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Re: Word Association Game
Guesthouse
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~Rumi~
Shoshin1
Re: Mindfulness at work
I think I remember an instruction for practice amidst pressure and difficult responsiblities. In my past I applied it to arguments or heated discussions. The teaching was to notice amidst whatever difficulty that there is more wiggle room than it seems. Like more space to pause a moment. More space to notice an option that is less of a reaction and more of a creative moment that bubbles up from mindfulness.
And then practicing with that instruction is similar to practicing noticing the breath for a formal meditation. You start the meditation with the intention to notice the breath and then somehow in the middle of a 'thought world' you remember and notice the breath.
Jeffrey
Re: Mindfulness at work
What they do at Plum Village is they have a mindfulness bell which goes off every so often, and then you’re supposed to take a few minutes to come back to a mindful state.
Jeroen
Re: Mindfulness at work
Morning @Bunks
The only piece of advice I can offer is that I try to take five mins here and there and do some quick mantras to refocus. It doesn't always work, but it does help me regroup.
Sura
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Re: The Sufi story of Mojud
This story makes me wonder, should I not give up the money I have left after living for so long on savings, and go out and experience more of the world? Money is safety, comfort and freedom, but it also tends to lead your life down certain very regulated channels. We have health insurance, pensions, property…
It’s funny but just after I found this story, I heard of a friend of my father who had had an ayahuasca experience, and was told to go to Brazil. So he is now moving to Brazil in three weeks, he has found a job there and is going to live there. So this thought just seems to have come on my way.
Some time ago, when I was waking up one morning, a voice said to me, “you have not experienced enough of the world” … maybe it was right?
Jeroen
Re: The No Self Teaching
A Dharma teaching I listened to today emphasized a modern philosopher's TED talk on the topic of self that I remember watching at some point. We understand that when 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom combine a molecule of water is produced. We don't think that there is some essence of water already out there that then attracts the atoms to it. The self is the same way, there isn't some essence of self that attracts the aggregates, the aggregates come together to form a self.
person
Re: The No Self Teaching
@Shoshin1 said:
And from what I gather the "aha moment" of a teaching can come at anytime, anywhere a long the Path ...hours, days, weeks, months, years... Where pieces of the puzzle come together...or depending on how one sees it, are dismantled...
It’s true that different people connect to different teachings, I found Ajahn Chah taught in a very accessible way by emphasizing letting go initially. Easy to understand and put into practice. Then you eventually start to see no-self once you have let go of enough inner junk, and you start to suspect that once everything is let go of there might not be much left.
Jeroen
Re: Funny Stuff
the most ignorant generation is the one thinking itself the most knowledgeable. That shifts from time to time.
Lionduck
The No Self Teaching
Some food for thought for the cognition aggregate ......
You say 'I am', but what does the word 'I' refer to?
Seeker to Seeker
Shoshin1
Re: The No Self Teaching
I recall a bit from Nisargadatta, who said to internally say the words “I am” and then to wait for a pull, which would guide your attention in a certain direction.
But then I always thought ‘no self’ was not really one for the beginners, it took me a long time before I felt I understood it even a little.
I’ll watch the video a little later…
Jeroen