Geoff-Allen
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Plus an email from the mindful.org site -
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2018 - Mindful
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2018 - Mindful
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Geoff-Allen
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Also from a recent e-mail ..
How can the wisdom mind of the buddhas be introduced? Imagine the nature of mind as your face; it is always with you, but you cannot see it without help. Now imagine that you have never seen a mirror before. The introduction by the master is like holding up a mirror suddenly in which you can, for the first time, see your face reflected.
Just like your face, this pure awareness of Rigpa is not something “new” that the master is giving you that you did not have before, nor is it something you could possibly find outside of yourself. It has always been yours, and has always been with you, but up until that startling moment you have never actually seen it directly.
Cheers.
How can the wisdom mind of the buddhas be introduced? Imagine the nature of mind as your face; it is always with you, but you cannot see it without help. Now imagine that you have never seen a mirror before. The introduction by the master is like holding up a mirror suddenly in which you can, for the first time, see your face reflected.
Just like your face, this pure awareness of Rigpa is not something “new” that the master is giving you that you did not have before, nor is it something you could possibly find outside of yourself. It has always been yours, and has always been with you, but up until that startling moment you have never actually seen it directly.
Cheers.
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Here's a few more from pinterest - yet 2 fully explore -
Simple habits to adopt ...
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/336010822172130907/
Simple habits to adopt ...
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/336010822172130907/
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Daniell Koepke be patient with yourself
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/522699100500456477/
Enjoy your day!
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/522699100500456477/
Enjoy your day!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
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Taking full responsibility for our lives doesn’t mean that we can control everything that happens to us, because obviously we can’t. It does, however, mean that we recognize our power to choose our attitude in every situation, no matter how unfair or horrible the situation may seem. It also means that we never blame anyone else for how we’ve been feeling or the disappointments we’ve been experiencing.
10 Mistakes Made In The Pursuit Of Happiness
10 Mistakes Made In The Pursuit Of Happiness
Geoff-Allen
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From my InBox -
The compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all others is called Bodhicitta in Sanskrit: bodhi refers to ourenlightened essence, and citta means “heart.” So we could translate it as “the heart of our enlightened mind.” To awaken and develop the heart of the enlightened mind is to ripen steadily the seed of our buddha nature, that seed that, in the end, when our practice of compassion has become perfect and all-embracing, will flower majestically into buddhahood. Bodhicitta, then, is the spring and source and root of the entire spiritual path. This is why in our tradition we pray with such urgency:
Those who haven’t yet given birth to precious Bodhicitta,
May they give birth,
Those who have given birth,
May their Bodhicitta not lessen
but increase further and further.
The compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all others is called Bodhicitta in Sanskrit: bodhi refers to ourenlightened essence, and citta means “heart.” So we could translate it as “the heart of our enlightened mind.” To awaken and develop the heart of the enlightened mind is to ripen steadily the seed of our buddha nature, that seed that, in the end, when our practice of compassion has become perfect and all-embracing, will flower majestically into buddhahood. Bodhicitta, then, is the spring and source and root of the entire spiritual path. This is why in our tradition we pray with such urgency:
Those who haven’t yet given birth to precious Bodhicitta,
May they give birth,
Those who have given birth,
May their Bodhicitta not lessen
but increase further and further.
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Another recent email -
A wave in the sea, seen in one way, seems to have a distinct identity, an end and a beginning, a birth and a death. Seen in another way, the wave itself doesn’t really exist but is just the behavior of water, “empty” of any separate identity but “full” of water. So when you really think about the wave, you come to realize that it is something that has been made temporarily possible by wind and water, and is dependent on a set of constantly changing circumstances. You also realize that every wave is related to every other wave.
All the best!
A wave in the sea, seen in one way, seems to have a distinct identity, an end and a beginning, a birth and a death. Seen in another way, the wave itself doesn’t really exist but is just the behavior of water, “empty” of any separate identity but “full” of water. So when you really think about the wave, you come to realize that it is something that has been made temporarily possible by wind and water, and is dependent on a set of constantly changing circumstances. You also realize that every wave is related to every other wave.
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
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Bad habits?
We’ve been brought up in a culture of distraction. We’re always busy, doing things that don’t contribute to our well-being and our environment is constantly asking for our attention. No wonder most of us experience a chronic state of mental agitation.
In order to find more mental peace, be sure to let go of all the unnecessary distractions, and focus your attention on what truly matters in life — that is, what fills your heart with joy and allows you become the greatest version of yourself.
8 Pursuits That Are Stealing Your Happiness
We’ve been brought up in a culture of distraction. We’re always busy, doing things that don’t contribute to our well-being and our environment is constantly asking for our attention. No wonder most of us experience a chronic state of mental agitation.
In order to find more mental peace, be sure to let go of all the unnecessary distractions, and focus your attention on what truly matters in life — that is, what fills your heart with joy and allows you become the greatest version of yourself.
8 Pursuits That Are Stealing Your Happiness
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From another email -
Grasping is the source of all our problems. Since impermanence to us spells anguish, we grasp on to things desperately, even though all things change. We are terrified of letting go, terrified, in fact, of living at all, since learning to live is learning to let go. And this is the tragedy and the irony of our struggle to hold on: Not only is it impossible, but it brings us the very pain we are seeking to avoid.
The intention behind grasping may not in itself be bad; there’s nothing wrong with the desire to be happy, but what we try to grasp on to is by nature ungraspable.
The Tibetans say that you cannot wash the same dirty hand twice in the same running river, and “no matter how much you squeeze a handful of sand, you will never get oil out of it.”
All the best!
Grasping is the source of all our problems. Since impermanence to us spells anguish, we grasp on to things desperately, even though all things change. We are terrified of letting go, terrified, in fact, of living at all, since learning to live is learning to let go. And this is the tragedy and the irony of our struggle to hold on: Not only is it impossible, but it brings us the very pain we are seeking to avoid.
The intention behind grasping may not in itself be bad; there’s nothing wrong with the desire to be happy, but what we try to grasp on to is by nature ungraspable.
The Tibetans say that you cannot wash the same dirty hand twice in the same running river, and “no matter how much you squeeze a handful of sand, you will never get oil out of it.”
All the best!