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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    just to expound on my above post for the sake of itself, the idea behind giving & taking is that it flips everything on its head. This is not directed at you, but most people put their own problems...
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    the practice of Tonglen (also known as giving and taking) is said to develop and expand loving kindness and bodhicitta (the enlightened heart/mind)

    AWZ-ADaVJjA
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    Not that it normally isn't, but this thread has especially become a treasure trove of late. I guess we are all waking from our winter slumbers. Happy spring to everyone in the northern hemisphere ...
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    I was looking at a half-eaten banana the other day. The part of peel that was over the missing portion had withered and browned; meanwhile the peel that still had its banana contents was yellow and...
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    Re: The Constant Seeker

    it's hard to imagine on the other side of those tensions and waves of confusion that the mind sends is a perfectly reciprocal peace. that is until you start to see it

    the ocean/rock metaphor...
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    Sticky: Re: Surfing with Wind

    On the subject of sleep -- I slept on the floor last night on a folded up comforter and woke up feeling so much better than I have been

    If anyone else is like me and goes to bed feeling great, but...
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    this ride is becoming a lot more fun.. it's crazy how much tension is stored in the tongue, or in mine, anyway.

    I said as much to a friend of mine and he quoted someone who is slipping my mind...
  8. Thread: Dare To Fly

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    Re: Dare To Fly

    I walked outside last night at work at sirius was (star)ing right at me, or me at it or whatever. I'm hoping to take full flight soon, maybe in a few days when the sun rises again. ;) It's been a...
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    Re: Burning sensation while meditating

    you described my experience of late and I assumed it was kundalini. Have had the feeling like I don't need to breathe and I associated a taste with it too, started with a metallic taste and now it's...
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    I 'popped' a few weeks ago and couldn't stop smiling at this. I was with my good friend who's definitely got some siddhi and was back to digging after some time the next morning. Soon enough...
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    Sticky: Re: Surfing with Wind

    Another beautiful night for an eclipse. I counted four or five shooting stars and figured if my first wish was sincere then it made sense to wish for it again, again and again.. Infinite love to all,...
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    great post, I've had these thoughts of late and haven't had to force them into being; it's clear. what wasn't so obvious for me is that we are apart of that 'all' and that we must love ourselves --...
  13. Thread: Surrender

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    Re: Surrender

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    one of the few times I've had super vivid pictures meditating was out in the country one night. distinctly remember the word 'toy' coming into my awareness, then 'toy-ah' and finally another...
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    this must be a silly question, but were Pythagoras and the Greeks on the Gregorian calendar? I'm assuming someone, somewhere would have pointed out our flawed numerology results if they were using a...
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    Would enjoy a thread on numerology. Going to check out those books too, runningdeer! my numbers seem to be spot on, also found it interesting that my first awakenings happened right as I turned 27...
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    Sticky: Re: Surfing with Wind

    that's pretty amazing, RunningDeer! parallels on par with a double strip of paint running down a desert highway

    thanks so much, love this thread and get giddy when I see that it has been updated
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    Sticky: Re: Enlightenment: The Ego, what is it? How to transcend it.

    I guess these were the two I needed to hear, or happened to hear. Either way, thanks guys -- not just you two, but everyone who posts here.. and who doesn't, yet is raising the collective. Wouldn't...
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    Re: Is It time? To Change The World

    I'm not so sure this line of thinking is the answer, but we're in the same overall stream of where we want to end up. I liked this from greybeard:
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    Re: Is It time? To Change The World

    count me in. 'save this planet' has been the message that I've been getting. with the bees at the forefront of this message
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