manitou
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Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
Michael - really interesting video. It will really be interesting, if there is a second wave, to see if Holland comes out better because of this more relaxed (and accepting) attitude. It makes sense to me, not to be so overly cautious - and let nature run its course. Also, don't touch your face.- 317 replies
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Seeing, Recognising & Maintaining One's Enlightening Potential
manitou replied to C T's topic in Buddhist Textual Studies
As I think of the people I've run into who have what I consider Buddha nature - what you say seems exactly to be the case. There is really no defining it - as you say, you can't say it's nothing, you can't say it's something. But Buddha nature, when displayed, seems to have love as the cornerstone. Even when the Buddha-nature is having to make corrections in another's behavior (like a child), the love underscores and permeates the punishment. When one is living within the reaches of wu-wei (I'm using this as comparable to Buddha-nature), one waits until the situation reveals itself. Not acting first. The reality reveals itself to the Buddha-nature. And then the appropriate response can be seen clearly. I'm guessing there's room for anger or rage within Buddha-nature, but as it says in the DDJ, the utterances of nature are strong but pass quickly. The true self. The unadorned self. The self that works on behalf of all, as we are all manifestations of The Undifferentiated. -
@CT for being the heart and soul of the Dao Bums. Quiet, radiant wisdom
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@zerostao for always finding the way of wisdom and kindness.
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Seeing, Recognising & Maintaining One's Enlightening Potential
manitou replied to C T's topic in Buddhist Textual Studies
Is-ness. And if that's the case, 'Buddha-nature" is really nothing at all. As though it were something to be attained. And I don't think it's attainment at all. I say it's a removal of as much egoic shell as possible. And I think this is why it is said that 'a shaman is never alone' - because all objects seem to have enough consciousness to retain their shape. I really do talk to my car Rosie. She has treated me so well for over 10 years. I pat her on the console often. -
Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
It's a heck of a nice thing you did, helping that couple. We sometimes hear stories like that on this site, - but out there?? Really unusual. Good on you.- 317 replies
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Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
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Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
Oh. Well, that's not what I have.- 317 replies
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Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
I thought that you might get hurt on a thorn. That's why your cocaine is dipped in lettuce.- 317 replies
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Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
The action of the Dao is reversion back to the Dao. It feels like humanity is doing a backflip and reverting to One. The entire world has the same needs at this particular moment in time. Because there is a different strata system now, and the new currency seems to be masks and ventilators. They can make their plans to get everyone back to work by Easter, but this nation never learned the art of kamikaze. They will protect their interests, not his. Not sure what kinnick-kinnick is, but I think I may have loaded some over here too. -
Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear
manitou replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion
There's one thing I'm doing daily which makes me feel 'like' I've actually got some control over this. I do a short meditation (whenever I think about it) and just visualize my heart as a glowing flame, with the heat radiation going out from the center and emitting light everywhere. The heat radiation purifies my immune system. Anybody got a better idea??- 317 replies
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..."the performance of an enterprise". What a perfect way in which to frame wu wei. The subtleties involved, and often the length of the 'enterprise', are so variable. And yet in grounded silence the 'enterprise' is hatched, the vision put into motion. The results are obtained without anybody but you knowing there was an enterprise at all. I love it.
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I think this is it exactly. The master Jesus would tell people to cast their eyes higher in the hills. The thoughts definitely get higher and higher by themselves, once the awareness of our thought level is achieved. With practice, a person can stop a thought from coming, if one chooses not to dwell in the mire.
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That's so well put. Meditation ceases to be a separate event. The description of 'spacious mind' is exactly what it feels like to me.
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My favorites of all time! Crime and Punishment War and Peace A Tale of Two Cities Apparently my tastes are bipolar to the core....
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You have no idea how close that is to my everyday reality anymore
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And I don't know if my meditative method somehow contributed to my lack of memory now. (Don't say the obvious, Steve....)
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What a fun thing to give to someone as a gift. I actually bookmarked the site
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I must have read a Theravada teaching when I wanted to learn to meditate. I have a remote memory of it being a Buddhist method. The focus was definitely to learn to cease thought. It started with using a feather to eliminate thought as it came through. I've always done this meditation. 30 years later, I have no-thought much of the time, or at my disposal. My thoughts, on the whole, are now at an elevated level of consciousness. But something is happening on the other end too. I am developing a serious case of dementia and memory loss. My mom, 95, is in an Alzheimer's home. My ability to remember things from one day to the next is gone. Everything must be committed to a list of some sort. I don't feel that I'm a real good driver. But this is where an intersection occurs. The corner of 'Be Here Now' and 'No Memory'. It's actually manageable! Watching my mother progress into dementia, then Alzheimers - I remember how she was disabled by confusion. She was no longer able to manage the linear aspect to life. Before, after, tomorrow, yesterday - that part of life becomes unmanageable. And this is now my challenge at this point in my life. I haven't lost the ability to reason, which is how I can still post on here. But what I can't guarantee is that I won't post this thought again in a couple pages.... Developing the ability to dwell in the Consciousness relieves much of the anxiety of the linear requirements in our life. It's a bit like walking a tightrope; the balance must be just right and the road can be navigated in the I Am. With an understanding that past, present, and future are all here Now, one can imagine that the future has already happened and we're just playing catch-up.....that it's actually already happened and therefore there's nothing to fear. It's all Now.
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How to get rid of anger? Stop with the expectations. How to get rid of greed? Realize that money is nothing more than stuck energy.
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I'd love to go through this with you a little at a time. It's wonderful fodder for a real nice thread. I tried quoting the first paragraph, but it won't copy since it's from your quote. It would be nice if there were a way to do that. Or maybe even go to the original thread, and break it off for a new thread so that we can use the quote function? Wonderful stuff, Lerner. And thanks for upping the ante a bit on the recent thread content. I'll be back soon - gotta take someone to the airport.
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It doesn't surprise me that you remembered this one. Woof.
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I think it just takes a little longer to find the jewels. It seems to ebb and flow.
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You are a horrible child. If you don't straighten up, I'm gonna call your mother. (Actually it's pretty funny but I'm far too kind to laugh)
