Cheers for advice Bright moon ive just got vegetable root discourse online so will read it.
I can only draw from my own experiences. The only thing that I have found helpful during the confusing moments is to just sit in meditation. Approach the world through your ears. Let everything happen and just watch/listen. Your thoughts, sounds in the room around you, movements, everything. Just watch it without commentary.
"I have tried observing and sitting in meditation but find it alot easier when im around people who meditate,sometimes when im in certain negative environments i find it hard to still my mind(even when i move from the negative environment my human mind observes that when i finish meditation the problem is still there--a false notion i know but cant get rid of it) as my human mind is very strong lol! and usually analysis becomes stronger when i try to sit in meditation,also reading Liu Mings writings and my own experience i find quiet sitting counterproductive(i hope that makes sense ,im no expert)"
Its interesting you go through similar experiences Bright moon and i appreciate you sharing and i will read through vegetable discourse and try an integrate my understanding .
The major thing i have found and maybe also the reason i come into alot of distress is that when i learn some buddhist scriptures they dont give me the kind of understanding i require whereas taoist knowledge seems to hit me in the face as a more relaxed,happy and less serious approach(i dont know why that is) and i am sometimes overwhelmed when i read some buddhist scriptures although ive got to admit it has inspired me and i still regard it highly.
The main problem i come across is the : giving up of desire(well moreover the way in which the ridding of desire is approached in buddhism sometimes can be overwhelmeing to me and causes intense confusion at times but taoist approach gives me much more harmony and i usually integrate the practice with a more clearer understanding and harmonious way.
Bear in mind everyone that my knowledge is incomplete and i hope some of it makes sense,i am investigating more and more and so have partial knowldge
