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Re: I feel trapped by desire,pleasure and expectations
Keep a steady practice even when you're content. Be proactive. (View Post)
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Re: I feel trapped by desire,pleasure and expectations
(Quote) Ahhh, now you're making sense to me. What you may be doing is experiencing skillful and unskillful senses of self. When we practice the qualities of the eight fold path, our sense of self tha… (View Post)
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Re: I feel trapped by desire,pleasure and expectations
This reminds me of some words by one of my teachers. He said that we don't meditate to feel better, such as taking an antacid from eating a fatty meal. Instead, we meditate for its proactive strength… (View Post)
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Re: "Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?"
(Quote) I love this! I can't tell you how many times I've been agitated at an empty boat, or the wind, or the rain... broke into a giggling fit after this description of anatta. With warmth, Matt (View Post)2 -
Re: if you could levitate
Well said @citta :) How could one levitate with the self's desire for levitating weighing one down? Give it up, then we levitate in the dharma, which is the only type Buddha said was not shameful (ie… (View Post)2