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Re: No-self
(in doingnothing)
Lots of interesting replies here.
For my own part, I am not so much interested in whether or not there is a self, or what that might be. I was intrigued by the Buddhist idea of no-self because it more-or-less sidesteps those questions addressi... read more discussion post on Thu, July 24, 2008 - 12:59 PM
Re: Loving Uncertainty
(in doingnothing)
Not exactly sure what you are getting at Charles. If you mean that the idea of letting go is a mental construction, then I agree, but I find some constructions and that one in particular, useful.
discussion post on Thu, July 24, 2008 - 12:44 PM
Re: Loving Uncertainty
(in doingnothing)
Yes. Holding on to letting go brings suffering as well.
discussion post on Wed, July 23, 2008 - 12:06 PM
Re: Loving Uncertainty
(in doingnothing)
James >> trying to hang on to something <<...
The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism: suffering, its cause, its end, and the path to its end. Hanging on is the cause. Letting go is the end. discussion post on Wed, July 23, 2008 - 4:50 AM
No-self
(in doingnothing)
I was reading a book called “Buddha’s Ancient Path” and there was a discussion of the question “What is it that is aware of…?” Fill in the blank however you want, sounds, thoughts, colors, whatever. The point made is that whatever is aware of some...
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discussion post on Mon, July 21, 2008 - 11:26 AM
Re: mystery
(in doingnothing)
I just got my copy today.
Have you read it? discussion post on Mon, July 21, 2008 - 10:36 AM
Re: Loving Uncertainty
(in doingnothing)
James >> whenever I start to feel bad (which tends to be most of the time unfortunately, or fortunately rather)....I notice that I am trying to hang on to something, ...I look at it, grieve it's loss (I am not successful with everything) as if it ...
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discussion post on Mon, July 21, 2008 - 8:14 AM
Re: mystery
(in doingnothing)
Am I missing something?
Nosirrah is Harrison spelled backwards. discussion post on Mon, July 14, 2008 - 11:43 AM
Re: mystery
(in doingnothing)
Your are just kidding about this right?
discussion post on Mon, July 14, 2008 - 6:56 AM
Re: there is no such thing as an entity that is "non-physical"
(in Willful Ignorance)
Michael, Charles,
Sorry to hear of the cancer in your lives. discussion post on Mon, July 7, 2008 - 5:54 AM
Re: how much do you know about the brain then?
(in Willful Ignorance)
Charles >> At least the way I see it, there is no such thing as an entity that is "non-physical". Now there might be such an entity; I'm not doubting that possibility, but there'd be absolutely no way that you, me or any other being, living or dea...
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discussion post on Mon, July 7, 2008 - 5:50 AM
Re: "Human Candles"
(in Cads, Scoundrels and Charming Ladies)
I like the snow globes.
discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 4:10 PM
Re: attachments of some memories
(in Willful Ignorance)
Thank you Michael.
discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 4:07 PM
Re: attachments of some memories
(in Willful Ignorance)
blue-j >> there are much more accurate and detailed ways of speaking about such matters that aren't steeped in such ancient information and models. <<
Your bias is showing. ;-) discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 4:07 PM
Re: How many people are you completely honest with?
(in Extreme Honesty)
Marpa,
WRT to parsing out the 4 speech precepts of the 8 lifetime precepts, false speech can be interpreted as speech which is untrue, so technically, you can say something that is false or untrue while honestly believing that what you said was... read more discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 4:04 PM
Re: How many people are you completely honest with?
(in Extreme Honesty)
Charles >> Yes, any evaluation of ourselves or others is totally subjective, but it's all we got. <<
It sure seems that way sometimes. discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 3:26 PM
Re: attachments of some memories
(in Willful Ignorance)
michael >> subtle and very subtle mind <<
Would you be willing to elaborate or post references? discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 1:02 PM
Fin, Molly, Clara, Freya (a couple of weeks old)
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I be on retreat and incommunicado for a week starting tomorrow.
Well wishes, -saddha
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Re: wanna meet each other in person?
(in Willful Ignorance)
Thank you for the most gracious invitation.
I would like to go, but will be stuck in DC during the merriments. discussion post on Thu, June 26, 2008 - 9:10 AM
Re: How many people are you completely honest with?
(in Extreme Honesty)
As I consider this more, I think that it might not be possible to know for certain whether or not you are being 100% honest with yourself or anyone else, because if you are deceiving yourself, you don't know that you are, by definition.
discussion post on Tue, June 24, 2008 - 3:34 PM
Re: The dichotomy of being beautiful
(in Extreme Honesty)
Fifi,
For what it's worth, I find myself in agreement with almost everything you have said in this thread. discussion post on Tue, June 24, 2008 - 3:24 PM
Re: The dichotomy of being beautiful
(in Extreme Honesty)
Willow >> I mean, the mainstream in general is just kind of silly, so it's not surprising that the version of beauty promoted within the mainstream would be youth-obsessed, misogynistic and exclusionary. <<
Not to mention commercialized, commod... read more discussion post on Tue, June 24, 2008 - 3:22 PM
Re: The dichotomy of being beautiful
(in Extreme Honesty)
K,
Reading what you have written, I imagine that you would like to be treated as well as your BF apparently is. Would you be willing to consider the possibility that his being well treated has more to do with his sensitivity to and consideratio... read more discussion post on Tue, June 24, 2008 - 3:05 PM
Re: How many people are you completely honest with?
(in Extreme Honesty)
Marpa >> Are you talking about other precepts? Numbers five through seven as I know them don't really have to do with saying anything. <<
My mistake. You are correct. The eight precepts are generally taken to mean the eight precepts undertak... read more discussion post on Tue, June 24, 2008 - 5:45 AM
Re: Too many bodies
(in Extreme Honesty)
JSin >> When my apprentice was murdered earlier this year it fucked me the hell up. My grandmother dying a few weeks ago fucked me up. <<
I am sorry to hear this happened to you. Losing someone to violence sucks all the much more. discussion post on Mon, June 23, 2008 - 5:20 PM
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I be on retreat and incommunicado for a week starting tomorrow.
Thu, June 26, 2008 - 9:18 AM
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Well wishes, -saddha 
... starting tomorrow.
Thu, April 10, 2008 - 1:20 PM
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No connectivity to the outside world. Please keep the Internet going until I get back. With kind regard, -saddha 
A friend of my find had the audacity to suggest this cartoon from xkcd.com might be somehow related to me.
Wed, March 12, 2008 - 8:53 AM
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The nerve!
My TestimonialsNovember 16, 2007
an inquisitive and quicksilver mind, this fellow seems at times kenetic, then frenetic... but always burning brightly. wit and shit, human all, adorable for it in ways that words cannot adequately define. you know that friend who listens and understands, but cares enough to challenge you when it seems you may be contradicting yourself? takes a good being to be willing to bother with it... let alone a kind one to manage it without leaving a blood trail. he manages it and, coming from a firecracker like me, that's saying something.
if i had to use a single word to describe him, i'd be sunk... fortunately, i get to use a few. but were i to boil it down to adjectives, the list would still be longer than i can place here. all the same... perhaps the top five: honest, kind, intelligent, thoughtful, and attentive. a final note -- you don't see me flinging these testimonials around like confetti the way some do. if that doesn't mean something to you, it should... in this case, that you'd be doing yourself a favor to get to know this fellow.
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