Chapter 8 of “Power and Presence”
[…] that interior world. Now, how many of you have met the old man with the red eyes? What’s he like? Guy? Guy: He’s the embodiment of a reactive pattern that has no awareness. Ken: You’re giving an interpretation. What’s he like? Guy: Untrustworthy. Ken: What do you feel when you run into him? Guy: Danger. […]
Chapter 8 of “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”
[…] clarify for myself that what it seems to me is that anger is always caused by opposing experience or fighting experience. So, therefore, anger is always a reactive pattern? Ken: Yes. Anger is a reactive pattern, because in anger you see the object of anger as something other, and there may be a very, very […]
Chapter 4 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] extensively about it, etc., etc. So, there’s a lot of stuff available. But one of the other instructions in this whole tradition is, start with your own reactive emotions first. So, you think, “Oh, I’m going to take in the pain of others.” And part of you says, “No, you’re not.” There’s your reactive […]
Chapter 2 of “The Jewel in the Lotus”
[…] more and more that those are irrelevant considerations. And you begin to see that this experience, which we call life, large portions of it are consumed by reactive patterns, we aren’t actually present for it at all. And so, the second aspect of motivation arises. There are these reactive patterns, and they’re consuming my life […]
Chapter 8 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] talking about the same coin. Student: I would never underestimate the resistance. Ken: Very wise point! Yes. “The eight concerns dissolved like a rainbow, The poisons of reactive emotions”… , which line did you want there? Student: Yeah those first lines: With everything that arises through the gates of the six sensory consciousnesses I […]
Chapter 7 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] deity, is connected with non-self. As we discussed yesterday, we have all of these different identities, senses of self, each one associated with a whole set of reactive patterns or personality. And one way of looking at yidam practice, is adopting one identity and approaching everything in life from that. And some of you had […]
Chapter 3 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] it, in the sense of actually change it, that’s probably unrealistic. I mean, you know how difficult it is to cut through the momentum of your own reactive patterns. Roger: The consequences, that’s why [unclear]. Ken: Yes. However, we can and cut through our own confusion and see things clearly, and that’s what I was […]
Chapter 6 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] called life. So, it’s a quality of life issue. Ken: So you’re practicing so that you have a higher quality of life . Student: Well, a less reactive quality of life. Ken: So, a better life. Better is less reactive for you. Okay. So, bong, you’re not reactive at all. What do you do […]
Chapter 8 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] go so far. Okay, now, last question Diane? Diane: [Unclear] Ken: Yes, a very, very good point. The opponent whether it’s operating as your family system or reactive patterns in you, uses all of those six techniques and the remedies that I have suggested will apply. So that if in your family system everything gets […]
Chapter 5 of “The Warrior’s Solution”
[…] very direct and to the point, and the other are phrases, a set of four phrases that you can use to recall presence. Yes? Dissolving the solidity of reactive emotions with the four immeasurables Student: [Unclear] Ken: Well, I’m trying to deal with an organization, and regard the organization as a solid entity. Is it? No! […]
Chapter 27 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] you’re practicing morality, it’s going to be difficult for you to act recklessly. If you’re practicing patience then it’s going to be difficult for you to be reactive, and so forth. So, as with many aspects of Buddhism, we talk about something going up. But as something goes up, something else goes down. And […]
Chapter 3 of “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”
[…] and I’m trying to put it into English-English. So, that’s why I chose the word ordinary, because these people, or these gods, have not stepped out of reactive patterns. They’re caught up in them in exactly the same way that we are. Robert: In Buddhism or the Tibetan text, are they actually using the word […]
Chapter 5 of “There Is No Enemy”
[…] these as headings, basically. Internally it’s extremely important not to regard any internal pattern as an enemy. And the reason for that is that all of those reactive patterns—well, maybe it’s too strong to say all of them—but a very large number of the reactive patterns that operate in this originally developed as survival mechanisms. […]
Chapter 8 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] means chosen behavior. Taking ordination as a monk is a form of brtul zhugs. Franca: So Tibetans aren’t sitting there going, “I know I have this a pattern like this, I am going to do this.” Ken: Oh no. I don’t think so. Only a few Tibetans would actually do that. It’s in the […]
Chapter 7 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] essence, What is experience has no beginning or end. Your misconceptions twist what is formless into form. Slipping away from what is true, you become confused and reactive. Some people cut off the ebb and flow of thoughts and feelings And construct an emptiness practice corrupted by goal seeking. They are worn out from […]