Sri Bhagavan on lust
January 12th, 2010 | 43 Comments
Sri Bhagavan on lust
Attachment
November 24th, 2009 | 272 Comments
Attachment
“Grasping at things can only yield one of two results:
Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear.
It is only a matter of which occurs first.”
Goenka
SOME DEFINITIONS
It may be important to know the following definitions and descriptions in order to understand the problems we have with attachment, and make sense about the ways in which we can deal with them.
ATTACHMENT
Definition: Exaggerated not wanting to be separated from someone or something. (Exact opposite of Aversion) Because the label of “pleasant” is very relative and based upon limited information, Attachment includes an aspect of exaggeration or “projection”.
Near “enemy” (or not to be confused with): Real appreciation, love and compassion.
Opposite: Wanting to be separated from someone or something: aversion.
Main quality: exaggeration of positive qualities, which can only lead to
The Addict Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
November 24th, 2009 | 409 Comments
The Addict Doesn’t Live Here Anymore!
The Evolution of Enlightenment:
To be addicted is to recognize and admit that patterns are running you, rather than the opposite.
Suffering is optional; however, that option is only available to those who have no need for suffering. If we look up the word in the dictionary, we find that suffering is a verb. It is used to describe actions, states or occurrences. Verbs don’t identify what is being described. For that we use nouns.
Why the grammar lesson? Think about it. Pain, fear, guilt, joy, passion: all emotional states of our human experience. They’re nouns, static conditions. Suffering, however, is a verb that
Is Lust Only Natural?
October 26th, 2009 | 320 Comments
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach says that the way to make the most of lust is to get married–and many religions would agree with him. In Judaism and other faiths, lust is seen as simply natural; what is more important is how the lustful believer acts (or doesn’t act) on that lust. But Jesus’ famous words–”But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart,” make it clear that Christianity, as well as other faiths, see lust itself as a sin. Use this guide to see where the five major religions stand on lust.
The Stairs, The Light, The Window, and The TV
September 13th, 2009 | 154 Comments
The Stairs, The Light, The Window, The TV & Table
I was holding my baby nephew who is only 8 months old, he is the cutest little thing. Lately his new thing is that he likes to point at things.
While I was holding him, he started the point at these 5 things the stairs, the light, the window, the TV and the living room table. In my mind, I didn’t think anything of it, because he loves to point at things now. But when he pointed at these things, it resonated in me as if it was something I should pay attention to. I started thinking about these things and these are the thoughts that came to my mind about these objects.
The tree of your life
September 1st, 2009 | 160 Comments
The tree of your life
We are like trees that produce fruit.
And like trees, we need nutrients to make us grow strong, other wise without the nutrients, our tree will fall, our fruits will dry up and rot away.
A good healthy tree yields tasty and beautiful fruits to every person that comes around the tree.
A bad unhealthy tree yields nothing but rotten and ugly fruits to every person that comes around the tree.
Spiritually speaking, the tree is you. What kind of fruit are you yielding?
If you are living an ungodly and self-centered life, then you will produce rotten fruit. Yielding rotten fruit is a result of unrighteous-speech, action, thinking, and living. This kind of tree is easily provoked in arguments, is impatient, lustful
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