Tag: thoughts
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Viveka Chudamani The teacher and the Adept.
Viveka chudamani. (8-7) Last week at the Drepung Loseling Monastery we practised compassion. The concept was to view our thoughts and actions, without judgement or attachment. This is very close to Yogarudha, mentioned in the Bhagwat Gita. A state where a person is not attached either to the objects, or to the action. This is…
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Voice of silence
Silence… thought Amba was amazing and versatile, like the wonderful silence just before dawn, or the quiet and calm just as the storm ends. There was the silence when we haven’t the answer to a question we have been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a…
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Thoughts– the creation ground of experience
The creation ground of experience. Venugopal from the Landmark curriculum for living came up with an excellent experiment which he requested a few of us to try. It was just putting on reminders at key places stating “Yes! I am in the present” and then observe what happened. Just by being present to this and…
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Mindful Walking
When I’m in turmoil, when I can’t think, when I’m exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It’s just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.” ― Jim…
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Pure thought.
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I…
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Mind over matter.
Yesterday i was at a workshop conducted by NSD, and I caught myself, listening to experts not really paying attention t what they had to share, but how was I going to reply to their words. I also became aware that I was listening to them with this filter that okay these young turks from…
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