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Maddie
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Is using muscle testing or pendulums to release trapped emotions safe or proper according to natural laws or Buddhism?
Maddie replied to Amituofo's topic in General Discussion
It's not something that the Buddha taught, but then again there are a lot of things he didn't teach that can be useful. -
My guess which is based on his explanations in the sutas is he didn't want people to misunderstand his position and he didn't want them to speculate on things that are a distraction from cultivating for nirvana. Or like one of my friends always said, maybe he didn't know lol.
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I think it's commonly mistakenly believed that the Buddha said there was no self. What he actually said was that the five aggregates were not self. When asked if there was a self or not a self the Buddha refused to answer this question.
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That was one of those questions that he did not answer.
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I recommend Winnie the Pooh, most of my best life lessons came from him :-)
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about to start soon
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Recent discussions have brought some interesting points for consideration to light. Namely being is Buddhism a complete system for ending suffering permanently aka "enlightenment" all by itself or is it dated and lacking things? When replying don't just state your opinion, but state the reason that you think so one way or the other.
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Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
When I was younger I had been raised by a pretty religious mom and then later ended up in a Christian cult. Obviously I left the cult and later when I became interested in Buddhism I thought all was well. But after a while I started to be kind of miserable with the type of Buddhism I was doing. It was in the somewhat recent past that I realized that I had unconsciously brought some of my cult/fundamentalist mindset into Buddhism and it was not serving me well at all. I am still interested in Buddhism but my interest now without the cult mindset makes it much more pleasant. -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
What confuses me is that I hear it used in a Buddhist context often yet I have never read a Sutta where the Buddha mentioned it. -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
I hear this duality word thrown around a lot here, but what does it mean in the way that you are using it? -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
I'm just stating what it is, I think I had already shown enough healthy skepticism. I'm not even sure if there even is such a thing as enlightenment. -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
I guess that depends on who's definition of enlightenment you are using. The Buddhist one has a pretty high bar ie. no delusion, no unskillful desire, ect. -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
The only person that I have heard speak that I thought might be potentially enlightened is Eckhart Tolle. -
Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
That is a good question and I am not sure as I have never personally seen anyone that I think fits this description. -
When I was younger I used to be in a Christian cult.
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on right now
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Enlightenment - what is it?
Maddie replied to Sir Darius the Clairvoyent's topic in General Discussion
Enlightenment or obtaining Nirvana is a technical term in Buddhism. It is when one has seen through all delusion and let go of all unskillful attachments and obtained perfect peace. -
I have definitive proof energy work is real
Maddie replied to Mana conduit's topic in Systems and Teachers of
That's putting the proof before the evidence. -
Psychotic behavior resulting from occult study.
Maddie replied to Cadcam's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion
Have you seen a mental health professional? -
I have definitive proof energy work is real
Maddie replied to Mana conduit's topic in Systems and Teachers of
while interesting for sure, this is not the definition of "proof" at least in the scientific usage of the word. -
What is your experience with the Six Healing Sounds
Maddie replied to markern's topic in General Discussion
Same but that was a long time ago when I was new to all of this and didn't know any better. For what its worth, even that I'm not a Chia fan the book about the sounds is pretty solid.- 10 replies
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What is your experience with the Six Healing Sounds
Maddie replied to markern's topic in General Discussion
My primary source was actually Mantak Chia which probably isn't that reliable, but the practice predates him.- 10 replies
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That's an interesting opinion but he never explicitly says that.
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We don't know who wrote most of the books of the New testament lol
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Revelation 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out — that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world. He was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." -KJV
