Tag: meditation
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Meditative absorptions: why they matter.
How do the meditative immersions (jhanas) bring insight. Vipassana and samatha are not that distinct. The immaterial absorptions arupa jhanas are a springboard for dispassion and therefore for Nibbana, ultimate stilling of all arising and ultimate peace.
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HAPPINESS VANISHES LIKE A SNOWFLAKE.
Peace comes from desirelessness not from getting what we want. We are at peace when the mind is free from greed, hatred and delusion. The Ancient Path is the way to freedom, to liberation of mind.
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SAINTS AND PSYCHOPATHS
Choose wisely your teacher. This world of spirituality can be dangerous for kind and naive meditators. Deviant personalities are found in this milieu, and often, they are very drawing and convincing! When you start to realize that something is fishy about them, your life might be already upside down, your wallet empty, and/or your spiritual…
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HOW SOMEONE KNOWS S.HE IS ENLIGHTENED?
Is enlightenment a self-assertion? Can someone make it up? Can you wrongly assert yourself? Can someone else validate your enlightenment? Those questions are given answers.
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My personal experience from anagami to arahantship and the subtle hiding of craving for existence.
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GOODWILL HAS SETTLED IN YOUR HEART
When friction in the mind over what is happening is relinquished, everything becomes simple. Tensions get released, quarrels are not started, hard speech is not uttered, grunges do not arise, and resentment does not shrink the heart. No tight belly, no tunnel vision, no rounded shoulders, no burning stomach. You sleep well and are at…
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LOVE BECOMES INEVITABLE
Every day, I witness the power of love that can express itself as forgiveness for oneself or others, generosity, kindness, goodwill, or simply as surrendering to what is—the absence of rejection, of pushing away, of resistance. Giving away without expecting anything in return, regardless of the recipient. It can be trained and cultivated until it…
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PERMISSION TO EVAPORATE
Allow yourself to put the burden of your self-generated identity down. Realize that urgencies are a matter of perspective. Time depends on the clinging and on your perception of it. You are not obliged to be someone today. Lay down your status, your skills, your knowledge, your goals, your dreams, and your aspirations. Allow yourself…
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