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Bridging suffering with vision

JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
in Buddhism Basics
I call suffering when no matter what I do my body feels bad. I still keep metta I think.

I call vision when I feel well and things seem more clear. A great feature of this is self-appreciation as well as appreciation of my teacher and all loved ones in my life.

But it seems so odd that I switch back and forth between these. I am looking for a greater kind of meaning.

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  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
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  • Cole_Cole_
    Jeffrey said:

    Excellent song. :)

  • howhow Veteran Veteran
    The switching back and forth is just our teeter totter practise with attachment.
    Some might say that this demonstrates an understanding of half of this teaching.
    Maybe the other half of this teaching is the greater meaning you seek.
    Vastmind
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran
    Today after nearly two months of near catatonic depression and paranoia, my sister was able to do yoga and help prepare and share a family meal. Her stress was a shared empathic pain. Dukkha.
    Existence and arisings are cyclic and practice (meditation or yoga) may bring up issues for us to overcome.
    Dukkha is not some abstract concept. It is present or will come. So will the joys of practice. Just stuff. :wave:
    Jeffrey
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    Glad for your sister :) (and you too)
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran
    Many thanks. We can not avoid suffering, unsatisfactory as dukkha is. It is true. We can immunise ourselves - practice. We can deal with the causes - practice. We can negate the self indulgent and self absorbed suffering . . . why me, why my karma, why my family. Why was my chicken killed when crossing the road . . .

    We can also develop positive karma, including the means and inclination to practice. We can attain happiness and equanimity . . . who knew that . . . ?

    OK time for my dharma practice immunisation . . . Bring on the Buddhas . . .
  • VastmindVastmind Memphis, TN Veteran
    edited December 2012
    Bring on the Buddhas.....?

    OH.....they have been brought!
    :clap:

    Jeffrey...since you say, you 'call',
    suffering and vision....what happens if you
    try not calling at all? Making that distinction?
    Or is that the greater meaning part?
    Lack of greater meaning?
  • taiyakitaiyaki Veteran
    Trust your experience.

    The experience itself is the meaning.

    Good or bad, it is the basic nature communicating with you.

    Respect and honor that sacredness as it calls you back to home, which is again the experience itself.
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