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Views from members of Watford Society of Friends.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Insight (52 Meditations)
In-sight is the interior version of physical sight.
It is a seeing into the reality of things - self, relationships, scientific problems - into reality as a Whole, or some part of reality.
In-sights expand our space. They expand the parameters. They expand our sensibility.
But they also re-order priorities and tweak life-perspectives.
According to the teachings of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh
THIS WEEK'S MANTRA or 'BREATHTRA'
In-breath:I ask my spirit
Out-breath: light breaks forth
Words from a spiritual master;
"...while you meditate you are speaking with your own spirit.
In that state of mind you put certain questions to your spirit
and the spirit answers: the light breaks forth and the reality is revealed.
Words from another spiritual master;
TAGS: Zen, insight, meditation, interspirituality, intermysticism, interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh, Abdu'l-Baha, spiritual masters, reality, spirituality, spiritual development, spiritual federalism, interfaith, universalism,
Monday, 1 August 2011
"No single answer can hold the truth of a good heart." ~ Roshi Joan Halifax
Joan Jiko Halifax (born 1942) is a Zen Buddhist roshi, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality.She currently serves as abbot and guiding teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community which she founded in 1990. Halifax-roshi has received Dharma transmission from both Bernard Glassman and Thich Nhat Hanh, and previously studied under the Korean master Seung Sahn.In the 1970s she collaborated on LSD research projects with her ex-husband Stanislav Grof, in addition to other collaborative efforts with Joseph Campbell and Alan Lomax. She is founder of the Ojai Foundation in California, which she led from 1979 to 1989.As a socially engaged Buddhist, Halifax has done extensive work with the dying through her Project on Being with Dying (which she founded). She is on the board of directors of the Mind and Life Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated in exploring the relationship of science and Buddhism.
Videos about Joan, her work and the Upaya Centre are HERE
Much more about Roshi Joan Halifax is to also to be found HERE
20 Ways to get good karma - by the Dalai Lama
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Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. Follow the three R’s:
- Respect for self,
- Respect for others and
- Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. Spend some time alone every day. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
For the full list click HERE
- Respect for self,
- Respect for others and
- Responsibility for all your actions.
The Lotus Sutra - YouTube
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On hearing this my heart made a connection with first-nation Australian people in their didgeridoo playing - listen to the intonations!
Example: http://sunwalking.posterous.com/very-old-didgeridoo-played-by-a-modern-master
Respect to both great forms of spiritual out-flowing!
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