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Re: What movies are you watching?
I'm enjoying Arcane on Netflix. I don't normally go for animated stuff, but I really like the style of this and I'm drawn to the magicy steam punkish theme. More than that though the story has nuance and moral complexity. There aren't teams of people that are good vs teams of people who are bad, like in something like Star Wars. There's a heavy class element in the world, but there are upper and lower class individuals who are good and there are those who are bad. And the good and bad are complex as well, two people with good intentions can be at conflict due to differing values or focuses.
person
Re: Not chasing pleasure nor avoiding pain
@Jeroen said:
In enduring the sunshine and the rain, and not being easily moved, I have found a kind of wisdom about the passing nature of things. I have been a witness to good events and bad, and have found that with patience personal happiness tends to return.
Happiness for me has tended to be about giving attention on the good things in life, and just letting the bad things come and go, taking note of them without letting them take over. That way, the good things get bigger in your optics, and the bad things become more bearable.
Nothing lasts, as Terence McKenna said — nothing lasts. And that is good, that the old and out-dated makes place for the young and the new. It is an engine with which Mother Nature keeps fitting things together in working systems of plants and animals.
And so it is that many problems solve themselves with time. Being aware of the world around you can tell you which things are likely to resolve on their own, and which require intervention.
Jeroen
Re: The Three Jewels, Five Precepts and Delusion
@Ren_in_black
Meditation is not so much about the quantity (how long one can sit), it's the quality that's important.
Shoshin1
Re: The Three Jewels, Five Precepts and Delusion
@Ren_in_black said:
@lobster said:
What meditation would you like to try?
The one where I can start in a chair because I have very little flexibility!
Sure.
That is the 'Egyptian Pose' Used for those who might have preferred deckchair meditation on a beach but want to stay awake.
People use this a lot either on a stool or a straight back chair. It is quite common for Western Buddhists to use it. How long can you sit for?
lobster
Re: The Three Jewels, Five Precepts and Delusion
....it is our intention to be a decent human in our walk, that all the buddhas cheer on.
