The heart Sutra teaches that "form is emptiness, and emptiness is form." Many people don't know what that means--even some long time students of meditation. ...
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walto
walterhorn
Mar 12, 2012 11:19 am
Thanks, but I wasn't actually referring to the ACCEPTANCE of Krishnamurti's no-self assertions. In my view, such claims not only are but, SHOULD be...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 11, 2012 8:18 pm
A related "How to" teaching found in the Kabbalah: Constantly clarify the mind, so that it be free of the dross of deceptive fantasies, groundless fears, bad ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 11, 2012 6:28 pm
... Yes, that's so, and as St Wilt once sang* "That's easy to say but so hard to do". Mindfulness bring us to being in the Witness position where we can and do...
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walto
walterhorn
Mar 10, 2012 4:40 pm
... Ach, if only it were so simple... http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/3478410?page=1 W...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 9, 2012 11:38 pm
The Thinker and Thought Is there any relationship between the thinker and his thought, or is there only thought and not a thinker? If there are no thoughts...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 7, 2012 11:50 pm
The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 5, 2012 2:01 am
We often receive books that publishers would like us to read and then review on this forum. They all deal with meditation, enlightenment, etc. If you would...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 5, 2012 1:51 am
The essence of serving God and of all the misvot (the 613 commandments in the Torah) is to attain the state of humility, that is, to understand that all your...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 4, 2012 1:26 am
We're All Enlightened People "In a sense, we're all enlightened people. There's enlightenment in us all. However, it's covered over and sometimes forgotten. ...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Mar 4, 2012 12:23 am
Oh I see - it's Hafiz. Sorry. Thank you A. From: Aideen Mckenna [mailto:aideenmck@...] Sent: March-03-12 4:21 PM To:...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Mar 4, 2012 12:22 am
Where is this from, please? Aideen From: meditationsocietyofamerica@yahoogroups.com [mailto:meditationsocietyofamerica@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 3, 2012 11:25 pm
Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the Roof. Make...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 2, 2012 6:14 am
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Mar 2, 2012 12:16 am
Meditation Helps Memory Loss Patients 01 Mar 2012 by Petra Rattue The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine reports that researchers from the ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Feb 28, 2012 11:43 pm
Leading Your Camel "Once, a man was riding his camel through the desert on his way to sell his wares. Sitting on the camel, he was lost in his own thoughts, ...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Feb 27, 2012 4:03 pm
For Right Speech: http://buddhism.about.com/od/theeightfoldpath/a/rightspeech.htm For the rest of the eightfold path, see links within the one above. And of ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Feb 27, 2012 6:19 am
... Yo Arya, Perhaps right thinking/action/speech could be thought about logically, religiously, scientifically, etc. But "IT" comes perfectly well...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Feb 26, 2012 7:04 am
I think this didn’t make it to its destination, so I’m sending it again. A. From: Aideen Mckenna [mailto:aideenmck@...] Sent: February-24-12 6:55 PM...
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Arya
rkanand_49
Feb 26, 2012 6:48 am
Big question arises What is right thinking/right action/right speech ! Can we look into whether right thinking/action/speech to be dependent on logical...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Feb 25, 2012 3:06 pm
... Yo W, The ancient teachings of the Kabbalah has a sort of "answer" found in Sefer Yetsirah that goes: "If your mind races, return to the place," IE: return...
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walto
walterhorn
Feb 25, 2012 2:22 pm
Thanks again, guys! But...Bob--I'm curious. What has made you guess that these angry/negative thoughts that need releasing are...my own?? ;>} W...
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meditationsource
meditationso...
Feb 25, 2012 3:14 am
W, why don't you try abreaction or sublimation and do it as mindfully as possible to see what benefits it might bring? Then you can know what approach is most...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Feb 25, 2012 2:55 am
I’m certainly no “maven” in this (or any other) field, but I think you’d be interested in An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (2005). It’s by ...
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walto
walterhorn
Feb 25, 2012 12:25 am
Thanks again, Aideen. That's really interesting--if you could suggest some literature on Buddhist takes regarding the unconscious, I'd be interested. The two...
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Aideen Mckenna
aideenmck
Feb 24, 2012 11:27 pm
One acknowledges the feeling but does not act on it. On one occasion, the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh was giving a lecture in the US during the Viet Nam...
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walto
walterhorn
Feb 24, 2012 6:25 pm
Thanks, Sean! W...
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sean tremblay
bethjams9
Feb 24, 2012 2:28 pm
I am reminded of some of the teachings of Islam, when they mention not to supress your feelings, but simply do not act on them, just allow them to pass though...
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Mohammed Ismail
mismail46620
Feb 24, 2012 2:07 pm
GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE IS PRECIOUS Different...
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walto
walterhorn
Feb 24, 2012 2:52 am
Thanks, Aideen. One of the things I was wondering about was the apparently very large gulf between giving something "bare attention" and really living/working...
