tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post5606594812522396839..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: An Old ScriptMarguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-90964309234233291472010-09-28T07:47:54.876-07:002010-09-28T07:47:54.876-07:00Phil, yes, I love Ayya Khema's insistence that...Phil, yes, I love Ayya Khema's insistence that we clean up our house first. <br /><br />I also wonder if there are not times when outer circumstances need to be attended to first and also? How about the situation when a person is being abused? Or an unhealthy workplace? Or a toxic friendship? The Buddha refers to such people as fools, and is clear that we would be fool ourselves to keep up with such friendship. It maybe that if one is unable to change the outer circumstances, then Ayya Khema's view is the only option. I am thinking of people in prison for instance.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-31641514338575335152010-09-28T07:42:43.343-07:002010-09-28T07:42:43.343-07:00Thank you Doris. Beautiful!
I love your ending, &...Thank you Doris. Beautiful!<br /><br />I love your ending, 'with patience', the best . . . I think I will use it also :)Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-32639239987834204832010-09-28T05:56:02.735-07:002010-09-28T05:56:02.735-07:00I found that "there can be no disharmony with...I found that "there can be no disharmony with others if we feel harmonious within ourselves", from Ayya Khema, very helpful.<br />I think I'll revisit it frequently, thankyou.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520604040578659653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-3473852185794274692010-09-28T03:52:15.274-07:002010-09-28T03:52:15.274-07:00Hi Marguerite, thank you much for sharing.
An ol...Hi Marguerite, thank you much for sharing. <br /><br />An old script or habit to me is comparing myself with others and by doing that invoking thoughts of being better respectively worse - consequently feeling strengthened or - on the other hand - weakened - it depends. Such comparing usually is also followed by wanting to change myself or others, to let myself or others not just be. It is somehow like it was in school, like playing teachers and pupils within my mind, giving grades, thinking this is right and that is wrong…and then be good, better, best…Competition based on group pressure which I think I must allow.. It mostly happens when I feel tired or wounded. <br /><br />As I am practicing acceptance, letting myself and others just be - comparing and competing is not central anymore and also happens not so often. Instead I discover the possibility and ability to maintain an awareness of stillness connected with warmth. This validates more and more that it really is enough to simply notice what is going on. “What gets awareness, changes” - by itself. The practice makes me feel more well grounded and trusting Life, myself and others to grow rather than somehow being artificially built. <br /><br />With Patience, <br />doris :-) <br /><br />"As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. "<br /><br />Pema ChödrönDorishttp://twitter.com/ThankUHerenessnoreply@blogger.com