Sunday, 31 December 2023

ET. Inner Stillness. Joy of Being

NDT

Karm Yog. Consecrated Action

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🪷"SHABDA BRAHMA"🪷 
☆Veda means shabda brahma, and it comes through guru paramparā, 
the succession of bona fide ācāryas. Krishna gives this knowledge to His dear devotees...vaishnavas, mahapurushas, mahajanas, and through them, it descends here.
It is received through hearing. This shabda brahma descends when such a bona fide acārya speaks. The Supreme Lord, in the form of shabda/ sound, descends and enters the heart through the ears. In this way, Vedic knowledge is received.

💫Śrīla Gour Govinda 
      Swāmī Mahārāja💫

Saturday, 30 December 2023

RD. Allowing process of self love

Allowing I m anxious ego needful. Neurotic. Angry

Then again wisdom and compassion 

Atman. Brahman. No fear. No separation

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Final Instructions.....
87th Disappearance day of our Beloved Srila Bhakisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Hare Krishna.

On December 23rd, 1936, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada gave his final instructions to the assembled devotees:

"Perhaps many people have considered me their enemy because I was compelled to tell the unadulterated truth. I asked them to serve the Lord with all sincerity. I have given much anxiety to many people only because I wanted to inspire them to serve Krishna sincerely without material desire and duplicity. One day they will understand this."

1. “Remember that this world is temporary and lasts only a day or two. Give up your family attachment and transcend this world of illusion."

2. “Maintain your worldly obligations in whatever way you can, but make the eternal principle, devotion to Krishna, the true purpose of your voyage through life.”

3. “Let hundreds of dangers, insults or persecutions come, but in spite of them, do not give up your worship of Krishna.”

4. “When you see that most people are indifferent to Sri Krishna and show no interest in selfless service to Krishna and in talks about Him, don’t be discouraged. First of all, never give up your bhajan, your life and soul.”

5. “Why would you accept the poverty of a life without hearing and chanting about Krishna, your sole wealth?”

6. “Please always chant the name of the Lord, being humbler than a blade of grass and more tolerant than a tree. Give all respect to others and demand none for yourself. Make the worship of the holy name the most important aspect of your devotional life.”

7. “We do not seek to become heroes performing great works or religious deeds. We will become distressed if we take up the paths of knowledge, works or austerities.”

8. “While living in this world, we encounter many difficulties; but there is no need for us ever to be bewildered by these difficulties.”

9. “We need make no effort to remove any of these obstacles. What is necessary for us, while we are still here, is to learn what is beyond – what will be the nature of our eternal life.”

10. “There are so many things that attract and repel us. There is no end to the things that we want and don’t want.”

11. “If you wish to triumph over attraction and repulsion, then you should remember that by becoming attracted to the transcendental holy name, you will be delivered from them.”

12. “As you continue cultivating your consciousness of Krishna, your thirst for material sense-objects will decrease.”

13. “The philosophy of Krishna consciousness is very perplexing. At first it seems startling and full of complex details.”

14. “The holy name is more compassionate than the Lord of the name Himself. If one takes shelter of the name, then it unravels all these philosophical complexities.

15. “In this world, no one is the special object of my affection, nor do I have the slightest hostility towards anyone.”

16. “Whatever arrangements we make in this world are temporary. There is no need to waste time thinking about gain or loss here.”

17. “Preach the message of Sri Rupa and Raghunatha fearlessly and with great enthusiasm. Through this preaching, you will attain all perfection.”

