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what is/are your spiritual goal(s) for 2017?
Namada
Veteran
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I've never really done a proper retreat so it'd be nice to get one in at some stage.
What about you @Namada?
-I love to procrastinate things I dont like to do, so I have to learn to eat "ugly frogs" much faster, not only look at them.
-Do more metta meditation for keeping a postive mind and keeping up the good energy.
-Learn new food recipes towards a more vegetarian direction, I know only how to make tomato soup
-Spend more time in nature, take my son and his friends on trips, learning them to make bonfire and enjoy the nature.
A retreat would be great. I wish I could do a silent one for a week. That would be awesome
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You're just supposed to kiss them. You don't have to eat them.
Kiss them? Thanks that helped a lot
I tend to use the new year to reflect. Or go skiing. I rarely create new goals or make "resolutions" at New Years. I tend to make them at junctures in my life, but they're not synchronized to a calendar.
I belive its good to have goals to clarify were you are going, it dosent need to be bound up to a time frame..
I've give up eating meat since the new year, so to stick with that which also involves giving up extra strong mints so trickier that I thought! Also I noticed on FB a new sangha starting up in my town, it's Triratna I think, which I don't mind at all, so I going to start a regular attendance there as I do miss having a physical sangha and group practice/discussions.
The same as last years
Nothing special, but this year the aim is to be better at it 
I think I'm going to continue what I am doing now spiritually. I started into Buddhism in December 2016 so I'm not going to beat myself up for my lack ok wisdom but I will continue reading the Dharma and learning from my wonderful Sangha (you fine people). I have started to meditate a teenie weenie bit so I am hoping to really get into that more deeply in 2017. Some meditation art would be great too!
Well, today I undertake to refrain from killing... etc.
I hope that's not a difficult task for you @Will_Baker
Or do you mean being more mindful not to step on ants or kill flies.
I have no special resolutions for the new year... I would like to lose some weight, I'd like to sleep better, and I will have to get a full time job at some point.
Spiritually I'd like to meditate a bit more, develop concentration more deeply, resolve the conflict between striving for progress and acceptance of the self and the world, and maybe find a few more really cool sutra's.
I'd like to put action to my thoughts and intentions, instead of simply ruminating on the teachings and waiting for benefits I will actively follow them myself
-I'm happy to say I haven't killed anything today... yet :-)
Competitive spirituality is something I try not to engage in. Basically coming first is a lose ...
One beginner day at a time and being kinder, seems good enough ...
Keep us posted throughout the day @Will_Baker.....LOL
I want to:
- Stop being so judgmental of myself and others
- Stop my bloody monkey mind when I meditate
- Delve more into my subconscious and face whatever crapola is lurking there
- Stop disliking myself so much
- Develop a kind and loving heart (it's a bit shriveled after a bad 15-year run)
Oh, yeah, and one other thing...
Become as non-spiritual as I can.
Because I simply can't.
So that basically means I going to be a trendy minimalist spiritualist. That be ma goal.
@Shim
Understood.
You will notice the guy in the original post is practicing the corpse asana, one of the most important yoga postures. His trainers seem to be fanning him, to keep him cool.
So Yoga nidra might suit you ...
Here is some youthful attentive awakening training that might be useful ...
