tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post2686816473801877882..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: What Do We Feed On?Marguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-77783364533051548142012-05-01T12:22:55.234-07:002012-05-01T12:22:55.234-07:00Thank you Michael! So many points of view regardin...Thank you Michael! So many points of view regarding how to be with sleepy body . . . Mingyur Rinpoche, U Tejaniya, Ayya Khema, Thanissaro Bhikkhu . . . different teachers each with a different idea on the topic! Regarding the 5 aggregates and other such intricate Dharma concepts, I find the effort spent in intellectual understanding always pays off in the long run, same way one reap the fruit from careful seed planting. And then, of course, it is good to leave those seeds undisturbed. This is where I am at now with the aggregates :)Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-1642834421976658572012-05-01T08:28:58.153-07:002012-05-01T08:28:58.153-07:00Marguerite maybe its sometimes best just to rest o...Marguerite maybe its sometimes best just to rest or sleep if thats what the body wants to do.Attachment to meditation at set times is perhaps not always wise. Also too much pondering on the aggregates is often inclined to give one a headache!!<br />This is offered in a half serious way of course.I hope you don't mind.Michael Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058004902103918910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-48172339586535608032012-05-01T08:05:57.370-07:002012-05-01T08:05:57.370-07:00Regarding the desire part, I get that we trade one...Regarding the desire part, I get that we trade one category of desire, the ordinary ones, as for food, status, material things, security, etc . . . for a different category, that related to the practice and the eightfold path. Desire for less or no unnecessary suffering from added-on cravings and clinging. We are hungry for a whole different kind of food, the spiritual kind.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-46817548068040557042012-05-01T07:54:16.019-07:002012-05-01T07:54:16.019-07:00My understanding is to try to unravel each aggrega...My understanding is to try to unravel each aggregate, peel it back to origin. But isn't a human life the origin? Then desire is the problem? We can try have no desires, perhaps by just watching them flow in the film of life...when we pull back and watch ourselves. Watch a dog, they eat until full or no more food is left, then they don't go into story about why don't you give me more or how come the cat gets more attention, and they just relax. We, on the other hand, use our mind to conjure up our next desire when one thing is fulfilled. Uneasiness, because we don't really know what is next.Was Oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787588883235992471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-20145495890996527542012-04-30T21:27:33.440-07:002012-04-30T21:27:33.440-07:00Yes, that is my understanding and experience.Yes, that is my understanding and experience.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-91752155436154039172012-04-30T20:23:08.073-07:002012-04-30T20:23:08.073-07:00Whatever intervention we could make can only be ma...Whatever intervention we could make can only be made to alter or let go the fabrication. Mindfulness, alertness, ardency are the mechanisms to intervene and change the fabrication. Please correct me if I'm wrong.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992585415120054925noreply@blogger.com