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Yoga. Union with Brahman cutting through Maya and Ego

RD. Flip happens. Another way of relating to Universe

Next few lifetimes just a clean up operation 

RD. See actions as evil. Not beings. Child Bdolf

RD. Out of identification with own thoughts and sensations

Bdha. Where does fire go when fuel is run out 

Back to Central

RD. Every being I meet is the Beloved in drag. No judgement. Just listen to their story

Kak Bhusundi. Bdha. CAW. Compassion and Wisdom

RD. Spirituality reduces anxty. Needs Compassion and Wisdom

Go egoless in England

RD. Eastern art not signed. Signage is a sign of Ego attachment

RD. G-D. Non conceptual force of wisdom and compassion. Yes. Krsna

Akin to SD concept of Brahman

RD. Awareness. Spaciousness around Form is Equanimity

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NY RESOLN X FREE WILL 

For 364 days of the year, I’m perfectly happy to sit on the fence when it comes to the “free will” question. Do I truly make my own decisions or am I pinballing through life along a path determined by genetics, environment, and experience? I have no idea. But this ignorance vanishes on the 1st of every January. When it comes time to declare a New Year’s resolution, I hop off the fence and stand resolutely with the determinists — not out of some grand philosophical or scientific insight, but out of the realization that chalking things up to “everything is pretty much determined” is a fantastic way to avoid starting the year with a stressful homework assignment.

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PICA X VISHWAROOP DARSHAN 

  • When Krishna was much younger, he sat looking at the Gopis clean all the vessels. He noticed that after a vessel in which butter was stored was emptied, the Gopis would clean them using mud. He started to wonder if even he would have to eat mud after eating butter to clean his stomach.
  • So, after eating butter to his fill, he stuffed his mouth with mud. His brother, Balram, and his friends noticed that he had stuffed his mouth and asked him what it was. He refused to open his mouth so they took him to Yashoda. Yashoda also asked him to open his mouth but he did not say anything nor open his mouth. Yashoda then grabbed a stick out of anger and said he would get a beating if he didn’t open his mouth right away.
  • Krishna then opened his mouth and to her surprise, Yashoda could see the entire universe clearly in Krishna’s mouth. She could even spot Gokula and herself standing in front of the child with his open mouth. In disbelief, she closed her eyes to clear her mind. When she opened her eyes she saw Krishna smiling at her innocently. Though Yashoda had taken note of this miracle, she kept it to herself as Krishna seemed unaffected.
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EVIL V G-D 
modern texts provide a third answer, one in which the dominant word is “silence.” In this case, the main argument is that we cannot explain or understand everything, and man must humbly accept his inability to grasp the full extent of reality’s mysteries and resort to stillness. It is precisely this inability to make sense of our chaotic existence – so rife with monstrosities and devastation – that can ultimately assuage our religious consciences. It allows us to acknowledge that we neither can understand, nor should we.

This approach seeks to free us from the need to search for answers, from trying to give religious legitimacy to our inability to rationalize everything. It enables us to concede and “leave those questions be.” Nonetheless, as people of faith, this line of thought does not ultimately satisfy our quest for meaning. It is only effective insofar as it somewhat alleviates our sense of impotence. It can only mollify the souls of those willing to accept what cannot be understood, but those who thirst for answers will never find comfort in accepting a world of endless question marks. 

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Come out into the universe of light. Everything in the universe is yours, spread your arms and embrace it with love. If you ever thought you wanted to do it, you felt God. "
-Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda Quotes in Hindi

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HNY24. COD research

RD. Psychdlc experience clicked with Hindu Bdha philosophy

RD. Culture of more will be just enough

RD. Dth is end of another dream

RD. Quiet. See Awareness trapped by thoughts and senses

Chinmayananda. Dthing all. Arrow of time conditions all

RD. Quiet. Silence. Brahman

RD. Awareness. Emptiness. Patience

Jivanmukti. Treats body as detached as shadow

But body remains temple. 
No BC2 excesses 

HNY2024. BC2 low diet

Friday, 29 December 2023

RD. Somebody did not awaken from their somebodiness

60. Sanyas

Problem of Other Minds

The problem of other minds says that we do not know whether others have conscious thoughtsRussell thinks we do know this because 1) our own intelligent behaviors are similar to the intelligent behaviors of others and that therefore, 2) we can generalize from our own case to the case of others

CODQ. Who am I. RM. Atman. Consciousness

COD question. KTA. Kichhu to achhe

8 bn ppl on Earth by this NY2024

Gef. No awareness that we were ever aware after dth

Sn Cnma. Nandor Fodor.. I shall never see you again

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

ABY

Chapter 7: The Levitating Saint
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“I saw a yogi remain in the air, several feet above the ground, last night at a group meeting.” My friend, Upendra Mohun Chowdhury, spoke impressively.

