deci belle

Hi Mal! Now that I can do code for italics, please teach me what to do for putting what I'd normally highlight and paste after pushing the quote button that don't work for me anymore. Thank you!❤

Oh!! Hi Sifu.❤ It means private message or personal mail, or something like that. It's not the comment space where i left my message for you. Look for a message window somewhere else or ask one of the moderators. I'll get an e-mail delivered that notifies me of your private message! You can talk to me in private (I'm too sassy in public).

Marblehead said: "I have never found a need for the word 'heartmind'" Me too, Marblehead, but someone specifically asked me to comment on the recent thread of that name, so that's the only reason I've chosen to use that danged name. deci said: "The mind that realizes sudden illumination is not separate form the reality borrowed by the name heartmind— nor is it other than your own mind right now." See!! I'd already covered my ass. So that means I'm not talking about heartmind— whatever the kfuc that is. Just see a tasty word whenever you come across that icky word.❤ It's about the reality that borrows the name. Mr. Sifu, dear~ doo go back to sifu school! Are you a recently certified graduate? Tryin' ta phish pher sum stoonts? I found my own Shishu in the middle …in the middle of nowhere. Marblehead— I pasted what I finally wrote for that (icky word) thread here. My initial comment for that thread was that (icky word) sounds way too compassionate and new-agey. I do myself hope it dies and blows away soon, bro!! heehee!!❤ Hey Mr. Sifu~ hiya!! Been empty of empty, have you? Welcome aboard! PM me, mate and we'll cook that teacher of yours over some book-embers— I'm not vegan! (ed: deci's quote and some paper-trail paste et post references.)

Hi Baguakid! I don't doo Qigong. Working with breath= has closer affinity with mind= yang? Working with vitality= has closer affinity with body= yin? Just wondering!❤

Mizu sez: "Hey all, what is the point of continually working to quiet the mind, and attain a constant state of "no-mind" in the world.. is this beneficial at all? What's the end goal of this?" No mind is what you already got down, Mizu. It's not work— it's observing thoughts. Trying to control results in further compounded insanity. Not controlling, but employing conscious observation of what's stirring up as a result of a life-time of habitual dependence on following delusion. The problem isn't ego or intellectualism, it's habitual behavior. Ego constitutes the conditional matrix of self-reflective habit-consciousness, but one cannot attack ego directly— on the contrary, the process of self-refinement is a matter of clarifying habitual mental activity while simultaneously shoring up and sanitizing ego. It is a matter of training ego. Adapting to the constant state of everyday ordinary affairs without involving ego isn't even the goal— it is the means to self-refinement. The end goal of self refinement is about your imminent demise. It's about your death. Essence is unborn, uncreated, yet aware. This awareness is itself what constitutes your awareness right here and now as you read these words. It is your choice to deal with circumstances or deal with potential living awareness. Since it is selfless, only selflessness is admitted. Through one's gradual efforts in self-refinement, one's habitual, karmic consciousness is clarified to a point where one begins to partake in the process of creative evolution as one continues to walk the path that wears out the sandals you were brought here to wear out. Perfect presence is being at the epicenter of equipoise. Perfect presence is simply a matter of being harmonious before emotions act and balanced once they do act. Perfect presence is the state of readiness. Readiness without bias or inclination. Perfect presence is resting in potential, whereby spontaneity is the natural response to affairs. Desireless action is spiritual because it is not dependent on thought. It is like knowledge. It is instantaneous, without forethought— hence, it is non-psychological. Why don't people know why the non-psychological is spiritual? Harmonious Emptiness said: "It's important to learn more about what no-mind actually is before going to a teacher, in my opinion. There are a lot of abstract and incomplete understandings and applications of it, and you'll find that when you read things like the Lankavatara Sutra, the Sutra of Hui Neng, and Secret of the Golden Flower that these generalizations and misunderstandings existed in the teaching even during the early days of Buddhism and Taoism. One of the first things that stands out is that they warn against merely cultivating thoughtlessness as this leads to a zombie like stupor rather than a deeper realization of our existence. Though during meditation, your thoughts will eventually cease and be replaced by a conscious internal and external awareness, this is not the end in itself. There are numerous other ways to grow personally that are involved which require more than just stilling the mind. One important teaching on this was in the Sutra of Hui Neng where he somewhat echoes the Lankavatara when he says not to follow teachings of "thoughtlessness" but of "idea-lessness." I think the best I can do is just to leave it at that say read the books I mentioned above. Get it from the source, and use Cleary translations when possible. There are many other good translators but Cleary is usually more modern and coming from an immensely broad knowledge base, whereas some older ones knew very little about the terminology." ❤!! (ed: add HE's post)

Bouree. by Bach.

Bold, italics and underline don't work when I compose posts for the Forum. It only works for me in PM. Someone please help me fix it, k?❤

Too bad me luddite~ otherwise I'd implement this simple and effective procedure, DE!!❤ I'm almost hopeless in this regard, but I can do it the hassle way and certainly won't be aboozing my italics privilege! heehee!!

Mona Lisa.

On a similar vein, Don Juan Matus said a warrior only has two tools in life: will and patience. A warrior knows what is being awaited, avoided, fought. "If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession."

haha!!❤

Creation is causeless, non-origination is already your essential nature. What could possibly be accomplished by suicide? Can you laugh at that?❤

Good as Dead What is more complete Perfectly expressed Unequivocal And naturally good As death? Existence is apparently Divisions of horizon Death is clearly A transparent Vertical sweep. Living aware energy Knows no change In the seamless Wonder Of it all. Life doesn't go anywhere Energy isn't lost There is no afterlife No thing precedes Immaculate return. One is all All is one Not even a one Much less nothing Has been glowing all along in the dark. Good as death Isn't a boundary Even as you survey The partial dimension's Compulsive grooming.

Vmarco said: "Interesting view,...but quite mental." hahahhahhaaa!!❤

Cloisters are hot-beds of iniquity~ from an ancient Chinese buddhist treatise. I conclude that is is people who become corrupt. Religions don't have the ability to act, arbitrarily or otherwise. I thought it was Chogyam himself who was HIV+… it doesn't matter really. He helped many many more people than he hurt, if that was the case. Hope I can say that about myself someday!❤

Having spent the bulk of my life ready, willing and able to sleep on rock ledges, dirt, grass, picnic tables, belay slings, snow caves, "stokes" litters, in the back of trucks, recycling dumpsters, etc… my current bed is a self-built full size frame topped with 1" x 4" pine slats covered with about 4 layers of cardboard from large appliances. I have a wool shearling mattress cover on top of the cardboard. Lately I have been using pillows, but that is not always the case. When I have back pain, it is usually from trying to move heavy objects— fortunately that only happens infrequently. Actually, I do walk sideways a lot (Carioca-style) and skip, too! heehee!