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2024.10.09 - Trump Has Edge in Top Battleground States
From what I have seen of the media, one gets what one is looking for. Seek and you will find. Look for the good and you will see the good. Look for the bad and you will see the bad. Look for the truth by doing your own research and making your own judgements. No matter who you support, if you do...- Avisitor
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- Forum: North American Politics
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Harris with her so called 'black relatives' along with her background of slavers brought into serious question.
After 14 pages of posts, it gets to be a bit too much to read in one sitting. So, questions, ... Was she lying? Was she pretending? Does she float which ever way the crowd goes just to get votes? I do not know. But, I can see her actions and hear her words. Also, I can see her intentions. She...- Avisitor
- Post #272
- Forum: North American Politics
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The last post is the WINNER!
Repeat after me. 1, 2, 3, What comes after four? If you said five then you made a mistake. You are suppose to say "what comes after four?"- Avisitor
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- Forum: Games / Pics / Jokes / Stories
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Zen stories
My favorite was your cup is full so I can not teach you anything. Something like that. Or the two monks travelling after the rain encounter a woman unable to cross a small stream. One monk picks her up and carries her across. Later the other monk says you know we are not allowed to have contact... -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
There may have been a question as to what it means to have no self and what is being reborn. The two is not the same. This self that is reborn is not the self that one believes themselves to be. -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
I believe the Buddha mentioned that there were like 88 thousand ways to Nirvana. Some sing, some dance, some do Koans and other seek silence. I couldn't tell you what or which way is best. No one said that thoughts were bad. It is just to become the master of thoughts instead of being its... -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
Many times, a practitioner will not let go of this mind and the thoughts flow and are controlled by this mind. There comes an endless train of thoughts. It isn't the thoughts that are the problem. It is following the thoughts and identifying with the thoughts. This identifying is the connection... -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
What happens when one tries to meditate? We begin by sitting. Some close their eyes other look out unfocused. The mind starts off following breath. Say in with the in breath and out with the out breath. But, then the mind brings up thoughts of value to the person. The mind then chases or follows... -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
So, there is scientific proof that meditation does change a person who practice religiously. That change can prove to be what some call Kensho. So, what does a person experience when it happens? Losing this false sense of self. Realizing our true nature? Can any one explain? Anything to add? -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
From Google, ... What does meditation do to the mind? Meditation can have many benefits for the mind, including: Improved emotional regulation: Meditation can help you become more aware of your thoughts and emotions, and regulate your emotional reactivity. This can lead to improved emotional... -
True meditation?
Seems Hakuin was a man of practice and perseverance. Even practiced so hard as to get "Zen sickness". He often spoke against the priests of his time who practice "silent illumination" while actually sat there doing nothing. I guess his emphasis was on putting effort on the practice as to break... -
Just what is practice and what is the results?
So, I have been wondering what practice does to a person. It obviously changes a person one way or another. Let us look at it. We sit still. We let thoughts go in and go out. We do not chase the thoughts. We do not follow the thoughts. We concentrate and seek the stillness. What does that do to...