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nawmed: 19thstate: Here is a new video by Peter J Brant. Dude...

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:49:47 +0900

19thstate:

Here is a new video by Peter J Brant. Dude cranks these thing out like it’s easy or something!

B R O N Z E F L O A T — “WALKING TO THE STORE”

Featuring: David Brant, Justin Vollmar & Nathan Vollmar

chegg it out!

"I still have very many thoughts, my mind wanders a lot, even though I’m trying to be mindful. He..."

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:25:33 +0900

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I still have very many thoughts, my mind wanders a lot, even though I’m trying to be mindful.

He said:

Don’t worry about this, try to keep your mind in the present.
Whatever there is that arises in the mind or the heart, just watch it, let go of it. Don’t even wish to be rid of thought, then the mind will reach a natural state, no discriminating between good and bad, hot and cold, fast and slow, no “me” and no “you”, no self at all, just what there is.
When you walk, no need to do anything special, simply walk and see what there is. No need to go to a cave or cling to isolation. Wherever you are, know yourself by being natural and watching. If doubts arise, watch them come and go. It’s very simple. Hold on to nothing.
It’s as though you’re walking down a road, periodically you run into obstacles. When you meet difficulties, see them and overcome them by letting go. Don’t think about the obstacles you’ve passed already, don’t worry about the ones you haven’t seen yet. Stay in the present. Don’t worry about the length of the road or a destination either.
Everything is changing. Whatever you pass, do not cling to it, and eventually the mind will reach its natural balance where practice becomes automatic and effort becomes effortless. All things will come and go of themselves.
Sitting hours on end is not necessary. Some people think that the longer you sit the wiser you must be. I’ve seen chickens sit on their nests for days on end.
Wisdom comes from being mindful in all postures. Your practice should begin as you awaken in the morning and continue until you fall asleep. What is important is only that you keep aware, whether you’re working or sitting or going to the bathroom.

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- Jack Kornfield - The Eightfold Path for the Householder

Video

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Video

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Video

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Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:13:19 +0900

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fantadroms&aq=f

Quasi at the Quackadero by Sally Cruikshank

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:51:34 +0900

Quasi at the Quackadero by Sally Cruikshank

The Eclipse of Mars Illusion

Wed, 25 May 2011 21:34:58 +0900

The Eclipse of Mars Illusion:

Stare at the white dot in the centre of the red circle. The longer – the better (two minutes and you’ll get a much stronger effect). Always try to keep focused on the white dot. It’ll be worth it.
Soon after staring, you’ll start to see a thin rim of light around the edge. Don’t stop staring though yet! Wait another minute – keeping your head perfectly still.
Once you’ve done this, slowly – move your head backwards – making sure to keep your eyes focused on the dot at all times. The circle’s rim will glow brilliantly with true Cyan! Keep on moving your head slowly backwards, and it’ll glow very hot!…

Neuroscientist turned novelist

Wed, 25 May 2011 21:26:36 +0900

Neuroscientist turned novelist

Know Thyself

Sun, 08 May 2011 09:29:44 +0900

Know Thyself

"About this mind… In truth there is nothing really wrong with it. It is intrinsically pure...."

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:33:45 +0900

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About this mind… In truth there is nothing really wrong with it. It is intrinsically pure. Within itself it’s already peaceful. That the mind is not peaceful these days is because it follows moods. The real mind doesn’t have anything to it, it is simply (an aspect of) Nature. It becomes peaceful or agitated because moods deceive it. The untrained mind is stupid. Sense impressions come and trick it into happiness, suffering, gladness and sorrow, but the mind’s true nature is none of those things. That gladness or sadness is not the mind, but only a mood coming to deceive us. The untrained mind gets lost and follows these things, it forgets itself. Then we think that it is we who are upset or at ease or whatever.

But really this mind of ours is already unmoving and peaceful… really peaceful! Just like a leaf which is still as long as no wind blows. If a wind comes up the leaf flutters. The fluttering is due to the wind — the “fluttering” is due to those sense impressions; the mind follows them. If it doesn’t follow them, it doesn’t “flutter.” If we know fully the true nature of sense impressions we will be unmoved.

Our practice is simply to see the Original Mind. So we must train the mind to know those sense impressions, and not get lost in them. To make it peaceful. Just this is the aim of all this difficult practice we put ourselves through.

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- Ajahn Chah - About This Mind

"At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at..."

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:30:21 +0900

“At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.”

- T.S. Eliot

Nature: David Eagleman

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:44:22 +0900

Nature: David Eagleman :

David Eagleman talks about the subconscious, how neuroscience could change the way we think about criminal behaviour and punishment and ‘possibilianism’.

"To stay with that shakiness—to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling..."

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:30:17 +0900

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To stay with that shakiness—to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge—that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic—this is the spiritual path. Getting the knack of catching ourselves, of gently and compassionately catching ourselves, is the path of the warrior. We catch ourselves one zillion times as once again, whether we like it or not, we harden into resentment, bitterness, righteous indignation— harden in any way, even into a sense of relief, a sense of inspiration.

Every day we could think about the aggression in the world, in New York, Los Angeles, Halifax, Taiwan, Beirut, Kuwait, Somalia, Iraq, everywhere. All over the world, everybody always strikes out at the enemy, and the pain escalates forever. Every day we could reflect on this and ask ourselves, “Am I going to add to the aggression in the world?” Every day, at the moment when things get edgy, we can just ask ourselves, “Am I going to practice peace, or am I going to war?”

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- Pema Chödrön

Buddhism Without Beliefs

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:22:52 +0900

…things are empty. They are not as opaque and solid as they seem: they are transparent and fluid. They are not as singular and straightforward as they seem: they are complex and ambiguous. They are not only defined by philosophy, science, and religion: they are evoked through the play of allusions, paradoxes, and jokes. They cannot be pinned down with certainty: they trigger perplexity, amazement, and doubt.

Stephen Batchelor

"What the Buddha actually suggested is that it is the avoidance of the elusiveness of the object of..."

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:33:27 +0900

“What the Buddha actually suggested is that it is the avoidance of the elusiveness of the object of desire that is the origin of suffering. The problem is not desire: it is clinging to, or craving, a particular outcome, one in which there is no remainder, in which the object is completely under our power…The trick as far as Buddhism is concerned, is to accept the fact that no experience can ever be complete as we would wish, that no object can ever satisfy completely. In the right-handed path, the Buddha’s followers turned away from the pursuit of sensory pleasure, but in the left-handed path, they allowed themselves to come face-to-face with the gap that desire always comes up against, as well as any pleasure that it might bring.”

- Mark Epstein

Audio Dharma: Our Attachments by Gil Fronsdal

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:39:59 +0900

Audio Dharma: Our Attachments by Gil Fronsdal

Sounds True - Jack Kornfield: Difficult Times and Liberation

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:17:37 +0900

Sounds True - Jack Kornfield: Difficult Times and Liberation