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ehowton

The Middle Path

Jun 21, 2012 08:28

I don't meditate. Mostly, I don't have time for that nonsense. And yet time and again I come across its many benefits, both spiritually (less me) and scientifically (more me). So while I have in the past flippantly replied, "I meditate when I walk," (and I have been walking on average 12-miles a day the last six weeks or so) I have often ( Read more... )

shambhala, philosophy, suffering

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ehowton June 21 2012, 20:05:23 UTC

Hrm. Even as fast as I type I don't often get all my thoughts coherently recorded, and I have been accused of 'leaping' to logical conclusions - please forgive my haste ( ... )

jobu121 June 21 2012, 21:46:45 UTC

I guess, it is like Democrat vs Republican. Middle of the road would be a Libertarian :)

ehowton June 22 2012, 02:12:08 UTC

Or like Christians vs Atheists. Middle of the road is still Libertarian.

michelle1963 June 23 2012, 13:20:01 UTC

LOL! Indeed.

michelle1963 June 23 2012, 13:15:06 UTC

Pema Chödrön says, "Though the teachings point us in the direction of diminishing our [strong conflicting emotions], calling ourselves "bad" because we have strong conflicting emotions is not helpful.

Nothing worse than feeling bad over feeling bad. Talk about the proverbial snowball effect.

Because we are all different creatures, explaining to someone else how to be mindful is a dicey proposition - what works for us may not work for someone else. Absolutely true! However, if one really wants to learn to be mindful, it might behoove him to ask many different people in hopes that one of the methods used by another will inspire ( ... )

ehowton June 23 2012, 17:13:14 UTC

I have an idea for an upcoming post on CBT - Cognitive Buddhism Therapy.

:P