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Re: Newbie: should I just follow my breath or do I get to think about stuff?
should I just follow my breath or do I get to think about stuff? Imagine you are a ship in open waters. The breath is your anchor and thoughts are the waves. If the anchor is not strong enough, you r… (View Post)
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Re: Is thinking a problem?
Without thinking would there be medicines, enough food, enough shelter or enough clothing for the human population? But without thinking would there be genocide, wars, murders, thievery? No, thinking… (View Post)
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Re: Mindfulness, potentially a hindrance?
Trying to be mindful is like practising scales on the piano. Once it is mastered, the real playing begins. The Pali term is sati or sarati ie. to remember or remind oneself. One can be mindful washin… (View Post)
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Re: the "complete human being"
How about just being without being anything? "Don't be an arahant, don't be a bodhisattva, don't be anything at all—if you are anything at all you will suffer.” —Ajahn Chah. (View Post)
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Re: the "complete human being"
(Quote) The complete human being is not a being. (View Post)1