tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post92964260235254204..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: Double Take on Loving KindnessMarguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-18731431571276439772011-08-02T13:01:16.568-07:002011-08-02T13:01:16.568-07:00Thanks for this post. It is a good reminder. Somet...Thanks for this post. It is a good reminder. Sometimes we are so sincere about changing ourselves into more compassionate beings that we resort to methods that do violence against our feelings and emotions, negative though they may be. It can all be so tricky, but I've found that I must (absolutely must!) surround myself with compassion, otherwise there is no way that I can extend compassion toward others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-30383593375682533122011-07-05T17:06:55.239-07:002011-07-05T17:06:55.239-07:00Yes, to attend to, and to investigate the experien...Yes, to attend to, and to investigate the experience fully, so that the heart and mind become convinced to let go, at last . . .Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-23411387316049222712011-07-05T13:29:55.909-07:002011-07-05T13:29:55.909-07:00Actually, the way I see it, mindfulness is just th...Actually, the way I see it, mindfulness is just the intentional awareness of what is present, without reactivity... That being said, noticing that there is an inner conflict... anger when one wants peace or lovingkindness and seeing that tension which is just dukkha, right? When things are not as we wish, that's dukkha. To know it as it is - then this knowing transforms it. I'm thinking of Gil's recent talk on the Book of Eights - knowing the painfulness of dukkha, the natural response is to let go. But we can't do that willfully, we can't force the mind to let go - that just creates more dukkha! We just need for the mind to experience it fully and then naturally, the mind let's go.dharmadancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499723334521333303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-8645947600394765602011-07-05T07:12:13.258-07:002011-07-05T07:12:13.258-07:00Thanks for sharing this lovely practice, Nate!
I ...Thanks for sharing this lovely practice, Nate!<br /><br />I am a big fan of mindfulness and investigation :) two powerful ways to find out for ourselves the truth about self-inflicted suffering as it is being played out in the body, and the mind.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-13211828328062480182011-07-05T06:26:26.137-07:002011-07-05T06:26:26.137-07:00Ah, yes! This reminds me of a compassionate abidi...Ah, yes! This reminds me of a compassionate abiding practice I was recently introduced to. The practice involves looking at our emotions, such as anger, and neither acting them out or repressing them. <br /><br />Locating the emotion and where it's coming from. Feeling the very real energy that's associated with it. Then, instead of shying away from it, embrace it. Hold the emotion just like your lovely example above of a mother holding her child. Gently stop any thoughts related to the emotion so that you can remain with the true feeling and essence of the emotion.<br /><br />Thanks so much for this. It's a reminder for me to not only practice sending metta to others, but also learning to generate love and compassion for myself.Natehttp://www.fearlessendeavors.com/noreply@blogger.com