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Re: Sexuality and Desire in Buddhist teaching
@how said:
The most common experience of finding oneself face-planting about it, again, on such a path occurs whenever one's preceding thoughts have been that they've finally got a handle on it.
A side question (for all): I found this paragraph by @how very interesting since when trying to adopt good habits/behaviors and avoid bad ones I frequently notice that it is easy to resist while it is difficult (while under "attack") but once the "attack" subsides and I think "nice, it's passed"... I still succumb. A strange phenomenon that I do not quite understand.
marcitko
Re: Is the middle way comfortable?
I think the closest answer I can share is one of an astronaut being propelled up into space. And the song "Momentum" by Origin.
At moments at peace,
others at awe, with thw sweaty chance of sudden death dribbling through your mind....
And then hungry.
I sit. And it is hard. I have so many things to do. But I sit, because when you sit for sometime, then you really begin to finally slow down l.
Kotishka
Re: Our personal quotes
The eyes take a sight, the mind's vision becomes that sight,
The ears take a sound, the mind's voice becomes that sound,
The nose takes a smell, the mind's scent becomes that smell,
The body takes a touch, the mind's sensitivity becomes that touch,
The tongue takes a taste, the mind's flavor becomes that taste,
The mind becomes the signs of the other five, nothing there but still alive.
Re: A dream about jealousy
On further reflection, what is hiding behind this is the inner child’s need for appreciation, and ultimately the desire to be loved. Reward for work is appreciation, is love deep within. The key to finding this out was this short quote from an article in Lion’s Roar about dealing with difficult emotions:
As you do this practice, you may discover, as I did, that these tenacious thoughts represent a part of you that longs to be seen and acknowledged. Kind awareness, even toward unwanted thoughts, goes a long way when other approaches are unworkable.
https://www.lionsroar.com/offer-kindness-toward-difficult-thoughts/
I read the quote, thinking, I wonder what was hiding behind that jealousy, with kindness, and suddenly there was a cascade of insights.
A good day’s work.
Jeroen
Re: A religion of warmth
The theme of Buddhism being a practice of not just peace, but also of joy goes to it's origin. in th Lotus Sutra, for example, in the chapter describing the Bodhisattvas emerging from the earth, the leader of these Bodhisattvas emerges dancing in joy.
Buddhism has alwas been intended as a practice of celebration, of joy, embracing the unity of life, both within and without.
Peace to all
Lionduck
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
“Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.” – Zeno (a Stoic philosopher)
marcitko
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
“The traditional method of vipassana is a very cold, dull and dead way, and because it is cold it takes a longer time – perhaps a few lives to become awakened.
But because all the religions of the world have praised coldness in their saints, in their seekers, searchers, they have all delayed progress, delayed the evolution of consciousness.
Energy moves better when it is warmer.
This is one of my contributions, which will be condemned by all the religions – the religions of the cold. I teach you a religion of warmth, love, singing, dancing, music. These are all tremendously helpful to make you alert, wakeful.”
— Osho, ‘The Transmission of the Lamp’
Jeroen
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Are you talking about a meditation bench? They are pretty easy to make. You just need to know how high or low you want it to be, along with what angle you'd like the sitting surface to be. Usually, you want the sitting surface of the bench to point directly from where you're sitting on it, to the center of where your kneeling knees are on the floor.. The idea is to have the sitting surface be sloped enough to be comfortable supporting you without any undue impingement on the back of your legs by its front edge...but not to be so sloped that you'd slide off of it or unduly offload your weight onto your knees.
Some like the supporting bottoms of the legs of the bench to be rounded slightly so that you can adjust the angle of the bench to what best suits you. If you are going to be carrying this around with you, you can also have the bench legs hinged so that it folds into a more compact and portable design. The basic support structure of your typical meditation bench can be cut from a single 3ft long by 6" wide by 1/2 to 3/4 " deep board.
how
