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i have sat many hours many days many times over the years
for hours by the rivers and the placid lakes
seeking the inner quiet
the inner calm
the delta waking state
lucid inner silence
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
echoing like angels wings hovering above me......
for hours by the rivers and the placid lakes
seeking the inner quiet
the inner calm
the delta waking state
lucid inner silence
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
echoing like angels wings hovering above me......
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Re: buddhism
Sat, June 2, 2007 - 10:21 PM
the power of waking up early in the morning
is so great
that it can have a profound effect on a person's life
even without formal mindfulness practice
just witnessing the dawn each day
is a wake-up call in itself
~ jon kabat-zinn
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Re: buddhism
Sun, June 3, 2007 - 9:06 PMen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen
www.sotozen-net.or.jp/kokusai...en01.htm
the problem with these guys is that they would have a much simpler time if they had these
schema integrated.
Psychology;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
psychology.about.com/
www.psychology.org/
psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1...lgy.html
www.socialpsychology.org/
Brodmanns brain areas and etc;
www.umich.edu/~cogneuro/j...rodmann.html
spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/ta...dmann.html
www.whale.to/b/brain.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodmann_area
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...uman_brain
thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/ca...ne05.html
www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaff/...unit4.html
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/qa2.html
brainwaves;
www.brainwaves.com/brain.html
pages.prodigy.net/unohu/brainwaves.htm
brain.web-us.com/brainwavesfunction.htm
www.crossroadsinstitute.org/eeg.html
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Re: buddhism
Sun, July 1, 2007 - 7:54 AM
Dear Swami:
I'm a bit confused. For millennia, the Buddhists have been telling us that the key to enlightenment is achieving emptiness. But physicists now say that empty space isn't empty at all, but instead filled with enormous amounts of energy. So Swami, what is it -- fullness or emptiness? And -- whatever it is -- how does one go about achieving it?
Lou Minocitti, Grass Valley, CA
Dear Lou:
Let me first say you came to the right Swami with this question. Not to brag, but many times I have been told, "Swami, you are so full of emptiness!" You can only imagine how tempting it is to take on an emptier-than-thou attitude -- you know, like those vacuums putting on airs about how empty they are. Talk about having nothing to talk about. No wonder nature abhors a vacuum. This also might explain those "Vacuums suck!" bumper stickers I've been seeing lately.
But I digress. As you have suspected, true emptiness is nothing more or less than infinite fullness. The void is so full of everythingness you cannot distinguish anythingness so it might as well be nothingness. The scientist, looking for something, sees fullness. The Buddha, looking for nothing, sees emptiness. Same difference.
But whether you call it the All-That-Is or the All-That-Isn't, this is a very peaceful state because once you are one with everything, there's nowhere to go and nothing to do. Now, that's relaxing. So, how does one achieve this state of full emptiness? By ceasing to identify with the separate identity, or ego.
In this regard too, you've come to the right Swami. As one who takes great pride in my humility -- twice a finalist on America's Most Humble -- I will share my secret, a mantra guaranteed to banish the ego in three easy steps: Ego ... egoing ... egone.
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Re: buddhism
Thu, July 12, 2007 - 11:49 AMfunny... but is it possible to be in between without ego? Is the glass half full or half empty? Can the glass be either while being detached, or is it required to be full ... or empty? -
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Re: buddhism
Sat, July 14, 2007 - 8:10 PMyes, there are many places one might be but a few places one is likely to be.
ego is a set of states and bell curves, it can be solid or ephemeral.
highly functioning psi egos are shells that are turned on and off; as the situation makes appropriate.
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