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Dharma Practice is like...................
Shoshin
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Dharma Practice is like.....Washing/rinsing the mind out with a good dose of Truth... 
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Dharma practice is like riding the waves where they settle as the moon and earth rotates with no specific destination.
For me Dharma practice has been like swimming upstream. At times tiring and frustrating at how much effort and willpower is needed to gain a little progress only to see it lost again.
Slowly but surely I have made progress though and am a much stronger swimmer for it.
Dharma practice is like living with open or closed arms.
With open arms, we can hold the universe and blur in it.
With closed arms, we cling to our ego and can't see beyond.
potty training. one step forward, 2 steps back and someone has to dump out the poop.
Exactly so ???
Dharma practice is like instantly recognising the truth and then spending weeks trying to put it in practice. The wheels turn slowly.
...playing 'Patience' with an incomplete deck of cards.
A bit like an episode of Star Trek. Occasionally there are Clingons on the starboard bow of course.
Dhamma practice is like physical exercise. Consistent, patient effort will reap results
dharma practice is like figuring out jigza picture puzzle to see the whole puzzle that has a range of emotions.
Dharma practice is like painting in the rain.
Dharma practice is like thinking about smart things to say, but in the end it dosent really matter.
Dharma practice is like taking a stand when there is no solid ground.
Dharma practice is like stopping to ask for directions.
Dharma practise is like cutting your toenails with your teeth.
...is like climbing a 'down' escalator strewn with marbles....
Dharma practice is like... confusing, at times... man.
(only 'at times'....?)
Dharma practice is like painting a sand mandala and blowing it off at the end
at times, like playing piano with huge, edematous fingers (especially in interactions with certain coworkers..."Time to sit back and reflect some on being more understanding and forgiving when I get a few hours free").
The most important piece of dharma work we do, after all, is not what we do when we are alone, but around others.
Dharma practice is like being lost in the middle of nowhere, your GPS doesn't work, and you have to rely in a dusty map stuffed in the back seat.
Dharma Practice is like...breathing in and out
realizing "ass over tea kettle" is "just so"
Dharma practice is like.......
Dharma practice is like .....a lotus flower rising up out of the mud
It's Blooming Wonderful
Dharma practice is like watching people go crazy over the end of the world and you pick up your tea and t.v. guide instead.
Dharma practice is catching flies and releasing them outside.
Is Dhamma practice.