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Re: The Elephant in the Room
I must admit, I just think all these world leaders are more than a little insane. You would have to be to want to be a world leader, and then to go to war. And who wants to listen to insane, very cunning people justify their actions… what use is it to know the news, to be up to date with these things? You can’t do anything about it, your indignation serves no purpose.
Jeroen
Re: Saint Anthony of Padua preaches to the fishes
Why do you think you write on the forum?
There are many reasons why my ego might push me to write on the forum ...
But the main reason why I write , is to share some of the thoughts which make their presence felt...
However there always seems to be a Dharmic connection to be found somewhere in amongst some of the non sense I write..
Possible hints of compassion, empathy, kindness, sympathetic joy, satisfaction, attachment detachment clinging, craving, dissatisfaction...
Shoshin1
Re: Saint Anthony of Padua preaches to the fishes
Writing here unearths my conditioned responses of the past, which can then be compared against the less habituated versions of the same that occupy this present moment.
how
Re: Being fed up with all things spiritual
Spiritual and mundane are not separate.
Your spiritual journey is necessarily interconnected with your day to day real world of just living. Your spiritual practice can be seperated from your mundane, worldly affairs but each will none-the-less affect the other. In melding the mundane, the material, with the spiritual, you grow and advance. In separating mundane from the spiritual, you will reach stalemate.
Lionduck
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Today is Bob Marley's birthday and Waitangi day (The signing of the treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the crown)...The new corrupt coalition government (the three um egos) received a cold welcome onto the Marae at Waitangi by Maori elders...
Many Maori tribes are attending the ceremony and voicing their distrust for the government who want to take away their rights...
It's a public holiday hence why the Auckland Amada has arrived in many of the bays around the island
Shoshin1
Re: Experiences
Experiences
From my personal 'experience'....
"One is simply one's experience.
One's ego is the abstraction from these experiences
One's ego should be viewed as a convenient analytic device."
Shoshin1
Re: The Other Elephant In The Room
Gabor Maté, Naomi Klein, and Simone Zimmerman....Interesting discussion relating to the documentary "Israelism" ...
Shoshin1
Re: Bringing light into the world
I like that.
My fundamental purpose these days is to "be a light unto others".
To do that, I must "be a light unto myself" first.
A work in progress.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love." Gandalf (Hobbit movie).
marcitko