So lovely to see you back here ❤️ I love reading and re-reading your work. Through your words I feel you exploring, looking for a way out of the contraction. I'm so excited to see your expansion phase.
You know it, Shaz. I'm currently working on a few projects that I'm very excited about. As mentioned over our exchanges, much of my focus these days have been IRL and local. So much so that I'm beginning to question the role of content in my life. After all, I've only been a content creator for the past 6 years, and before that I mostly lived an offline life. So now it is a matter of discovering a new path that combines the two in sustainable and rewarding ways! How have you been?
Indeed living in harmony with nature is very healing in all regards, but i do not agree in extrapolating it to justify restlessness in the mind.
Thats an impurity of the mind that has it's own causes and conditions. Nothing to do with the weather.
Stop wanting to become and wantig to be and practice "appiccha" fewness of wishes, then contentment will increase and restlessness diminish.
Accept uncertainty with wonder.
Everything is just changing phenomena. Nothing to hold on, just a fatha morgana. Not worth to pursue. Why? You can't control it, can't own it. Ephemeral as your own breath. Stop believing in your mind, that's just a wild dog disguised as your best friend that has murdered you many times already. Put him on a leash, and train it. Do not prolifarate on the endless garbage it puts out.
@Harold Zander I do not disagree with you, my friend. Yet it is not the words you say but the energy that you give off that puts me on edge.
This is the second time that you have used sharp language to reply to my posts. The first time being my marathon write up, which I took 2 days to reflect in order to write a thoughtful response. I received no reply from you which I can only assume now that you wish to only express the pent up emotions within you in a one way street rather than to have an actual dialogue.
Words are powerful. The energy behind them even more so. They can heal or they can hurt. I find it ironic that for someone who claims to live in alignment with nature and Buddhism would use such harsh language and pass off red hot, angry energy to others. To date, we have not met at a meetup and yet you judge me based on my writing without knowing my being.
We are gentle with each other here, Harold, first and foremost. Be mindful of the impact of your words and the way they are used on others. I will only say this once.
The buddha himself used this words. You can read it in the pali canon. No pent up emotions on this side my friend. If one is really serious about overcoming ones defilements one has to be really honest to oneself and do not fall for the falacious mind to excuse the current state of affairs.
Actually the buddha also says that while we have not achieved nibbana and are free of defilements we are all mentally ill, as everyting is percolated through the poison of greed, hate and delusion.
The problem with many buddhist in this day and age is that they never read the buddhas words. They use the ism as a wellness lifestyle eclectic patchwork
I apologize the words are not of your liking. But my intention is wholesome full of compassion.
And believe me my drar Shen, if we had a clear mind free of defilements, free of impurities then we wouldn't be suffering.
So as i believe that you are also looking for happiness and wrote that post about this analogy justifying your miserable mindstate i felt the need to share with you my insights from reading the suttas in order to bring up light in the darkness, so you don't fall to the rationalizations of your mind.
Restlessness is a hindrance and a fetter of the mind. Full stop.
Has nothing to do with the world. Full stop.
Lots of metta
Be well 🙏🏻
Ps/ i did not answer to the previous answer in your previous marathon post, as i already grasped that you get annoyed (the defilement of hate) when someone does disagree with your point of view. That aversion that arises in your mind is in you, not in the letters or the words.
Sorry for not showing up in the meetup, will someday hopefully.. But have been traveling quite a lot and the timezones also add to it.
I love your mind map skills and am very fond of you. So pls don't hate me for your own goodness sake.
And do yourself a favor, stop believing in your mind. It's not your's to begin with.
At last but not least please accept my heartfelt apologies for whatever wrong i may have caused you intentionally or unintentionally.
Sure it would have been better to call you and talk to you in private on the phone. That would have been the proper course of action regarding right speech as what i did is kind of admonish you in public, that is usually not recommended, and should be considered wrong speech.
I sincerely apologize for my misconduct in this regard.
So indeed my fault . I promise to restrain myself in the future in this regard.
Thank you for taking the time to reply, Harold. Truly. It's not the disagreement that hurts, but the sharpness of words. There are good ways to disagree and bad ways to do so.
The bad ways causes much of the strife in our world today, compounded by the faceless medium of keyboards and screens, so that we can't see the very faces that our empathy and compassion evolved around.
The good ways promote harmonious embrace of the rich diversity that is each individual, allowing disagreements to pass through as emotions without being held as energetic loops, which create sankaras that you know well.
I cannot help but feel annoyance, yes, especially when the words are sharp, but you would be surprised by how much hard realities and criticisms I've taken in this life, and indeed has forced me to soften and let go over the years. Spirituality as I've discovered is a continuous process of letting go, because life will constantly pack on more.
Let's leave it as that, I see your goodwill, and appreciate your concern. The opposite of love isn't hate, but apathy. And it is clear that you care deeply. Thank you, my friend.
So lovely to see you back here ❤️ I love reading and re-reading your work. Through your words I feel you exploring, looking for a way out of the contraction. I'm so excited to see your expansion phase.
