Men’s View:
Men’s View: Monday, Second and Fourth Monday every month 6:45 to 7:45pm
Facilitated by Bob Burnard and Friends
posted by varjapani @ 8:56 AM
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Facilitated by Bob Burnard and Friends
Facilitated by Bob Burnard and Friends
2 Comments:
This is something very similar to what we were discussing last night
"Whatever problems come to us from beings or inanimate objects, if our mind gets used to perceiving only the suffering or the negative aspects of them, then even from a small negative incident great mental pain will ensue. For it is the nature of indulgence in any concept, whether suffering or happiness, that the experience [will be intensified by that indulgence. As] negative experience gradually becomes stronger, a time will come when most of what appears before us will become the cause of bringing us unhappiness, and happiness will never have a chance to arise. If we do not realize that the fault lies with our own mind's way of gaining experience, and if we blame all our problems on the external conditions alone, then the ceaseless flame of habitual negative deeds such as hatred and suffering will increase in us. That is called: "All appearances arising in the form of enemies."
-- Dodrupchen
(Quoted from The Healing Power of Mind, by Tulku Thondrup)
I found this at the following web site if you are interested in further reading on the subject.
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/meditation.htm
I have been liking the direction the class has been taking.
Here's something that addresses why it is so hard for the suffering self to die: ". . . we in Western society hold strong beliefs that we are solid, separate selves, basic entities housed in our own little bodies. We see ourselves as being essentially like this or that. . . In this way we make permanent states of passing emotions or complexes. . . and it is hard to see how the self is a function and not a thing. . . "
(Quoted from *The Resilient Spirit* by Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D.)
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