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, we can bring healing to our body, our mind, our society and our planet.
I’ve listened to it three times, it seems to be a way within. Wonderful!
🙏
Jeroen
Re: What movies are you watching?
On YouTube I watched "Alpha Gateway" an Australian Si Fi movie about parallel worlds ..
Shoshin1
Re: Going to the Gym
@Jeroen said:
The other thing I found about gyms is that exercise and getting muscled tends to give the testosterone production a big push. So if you suddenly find your thoughts turning to women it may not be craving or the gym atmosphere, but perhaps simple biology. If you can find it in yourself to be gentle and kind with yourself about these things, so much the better…
I'm just going to keep moving, nothing intense or weight lifting. So I'm not too worried about that.
I've been away for a while with Thanksgiving weekend and a cold since. Its given me some insight. While I do have these tendencies in me, I'm sure its the energy in the gym that I'm taking on.
So what I'm taking away is that the craving for relationship is painful. Not that relationships are painful, that the craving and pursuit of it are. So I think I'm back to where I started with a bit more conviction, that the mindset needed to end up where some part of me longs to be isn't worth it.
I'm undecided whether I should stay open to the possibility should it knock, or put effort into letting it go entirely.
person
Re: So HUNGRY to NOT CRAVE
@lobster said:
It is a bit like opening a Christmas present from the inside... and finding the world is the present...
Nice image!