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something imortant I think.
Okay guys I just realized about 3 or 4 different ways..
that...
Maintaining ...Buddhism...OR..
rather..... Maintaining a Buddhist intelligence "PRE-SET'' ;
Is important!!!.. :eek:
I just got a new job, a new girl, a new possible future, a new set of FEARS.. all at once...
During all this.. I was and am, SOOOO stressed out that I forget/forgot EVERYTHING that I've learned (Buddhism etc)...
ALL my regular fears have kicked back into place or resurfaced...
all my EGO...etc
all my coping mechanisms...have resurfaced...
the only difference is...now I'm aware of THAT...
It only takes the slightest things to fall back into old habits...:eek:.
IN THEORY ....ok...... I AM past ALL fear ...ALL ego...ALL SUFFERING..
But what really matters, is that in PRACTICE...or rather IN these situational scenarios...it's important that I REMEMBER.
I suffer so bad...I hate, am nervous, am tired , am a bunch of things,
Until I "remember"!
It's such a hard-core lesson!!!
I want you all to read and re-read what I'm saying..make it a sticky if you have to...
What's important is that you remember what you have learned from Buddhism. And apply it skillfully!!! for me if I can pull this off there is no greater satisfaction..no greater glory...
I never knew there was such a LINE....
and how great a chasm it was...
between knowing something philosophically
and DOING something....Physically...Mentally...
In real life...It's gross...
I would dare say...
I KNOW NOTHING...ABOUT BUDDHISM NOW.....even though I've read and understood everything there is to know.. in theoretic or philosophic ...lets say 96% of the material...
in 'REAL'
I'm only at "0.01%"
and that just fkin BLOWS MY MIND wide open..
that...
Maintaining ...Buddhism...OR..
rather..... Maintaining a Buddhist intelligence "PRE-SET'' ;
Is important!!!.. :eek:
I just got a new job, a new girl, a new possible future, a new set of FEARS.. all at once...
During all this.. I was and am, SOOOO stressed out that I forget/forgot EVERYTHING that I've learned (Buddhism etc)...
ALL my regular fears have kicked back into place or resurfaced...
all my EGO...etc
all my coping mechanisms...have resurfaced...
the only difference is...now I'm aware of THAT...
It only takes the slightest things to fall back into old habits...:eek:.
IN THEORY ....ok...... I AM past ALL fear ...ALL ego...ALL SUFFERING..
But what really matters, is that in PRACTICE...or rather IN these situational scenarios...it's important that I REMEMBER.
I suffer so bad...I hate, am nervous, am tired , am a bunch of things,
Until I "remember"!
It's such a hard-core lesson!!!
I want you all to read and re-read what I'm saying..make it a sticky if you have to...
What's important is that you remember what you have learned from Buddhism. And apply it skillfully!!! for me if I can pull this off there is no greater satisfaction..no greater glory...
I never knew there was such a LINE....
and how great a chasm it was...
between knowing something philosophically
and DOING something....Physically...Mentally...
In real life...It's gross...
I would dare say...
I KNOW NOTHING...ABOUT BUDDHISM NOW.....even though I've read and understood everything there is to know.. in theoretic or philosophic ...lets say 96% of the material...
in 'REAL'
I'm only at "0.01%"
and that just fkin BLOWS MY MIND wide open..
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Especially when I start letting my meditation practice slip!
But, yeah, it really feels nice when, amidst all the stress and the worries, you remember to apply the dharma, and everything gets put back into perspective.
A nice dose of Buddha medication does wonders.