I gave him an enthusiastic smile. “Perhaps I can guess his name. Was it Bhaduri Mahasaya, of Upper Circular Road?”

Upendra nodded, a little crestfallen not to be a news-bearer. My inquisitiveness about saints was well-known among my friends; they delighted in setting me on a fresh track.

“The yogi lives so close to my home that I often visit him.” My words brought keen interest to Upendra’s face, and I made a further confidence.

“I have seen him in remarkable feats. He has expertly mastered the various pranayamas  of the ancient eightfold yoga outlined by Patanjali.Once Bhaduri Mahasaya performed the Bhastrika Pranayama before me with such amazing force that it seemed an actual storm had arisen in the room! Then he extinguished the thundering breath and remained motionless in a high state of superconsciousness. The aura of peace after the storm was vivid beyond forgetting.”

“I heard that the saint never leaves his home.” Upendra’s tone was a trifle incredulous.

“Indeed it is true! He has lived indoors for the past twenty years. He slightly relaxes his self-imposed rule at the times of our holy festivals, when he goes as far as his front sidewalk! The beggars gather there, because Saint Bhaduri is known for his tender heart.”

“How does he remain in the air, defying the law of gravitation?”

“A yogi’s body loses its grossness after use of certain pranayamas. Then it will levitate or hop about like a leaping frog. Even saints who do not practice a formal yoga have been known to levitate during a state of intense devotion to God.”

“I would like to know more of this sage. Do you attend his evening meetings?” Upendra’s eyes were sparkling with curiosity.

“Yes, I go often. I am vastly entertained by the wit in his wisdom. Occasionally my prolonged laughter mars the solemnity of his gatherings. The saint is not displeased, but his disciples look daggers!”

On my way home from school that afternoon, I passed Bhaduri Mahasaya’s cloister and decided on a visit. The yogi was inaccessible to the general public. A lone disciple, occupying the ground floor, guarded his master’s privacy. The student was something of a martinet; he now inquired formally if I had an “engagement.” His guru put in an appearance just in time to save me from summary ejection.

“Let Mukunda come when he will.” The sage’s eyes twinkled. “My rule of seclusion is not for my own comfort, but for that of others. Worldly people do not like the candor which shatters their delusions. Saints are not only rare but disconcerting. Even in scripture, they are often found embarrassing!”

I followed Bhaduri Mahasaya to his austere quarters on the top floor, from which he seldom stirred. Masters often ignore the panorama of the world’s ado, out of focus till centered in the ages. The contemporaries of a sage are not alone those of the narrow present.

“Maharishi, you are the first yogi I have known who always stays indoors.”

“God plants his saints sometimes in unexpected soil, lest we think we may reduce Him to a rule!”

The sage locked his vibrant body in the lotus posture. In his seventies, he displayed no unpleasing signs of age or sedentary life. Stalwart and straight, he was ideal in every respect. His face was that of a rishi, as described in the ancient texts. Noble-headed, abundantly bearded, he always sat firmly upright, his quiet eyes fixed on Omnipresence.

The saint and I entered the meditative state. After an hour, his gentle voice roused me.

“You go often into the silence, but have you developed anubhava?” He was reminding me to love God more than meditation. “Do not mistake the technique for the Goal.”

He offered me some mangoes. With that good-humored wit that I found so delightful in his grave nature, he remarked, “People in general are more fond of Jala Yoga (union with food) than of Dhyana Yoga (union with God).”

