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[…] that our efforts to be someone, to be something, are futile and generate a felt sense of separation from the world of experience. This is the final step in letting go of any attempt to categorize our experience. The experience which comes out of this is non-thought. Out of this comes a confidence of […]
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[…] traditions, this strength of character is not talked about explicitly. In Mahayana Buddhism, for instance, it is covered by the cultivation of compassion and the corresponding cultivation of the first five of the six perfections: generosity, ethics, patience, energy, and meditative stability (the sixth is wisdom). In Vajrayana, it is what samaya (commitment to awakening) is about, a commitment […]
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[…] the feeling or evoke it. Then engage your regular activities while you are the feeling. Look at the world while you live in the feeling. In this step, you see clearly that the way the feeling causes you to experience the world is purely projection. Finally, whenever you can, look at what is experiencing […]
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[…] control, or identity, the teacher is merely using you. Sooner or later you will resent the exploitation and feel betrayed. Most people take at least four to five years to heal from this form of betrayal, so pay careful attention to the quality of your relationship with your teacher. You, as a student, have […]
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[…] the world or the demands of reactive processes. It consists of a set of power-based methods for presence. Presence, of course, is the aim of all spiritual practice. But two problems consistently show up: Passivity in developing the level of attention that makes insight, compassion, and intention possible. Passivity in cutting through internal and […]
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[…] lack of attention to family and personal life) and develop into stress-related illnesses (physical and emotional depletion, digestive disorders, ulcers, compromised immune system, etc.). How do you step out of this self-reinforcing cycle, short of not working? The key is to make a balanced effort in your work life and not rely on just […]
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[…] respond naturally and appropriately to any situation you encounter. “Well, that’s all fine,” you may say, “but how do I actually move from desire to renunciation?” You practice internal renunciation by moving into the experience of desire, instead of trying to fulfill or suppress it. Pick something you want, a physical object, a relationship, […]
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[…] James Carse writes in The Religious Case Against Belief: War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification. When, in your practice, the world drops out from under you, you find yourself in a different place. You are completely open. All sense of opposition is gone. What happens […]
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[…] form of knowing is not something intellectual or conceptual. It takes effort to keep that silence in our hearing, and constant attention. Attention, attention, the key to practice, so many teachers have said. It’s true. When we come to know, even a little, this truly miraculous and open nature of our being, we begin […]
