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Are You Happy? Have You Found Inner Peace? (If not... Why not?)
zenmyste
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Simply, I ask you;
Have you attained peace of Mind? [Yes or No]
If not,
Do you believe you are 'near' to attaining liberation?
Or are you a long way OFF.. (and why are you long off)
According to you, Why havent you achieved Inner peace yet?
And finally, 'where are you on your path?..'
How would you sum up your practice right now..?
Have you attained peace of Mind? [Yes or No]
If not,
Do you believe you are 'near' to attaining liberation?
Or are you a long way OFF.. (and why are you long off)
According to you, Why havent you achieved Inner peace yet?
And finally, 'where are you on your path?..'
How would you sum up your practice right now..?
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Define liberation in your own words. This is important to do.
I haven't attained inner peace. I think because my dog is barking. In the present.
On my path I am trying to find a sangha.
My practice is limited. Trying to find inspiration and groundedness. So still grasping to chattering mind. Depressed.
whats the problem?
Now youve got me wondering what the purpose of you is wondering what the purpose of me is asking my question..
You dont have to answer if you dont want to. But also dont be concerned too much, i just like asking these sort of questions.. I love hearing others answers.
Reading about others keeps me inspired.
No mystery!
Inner peace? I am going to pieces. The more I search for literature, the more inner chatter accumulates. I move from Vipassana to Yoga to Subud to traditional Hindu practises to Tarots to I ching to 'just let go everything' to ' It -is-all-beyond-your-grasp-better- be-a-wordly-person to back into these circle from any entry or exit points any number of times.
Some times my mind laughs at my vain efforts, some times,another voice saying, " just as your lungs breath non stop,heart beat by intestine farts inspite of you your mind in churning our thoughts, neurological excreta. ignore them all, IGNORE THEM ALL"
But again I am reminded of my need to be routed in this world,the need to deal with its commerce,gossip,take-care-of-tomorrow,...When others have achieved with far lesser effort and with their ordinariness,I arrived at nowhere in any respect,spiritually or materially or socially.
And I blame it on my orientation to this quest of...spiritualy? truth?inner peace?/or what?
Do you think it could be a possibility that peoples 'so called' practice can actually be 'one' of the things that promotes them to 'believe' their not content..?
(I only thought of this after I read your words)
''im content until i start believing im not''
what makes someone believe their not content. could it be the practice itself perhaps.
it suddenly got me thinking that, if 'trying to hard, or 'seeking' to hard on our path and learning more and more actually then makes us believe we're not happy or we're not doing things right. hence we start asking questions to make sure we're doing things correctly and we start becoming down and distracted by 'others' views etc etc.. Instead of just asking and listening to ourselves for a change..
mmm, Just a sudden thought.
Sometimes in the practice, the mind can jump and kick like a horse, for example when giving up certain attachments. Even when usually your mind is very calm.
But overall I can say, yes, I have peace of mind. That doesn't mean my path is completed, but that at least I'm on it.
I wish everybody the same or more.
Metta!
Fair play to you. Keep up the good work.
best wishes.
But then a self-doubting thought appears .... and I spiral between a state of peace and over-questioning things!!
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No... it has not matured and clarified yet.
Yes... I am free of all doubt in the path...confident and grateful for the continuing support and guidance of good people.
.... There is a saying I love.. not sure of its pedigree. "A thief can only see a Saint's pockets" My saving grace, anyone's saving grace, is seeing the "saint" and opening the heart completely.