Autobiography of a yogi --
Paramhansa Yogananda
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Monday, 25 December 2023

1100 IST Fthr severe dizzy spell

Retd longevity has corresponding care costs

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Sledging bk rd. It’s red, it’s round, you hit it

Prarthana plus Kartavya

U have a bk. I hv a library

ET. Thinking feeds onto the painful narrative

ET. Being is the unconditioned Consciousness

Advta. Gap out to Awareness. GOTA

ET

1977 epiphany 
I couldn’t live with myself any longer. And in this a question arose without an answer: who is the ‘I’ that cannot live with the self? What is the self? I felt drawn into a void! I didn’t know at the time that what really happened was the mind-made self, with its heaviness, its problems, that lives between the unsatisfying past and the fearful future, collapsed. It dissolved. The next morning I woke up and everything was so peaceful. The peace was there because there was no self. Just a sense of presence or “beingness,” just observing and watching

Krsna japa at dth

"কীভাবে মৃত্যুর সময় আপনার মনকে কৃষ্ণে স্থির করা যায়? তো যদি কেউ প্রতিদিন জপ-কীর্তনের অভ্যাস করে, তাহলে এটি অত্যন্ত সহজ হবে যে, মৃত্যুর সময় আপনি আপনার মনকে কৃষ্ণের প্রতি, ভগবানের প্রতি স্থির করতে পারবেন এবং তাহলেই আপনি ভগবানকে লাভ করতে পারবেন।"