You know it, Shaz. I'm currently working on a few projects that I'm very excited about. As mentioned over our exchanges, much of my focus these days have been IRL and local. So much so that I'm beginning to question the role of content in my life. After all, I've only been a content creator for the past 6 years, and before that I mostly lived an offline life. So now it is a matter of discovering a new path that combines the two in sustainable and rewarding ways! How have you been?
I'm good thanks :) I've finally upgraded my subscription to Expansion - I was too curious not to!!
Omgosh - Shaz, your support means so much to me ❤️
Indeed living in harmony with nature is very healing in all regards, but i do not agree in extrapolating it to justify restlessness in the mind.
Thats an impurity of the mind that has it's own causes and conditions. Nothing to do with the weather.
Stop wanting to become and wantig to be and practice "appiccha" fewness of wishes, then contentment will increase and restlessness diminish.
Accept uncertainty with wonder.
Everything is just changing phenomena. Nothing to hold on, just a fatha morgana. Not worth to pursue. Why? You can't control it, can't own it. Ephemeral as your own breath. Stop believing in your mind, that's just a wild dog disguised as your best friend that has murdered you many times already. Put him on a leash, and train it. Do not prolifarate on the endless garbage it puts out.
@Harold Zander I do not disagree with you, my friend. Yet it is not the words you say but the energy that you give off that puts me on edge.
This is the second time that you have used sharp language to reply to my posts. The first time being my marathon write up, which I took 2 days to reflect in order to write a thoughtful response. I received no reply from you which I can only assume now that you wish to only express the pent up emotions within you in a one way street rather than to have an actual dialogue.
Words are powerful. The energy behind them even more so. They can heal or they can hurt. I find it ironic that for someone who claims to live in alignment with nature and Buddhism would use such harsh language and pass off red hot, angry energy to others. To date, we have not met at a meetup and yet you judge me based on my writing without knowing my being.
We are gentle with each other here, Harold, first and foremost. Be mindful of the impact of your words and the way they are used on others. I will only say this once.
The buddha himself used this words. You can read it in the pali canon. No pent up emotions on this side my friend. If one is really serious about overcoming ones defilements one has to be really honest to oneself and do not fall for the falacious mind to excuse the current state of affairs.
Actually the buddha also says that while we have not achieved nibbana and are free of defilements we are all mentally ill, as everyting is percolated through the poison of greed, hate and delusion.
The problem with many buddhist in this day and age is that they never read the buddhas words. They use the ism as a wellness lifestyle eclectic patchwork
I apologize the words are not of your liking. But my intention is wholesome full of compassion.
And believe me my drar Shen, if we had a clear mind free of defilements, free of impurities then we wouldn't be suffering.
So as i believe that you are also looking for happiness and wrote that post about this analogy justifying your miserable mindstate i felt the need to share with you my insights from reading the suttas in order to bring up light in the darkness, so you don't fall to the rationalizations of your mind.
Restlessness is a hindrance and a fetter of the mind. Full stop.
Has nothing to do with the world. Full stop.
Lots of metta
Be well 🙏🏻
Ps/ i did not answer to the previous answer in your previous marathon post, as i already grasped that you get annoyed (the defilement of hate) when someone does disagree with your point of view. That aversion that arises in your mind is in you, not in the letters or the words.
Sorry for not showing up in the meetup, will someday hopefully.. But have been traveling quite a lot and the timezones also add to it.
I love your mind map skills and am very fond of you. So pls don't hate me for your own goodness sake.
And do yourself a favor, stop believing in your mind. It's not your's to begin with.
At last but not least please accept my heartfelt apologies for whatever wrong i may have caused you intentionally or unintentionally.
Sure it would have been better to call you and talk to you in private on the phone. That would have been the proper course of action regarding right speech as what i did is kind of admonish you in public, that is usually not recommended, and should be considered wrong speech.
I sincerely apologize for my misconduct in this regard.
So indeed my fault . I promise to restrain myself in the future in this regard.
May you be well 🙏🏻
Thank you for taking the time to reply, Harold. Truly. It's not the disagreement that hurts, but the sharpness of words. There are good ways to disagree and bad ways to do so.
The bad ways causes much of the strife in our world today, compounded by the faceless medium of keyboards and screens, so that we can't see the very faces that our empathy and compassion evolved around.
The good ways promote harmonious embrace of the rich diversity that is each individual, allowing disagreements to pass through as emotions without being held as energetic loops, which create sankaras that you know well.
I cannot help but feel annoyance, yes, especially when the words are sharp, but you would be surprised by how much hard realities and criticisms I've taken in this life, and indeed has forced me to soften and let go over the years. Spirituality as I've discovered is a continuous process of letting go, because life will constantly pack on more.
Let's leave it as that, I see your goodwill, and appreciate your concern. The opposite of love isn't hate, but apathy. And it is clear that you care deeply. Thank you, my friend.