Buddhism

leftyladyfrommo

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23. You need to read Pema

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 09:49 AM

Nov 2015

She is so good at dealing with emotions. And look into the Tibetan practice of tonglen. That will help so much.

With emotion you have to drop the story line and simply feel the emotion and watch it. Then you can use tonglen to breathe in all the emotion you can. Strengthen that feeling all that you can. Really feel that emotion. And then you use the out breath to purify it and send compassion put into the world. It's not hard.

Those emotions are what causes us to take on karma. They arevthe key .They aren't even real. What we are trying to do is get under them to the Wisdom that lies beyond. It's the same for our physical body and our mental states. We are trying to be aware of the gaps that allow us to get beyond them into who we really are under all that karmic garbage.

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Any meditators here? [View all] ellenrr Nov 2015 OP

I've been practicing Vipassana mediation for about 20 years. Nitram Nov 2015 #1

oh cool..I went to a Vipassana 10 day in the '70's ellenrr Nov 2015 #2

There are a number of centers, but the main one is in MA. Nitram Nov 2015 #3

Another vipassana student, also about 20 years. JudyM Nov 2015 #4

I agree, community is so important ellenrr Nov 2015 #5

40 years of Zen. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #6

40 years! that's awesome. nt ellenrr Nov 2015 #13

It really takes a long time. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #15

I am reading the Wisdom Gone Beyond leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #16

when you say "it takes a long long time" - are you saying ellenrr Nov 2015 #20

It takes a lifetime to learn to do stuff. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #21

wow. thanks for sharing that-- ellenrr Nov 2015 #22

You need to read Pema leftyladyfrommo Nov 2015 #23

i am starting to focus on it more restorefreedom Nov 2015 #7

I agree, all meditation is good, many paths. ellenrr Nov 2015 #8

catastrophe living...sounds about right restorefreedom Nov 2015 #9

ha, I got whacked once! I was on a vipassana retreat, ellenrr Nov 2015 #18

wow. a friend of mine went to a zen retreat somewhere restorefreedom Nov 2015 #24

I forgot this one thing ellenrr Nov 2015 #10

i have tried that over the years restorefreedom Nov 2015 #11

exactly. :) I read of a yogi who practices Kundalini Yoga, ellenrr Nov 2015 #12

congrats on the month! dr phil says it takes restorefreedom Nov 2015 #17

thanks. Yogi Bhajan says it takes 40 days. to make a new habit ellenrr Nov 2015 #19

excellent info! restorefreedom Nov 2015 #25

yeah, me too. Yogi Bhajan says the best time is between 4 and 6 am... ellenrr Dec 2015 #26

i like the coffee connection restorefreedom Dec 2015 #27

interesting... do you eat fast? ellenrr Dec 2015 #28

haha i thought i was a medium eater restorefreedom Dec 2015 #29

You're a little late for halloween ;) I think Dec 2 is a pagan holiday... ellenrr Dec 2015 #30

oh, lol, I'm 6 months off... ellenrr Dec 2015 #31

there are many holidays of different importance to different people restorefreedom Dec 2015 #32

yes, this conversation made me pull out my Zsuzsanna Budapest book.. ellenrr Dec 2015 #33

my pleasure...enjoy the solstice restorefreedom Dec 2015 #34

Another benefit of meditation ellenrr Nov 2015 #14