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Re: The ego and illusion
At this moment......perhaps the....
Ego is a word to describe all that one clings to, rejects or ignores of the phenomena that we come in contact with. Not being subject to attachments does not limit our ability to respond appropriately in our contact with phenomena, rather it frees us from reacting to such contacts in a predetermined or habituated manner.
The ego is a dream lived within to cope with the inanities of the human condition.
Egolessness is simply an awakening and a freedom found beyond this dream.
I think it is all the Buddha entreated each of us to do.
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Re: All things Sport(s)
Not really a dominant performance, but a 1-0 City win nonetheless, and that most of the game without De Bruyne.
Jeroen
Re: Funny Stuff
Amazing how life is both feast and famine, sorrow and joy - often all at once.
ant through it all, we set ourselves down in our patio chairs, enjoying our mugs of assorted brews, and watch the magnificent Sunset...Margeret! We told you that one was for the kids.....Fred! Get down fro....
Happy mayhem to one and all!!
Lionduck
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
My location and the prevailing winds have meant that I've not yet seen or smelt any sign of any fire beyond what the same news has shown you. Of course, that's what a lot of people have said right before they're running for their lives.
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Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I’ve been looking for a solid, reliable way to lose weight for a long time. Tried quite a few different diets, some of which worked but were not filling or satisfying. But this seems good, I don’t feel hungry or tempted to snack during the day, at most a bit during the evening, and it helps you to be more alert as an added bonus.
Jeroen
Re: Getting better "blog"
I am trying to apply the method as explained on the overcoming-anxiety YT channel.
The acronym is ALARM which stands for:
A - Acknowledge - Note and observe the symptom, do not deny or suppress
L - Label- Give it a name, either a general "anxiety" or something more specific
A - Accept/Allow - Just let it be there, say "OK" to it, do not try to fix it or go down mental rabbit holes.
R - Refocus - Refocus on something other than the symptom
M - Move on - Move on with your activities/day.
I find the first three steps very good, beneficial and easy. The allowing is very good, it results in a relaxing, which, according to the YT channel, leads to the gradual desensitizing of the nervous system. It makes sense, we relax in the face of something that the anxiety keeps telling us is a great big problem. An overly sensitized nervous system is the cause of anxiety, according to the channel, and went out of whack in the past when the body reached its "stress overload level". After that, it got stuck in "danger mode". We recalibrate the nervous system by relaxing in the face of the faulty signals that it is sending and doing what we want/need to do anyway, not giving in to the "run away" signal. This all makes sense to me.
However, I have trouble with the refocusing and moving on, since I've developed a habit of often being passive due to "not feeling good enough". The instructions are to refocus on something else and move on (do something else) even if you feel lousy. "Whatchya mean I have to do this thing when I'm feeling so lousy?!". But I do believe this must be the correct way. I cannot be running away and hiding all of my life - this is actually anxiety being in control - not me.
Yesterday, using this method, I was doing well and being productive until about half the day when I just could not make myself do a hard job-related task. And since then I've not recovered my energies. Hopefully, I will soon.
The good development from watching the YT channel is that for the first time I have hope that anxiety can be cured. I've tried many different things previously, but never got the message that it can actually be cured. That's an excellent development.
Today I've done my morning routine in part, am going to lunch with a friend, have a Zoom call with a professional mentor, and will be working after that.
marcitko
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I'm 6' 1'' & do the same except I skip lunch whenever my weight rises above 185 lbs. and only resume eating lunches again when my weight drops back below that threshold. It's not Buddhist in the traditional sense but is gentler in its daily time spacing when fasting is being called for.
Since my diet is pretty healthy (Ovo Lacto vegetarian and usually local & organic) my weight is** best** controlled by being mindful that any meal's true volume matches what I really need over what I want, along with a general avoidance of snacking between meals. Being careful of my sugar/salt and fat intake also seems to help.
In addition to daily walks and bike riding, on every even-numbered day, I do a half hour of weight exercising at a gym, and on odd-numbered days it's a cardio-taxing hill climb.
All of this just allows me some mobility that many of my peers are no longer able to match but time eventually evens out everyone's physical & mental differences.
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Re: Buddhist quotes
Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is, in fact, the reservoir of infinite possibilities.
~D.T. Suzuki
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I came across this…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/whistleblower-ufo-alien-tech-spacecraft
And it seemed interesting that The Guardian would publish it, the guy must have a pretty good reputation. Maybe there is something to this UFO malarkey after all…
Jeroen