~শ্রীল জয়পতাকা স্বামী, 

Saturday, 23 December 2023

Higgs boson. Maya particle

Ikri mikri Cham chikri

“ইকড়ি মিকড়ি চাম-চিকড়ি,
চামের কাঁটা মজুমদার,
ধেয়ে এল দামোদর।
দামোদরের হাঁড়ি-কুঁড়ি,
দাওয়ায় বসে চাল কাঁড়ি।
চাল কাঁড়তে হল বেলা,
ভাত খাওগে দুপুরবেলা।
ভাতে পড়ল মাছি,
কোদাল দিয়ে চাঁছি।
কোদাল হল ভোঁতা,
খা কামারের মাথা।”
ছোটবেলায় আমরা অনেকেই এই ছড়াটি পড়েছি। কিন্তু কখনো কি ভেবেছি নান্দনিক ছন্দের এই ছড়াটির অর্থ কি? এই ছড়া কোন ইতিহাস বয়ে বেড়ায় কিনা?
এই প্রশ্ন করলে হয়তো এই উত্তরই আসবে যে শিশুদের নির্ভেজাল আনন্দের জন্য এই ছড়ার রচনা হয়েছে। কিন্তু সত্যটা বেশ করুণ। আদতে আনন্দের ছিঁটেফোঁটাও নেই এই ছড়ায়, শিশুদের জন্য তো না বটেই।
মূলত এই ছড়ায় ছড়াকার অসাধারণ দক্ষতার সাথে চিরন্তন বাংলার সাধারণ মানুষের দুঃসহ আর্থ-সামাজিক অবস্থা তুলে ধরেছেন। চলুন এবার ছড়াটির প্রতিটি শব্দ ও পংক্তি ধরে বিশ্লেষণ করে দেখি।
'ইকড়ি' অর্থ সংসার পরিপালনের জন্য সারাদিন খেটেখুটে কঠোর পরিশ্রম করা। কিন্তু তাতেও যখন সংসার চলে না, তখন প্রয়োজন হয় 'মিকড়ি', অর্থাৎ আরও কিছু অতিরিক্ত উপার্জনের চেষ্টা করা। 'চাম' অর্থ রুজি-রোজগারের এলাকা। আর 'চিকড়ি' অর্থ সেই রোজগারের এলাকায় ঘুরে ঘুরে কিছু (অর্থ বা ফসল) উপার্জন করে তা ঘরে নিয়ে আসা।
কিন্তু সমস্যা হয়ে দাঁড়ায় এই "চামের কাঁটা মজুমদার"। 'মজুমদার' মূলত এক প্রকার রাজকর্মচারীর পদবী যার কাজ ছিল খাজনা বা রাজস্ব আদায় ও হিসেব রাখা। আর তাই অনেক সময় খাজনা আদায়ের নামে দরিদ্র খেটে খাওয়া মানুষের সর্বস্ব কেড়ে নিয়ে যেত বলে তাকে পথের কাঁটা বলা হয়েছে।
আর অতঃপর "ধেয়ে এল দামোদর"। এই 'দামোদর' হলো মূলত ফড়ে-পাইকারের দল, যারা সাধারণ কৃষকের উৎপাদিত ফসল অথবা কুমারের বানানো তৈজসপত্র স্বল্প দামে কিনে নিয়ে বাজারে চড়া দামে বিক্রি করতো।
কিন্তু এই দামোদর শুধু এসেই ক্ষান্ত হয় না। এখানে বলা হয়েছে "দামোদরের হাঁড়ি-কুঁড়ি"। এর অর্থ হলো, তারা যখন আসে তখন সাথে করে হাঁড়ি কুঁড়ি নিয়ে আসে। অর্থাৎ খেটে খাওয়া মানুষের উৎপাদিত সব দ্রব্য সাথে করে নিয়ে যাওয়ার প্রস্তুতি নিয়ে আসে।
এরপর বলা হয়েছে "দাওয়ায় বসে চাল কাঁড়ি", অর্থাৎ মজুমদার আর ফড়ে পাইকারের থেকে লুকিয়ে যেটুকু চাল বাঁচানো গিয়েছে, এবার সেটা দিয়েই ঘরের দরজায় বসে ভাত রাঁধার প্রস্তুতি শুরু।
কিন্তু "চাল কাঁড়তে হল বেলা", অর্থাৎ এতসব ঝামেলা ঝক্কি সামলাতে সামলাতে ভাত রাঁধায় দেরী হয়ে যায়। তাই "ভাত খাওগে দুপুরবেলা", অর্থাৎ প্রথম প্রহরে বা সকালে খাওয়া আর সম্ভব হয় না। একেবারে দ্বিপ্রহরে বা দুপুরে খেতে হয়।
কিন্তু খাবে কী করে! কারণ "ভাতে পড়ল মাছি"। এখানে 'মাছি' বলতে আসলে চোরকে বুঝানো হয়েছে। অর্থাৎ গরীবের যে যৎসামান্য খাদ্য, তারও শেষ রক্ষা হয় না। ছিঁচকে চোর সেটাও চুরি করে নিয়ে যায়। তাই "কোদাল দিয়ে চাঁছি"। এই 'কোদাল'ও আক্ষরিক অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হয়নি। বরং কোদাল বলতে এখানে কোতোয়াল বা পুলিশের কথা বুঝানো হয়েছে। অর্থাৎ পুলিশের কাছে গিয়ে চোরের ব্যাপারে নালিশ করা হয়েছে।
তবে তাতেও যে গরীব মানুষের হয়রানি কম হয়, তা কিন্তু নয়। কারণ "কোদাল হল ভোঁতা"। অর্থাৎ পুলিশ বা কোতোয়াল কোন কাজই করে না। আর তাই "খা কামারের মাথা"। অর্থাৎ এই কোদাল যে কামার বানিয়েছে, মানে পুলিশ কোতোয়াল সৃষ্টিকারী গ্রামের উচ্চপর্যায়ের লোকেরা, শেষমেশ তাদের কাছে গিয়েই এই হতদরিদ্র মানুষ গুলোর মাথা কুটে কাঁদতে হয়।
সুতরাং এক কথা বললে, এই ছড়ায় ছড়াকার গ্রাম বাংলার সেই খেটে খাওয়া মানুষের জীবনবৃত্তান্ত তুলে ধরেছেন যে কিনা কঠোর পরিশ্রম করেও জমিদার, খাজনা আদায়কারী, অসাধু ব্যবসায়ী, চোর, পুলিশ এদের উপদ্রবে নিজের পরিবারের জন্য দু' বেলার খাবারও জোটাতে পারে না।
তথ্যসূত্রঃ
১। কলিম খান ও রবি চক্রবর্তী, "বঙ্গীয় শব্দার্থকোষ", ভাষাবিন্যাস
২। ড. মোহাম্মদ আমিন, "ইকড়ি মিকড়ি : অসাধারণ অর্থপূর্ণ একটি ছড়া", 

