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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
48d ago“Should Korea's robot Buddhist monk be allowed to lead ceremonies and replace human monks?”
Yeah, they recommend to continue with a daily practice, and retreats when you can, like once or twice a year. They’re not an insular group (a green flag for me) - they mentioned plenty of other teachers and practices and encourage you to explore.... Welcome and glad to have you here Nithya! Thank you for this. I haven’t heard of Atisha before this. Suddenly inspired to give my version in poetic tao te ching form, as a way to meditate on what’s been transmitted/expressed here… Unlearning "separation" Comes from relentless... To be honest it was a life changing week, in retrospect. I wasn’t dissapointed in any way to not reach Jhana, because I built inner trust that it will happen when my bodymind system is ready.... Hey Nat. that retreat was quite a lot. I’m really glad I did it. I did not experience Jhanna, but I experiened tremendous openings to more enjoyment, more softness, and increased ability for gratitude, forgiveness, appreciation.... Hey nat! I have been curious about these states for a few months now, and am finally taking the jump into a Jhourney retreat, starting next week! My current take is that these 8 distinct states are real, and attainable, and are basically about creating a positive feedback loop... - nat...
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ooh, I love the idea of states like vitamins! Yeah, I’d love to learn too. There’s a guided meditation on YouTube to bring you into the first Jhana. I listened to it last night. It put me into a deep meditation but nothing blissful.... - nat...
I’ve been thinking about this over the last several weeks. I have noticed that I too am terrible at sustaining any practice if I’m trying to achieve a desired state/stage and think it will get me something later.... I’m curious to what degree you’re aware of your body together with the awareness of the awareness? When I do both at the same time, it feels electrifying, almost convulsive. I experience it as transformational, integrative.... - Philip...
The main practices I always come back to are some form of prayer, usually gratitude, awe and/or communion with the Divine/Mystery, and some form of resting as awareness, and that one I do both for brief, random moments throughout the day (whenever I remember) as well as for a... - Adam1...
Hi Nikki. I just joined yesterday so I'm still figuring it out as well. I'm keeping my eye on it to see if I can jump into any interesting conversations.... - Drjo...