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You dont know many Chinese then, is my guess.

Yes, its possible. The greater the pain, the more clarity there is. This is sometimes called the luminosity of what is. This luminosity is the essence of awakening to truth. It can be derived from either source -- pain or pleasure. The general tendency is to avoid pain, or do various things to alleviate the pain, to make it go away. Conversely, people tend to crave and gravitate towards pleasure and painfreeness, usually doing their utmost to make these two states last as long as possible. Eventually things change, nothing lasts without taking off in a different direction after a while. When it does, people will think they are in pain again. The cycle repeats and repeats endlessly. This is what leads to unsatisfactoriness, giving people a sense of being displaced without actually knowing why they feel that way most of the time. Pain can be used as a practice to stay present. It can also be used as a practice to transform one's ego clinging. The best help for oneself is to practice seeing thru both pleasure and pain as nothing more than fleeting sensations. Only when the actual source of non-differentiation is seen in & integrated in its proper light can transcendence of both take place. me2shillings.

Don't you think the issue is not so much with New Age antics, but that mainstream people would actually fall for them? And the numbers are on the rise, as faith in mainstream religions begin to diminish. Perhaps the focus ought to be on the underlying causes why people get stuck on the level of incompetence, disillusionment and susceptibility in the first place. Then one might arrive at insight, and hopefully from that generate some wisdom and compassionate understanding. Wouldn't this be more helpful instead of directing what seems to be cynicism towards those whose practice does not align with yours?

Yes, heard the same, on both counts. Sorry for your loss. Do you have another cat now? We have a black and white one back home named Mickey. After the Mouse. Haven't yet heard of a mouse named Felix though. Im sure there's one out there somewhere.

Did it die from cat sickness?

yeah, fantastic pics! 'Cept the Russian one looks a bit sinister alright.

together again like sun and moon, yoke and white can't wear two left shoes...

You're attempting to identify whats happening to you in the hope of alleviating this present dilemma of yours, but you don't believe in karma??? Thats quite funny

If you are so adamant at quoting this chap at least be respectful enough to use the name he is currently using. I mean, you are aware that he no longer wants to be associated with the icky history of that 'name', don't you? Or am i missing something here?

is it all we have? this loaf of bread and some tea? come, lets celebrate!

Buddhist sickness? Sure. Why else would there be a need for Medicine Buddha?

I got a birthday card from my son last year -- very consoling, indeed. It said, "That's not a bald patch, Dad, its a solar panel for a sex machine". You can lock a man up, but you can't stop him from dreamin'.

To begin from the foundational level: http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/4nobltru.pdf

and this article: http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org/ScientificPublications/2005/EkmanBuddhistCurrentDirectionsInPsychologicalScience.pdf

Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? -- A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama (Narrated by Daniel Goleman) http://www.amazon.com/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialogue-Dalai/dp/0553381059 Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment -- B. Alan Wallace http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Happiness-Meditation-Path-Fulfillment/dp/047146984X Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill -- Matthieu Ricard http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Guide-Developing-Lifes-Important/dp/0316167258/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EQF89EPTJR8K4AMAHS9 The above books should go some way to help in your research.

That list is nothing but spin. You can read a couple of books and come up with a more impressive one if you so wish. DIY from reading materials is spiritual suicide. Its critical that you take on board the kind words of concern that others have offered, and do the right thing. Damages could be irreversible. Some gates, if you open them without the correct prep, are like opening a pressured furnace. The roaring flames and the heat, once let out, will burn down the doors first , and then burn the furnace itself in due course. And in esoteric practices, its not just one door we are talking about. Its a series of doors, all connected. The Chinese have a saying about not guarding the doors allowing the demons to sneak in. Think of the consequences. Wisen up.

Thats one of the main reasons why kids are closer to the Tao. Are you sure nothing happened? Look, you landed a lucrative job, didn't you?

Sharing. For those interested.

I thought it was one of those one-trick pony sort of video, so i did a little search, viewed some of her other vids, and came to that obvious conclusion. Must say she is no one-trick pony. Very skillful indeed.

potential, stored tight like two halves of a nut shell hiding a kernel...

Have you tried prayer? Maybe pray and give thanks you don't have a major toothache in addition to this temporary condition. It sounds like im being funny, but trust me, prayer works, especially prayers based on gratefulness. Some people also do confessional prayers after(not the superficial, sloppy kind... here, confession means admitting to your limitations, thereupon submitting to your inner potential for betterment). Helps to realign your subtle body, which then sends reverberations outwards towards the coarse body. So, try this out. Each time you prematurely awake, start praying. Send good wishes to yourself, to your family, your relations, your friends, your enemies, animals, war zones, anything that matters to you at all -- even problematic life situations, etc. Do it every time, and before long, the intermittent sleep issue will be over. If it resurfaces, start praying again. If after 5 years the problem is still unresolved, just think all the good that came out of it... you would have sent out millions and millions of good thoughts, purifying your mindstream to such an extent that your problem could be the exact cause of your spiritual awakening. Think about it.

She is very nimble.

LOL

none to mourn the loss for nothing lost, nothing gained back to eating rice...

Yes, but 'not real' does not mean 'without consequence'.