(সংগৃহিত)

Thursday, 21 December 2023

Saturday, 16 December 2023

the end of the beginning x the long goodbye x fu moans x not quite dd yet x alt -write x lets talk abt now

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Pain. Resistance. Non acceptance

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Nor does longevity mean merely notching more and more birthdays as we slowly wither away. This is what happened to a hapless mythical Greek named Tithonus, who asked the gods for eternal life. To his joy, the gods granted his wish. But because he forgot to ask for eternal youth as well, his body continued to decay. Oops

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In 1900, life expectancy hovered somewhere south of age fifty, and most people were likely to die from “fast” causes: accidents, injuries, and infectious diseases of various kinds. Since then, slow death has supplanted fast death. The majority of people reading this book can expect to die somewhere in their seventies or eighties, give or take, and almost all from “slow” causes. Assuming that you’re not someone who engages in ultrarisky behaviors like BASE jumping, motorcycle racing, or texting and driving, the odds are overwhelming that you will die as a result of one of the chronic diseases of aging that I call the Four Horsemen: heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, or type 2 diabetes and related metabolic dysfunction. To achieve longevity—to live longer and live better for longer—we must understand and confront these causes of slow death.


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HW 0730 PRE WNTR SOLSTC WK QT COLD LIGHT OF DAY

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

NRWCH RVR DRWN TUICD CASE

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William Martin:

Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
and the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry
when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
in the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.

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Wabi-sabi: Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay

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We’re all just walking each other home.”

— Ram Dass

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"Would you be able," my wife asked, "to fix your attention on what The Tibetan Book of the Dead calls the Clear Light?"

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“… when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You appreciate it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.

The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying “You’re too this, or I’m too this.” That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”

— Ram Dass, On Self Judgment


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Such experiences of enlarged consciousness can occur in a variety of ways: sensory deprivation, yoga exercises, disciplined meditation, religious or aesthetic ecstasies, or spontaneously. Most recently they have become available to anyone through the ingestion of psychedelicS

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At any given moment, everyone around us is a completely unique specimen, never before seen in existence in their present incarnation and never to be seen again. Something completely inimitable.

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When we step into this awareness, we can “snap out” of judging and fault-finding mode and instead simply accept and appreciate people just as they are. We can love them in their idiosyncratic humanity.

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The Buddha faced the challenge of discovering how the human mind works without the knowledge we possess today in physiology or neuroscience. Therefore, the language he used was symbolic, ambiguous, and sometimes cryptic. For that reason it can be incredibly valuable to illuminate the Satipatthana Sutta – the Buddha’s discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness – in the context of contemporary neuroscience, psychology. The result is a powerful new path to mindfulness and happiness for Buddhist meditators at all levels.

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fast dth to slo dth 

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. —B D T

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Devotional Expression: Jagannath Ashtakam is a beautiful expression of devotion, capturing the essence of the devotee's love and surrender to Bhagavan Jagannath. The hymn is filled with deep emotional and spiritual sentiments, reflecting the devotee's yearning for the divine.

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If trauma dominated the nighttime, our days belonged to patients with vascular disease, GI disease, and especially cancer.

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Just code for a cruel world

AWD. EEA. Enjoy electronics blone

Joy

Theme: Joy


What is joy?  In psychological terms it is more than just happiness - it is a broader, deeper feeling often described as extreme gladness, delight or happiness arising from a sense of wellbeing or satisfaction. Joy is not just a fleeting feeling; it also triggers positive physiological and psychological changes that can improve our physical and mental health.

Joy is very closely connected to what is most important to us as individuals.

It can be felt in our response to simple everyday experiences of wonder and awe in the world – witnessing a beautiful sunrise on your journey to work, spotting a rainbow after a storm, or the delicate beauty of a flower that grows through the gap in the concrete. We can also experience joy through our interactions and close relationships with others - particularly with those who share our values and outlook on life.

It is also often felt after we accomplish something we have wanted for a long time – after the birth of a child, passing an exam, graduation, a promotion, completing a sporting challenge, or reaching the summit of a mountain. 

Joy is a positive and precious emotion that we wish for ourselves and for our friends and families, especially at certain times of the year. 

How can you feel more of it? There are just two simple rules to bring more joy into your life:

  1. Do more of the things you love to do
  2. Make time for the people and things that are important to you

 

 

Answer the following questions to help you identify how you can experience more joy in 2024:

  1. Who are the most important people in your life?
  2. How do they bring joy into your life?
  3. What are the most important activities you take part in?
  4. When do they bring you joy?
  5. What are the most important things in your life?
  6. How do they bring you joy?
  7. Look back and identify the top three moments when you have felt joy in 2023?

The quiet is so noisy

Creature. Name Form Use. BTB. Back to Brahman

B. Ego. Attachment. Suffering

Witcon. Observe dont over analyse

Go Sakshi bhav. Go Drashta Bhav

Sanskar. Reactive patterns

Emotion. Body’s reaction to Mind

BK. Something to be like the Universe

Material world is a manifestation of Consciousness

Agya. Sanshayatma. BG4.40

Monday, 11 December 2023

Friday, 8 December 2023

SLF PITY WORSENS SUFFRNG

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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.” ~Walter Anderson

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Seaweed is a great source of the vital brain nutrient iodine, which is needed to produce the hormone thyroxine and is not found in many other foods; however, the body needs just the right amount.

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Some of us experience more adversity and painful events in our lives than others. We wonder why our difficulties don’t happen to the “bad” people out there instead of us. Unfortunately, life is not fair.

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A capacity for self-knowledge is at the heart of our best inclinations – to forgiveness, kindness, creativity and wise decision making. Unfortunately, knowing ourselves is the task of a lifetime. We are permanently elusive and mysterious to ourselves.

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Awful things happen. Dreadful circumstances or tragedies will affect most of our lives at some point. It’s okay to cry and feel sorry for yourself and your circumstances, mope around, or get angry. But at some point you must shake it off, let go of the past, and choose to not let it consume you entirely. Otherwise, you won’t be able to learn from the experience and move forward in a constructive way.


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Self-Pity is a Choice

When we fall into the depression of self-pity, we allow it to take control of our lives. We become completely self-absorbed. It is destructive to dwell on negative events and carry that bitterness and resentment forward. When we keep our focus on the hurt, we aren’t focused on taking control of our lives.

If we blame negative circumstances for our place in life, we are giving up responsibility and control.

We whine and feel sorry for ourselves. We can choose to spread our misery, or we can choose to rise above our circumstances.

Self-pity is a form of selfishness. It makes us less aware of the needs and suffering of others. Our own suffering is all we think or care about in our self-absorbed state.


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You can choose to lift yourself up and enjoy life! You are in charge of your own happiness. It is your personal responsibility.

So go ahead and cry and mope and feel sorry for yourself and stay in bed all day. Feel the pain and the hurt. Live your reality and misery. It’s okay and even healthy to do that. But then let it go!

Don’t let it consume your life. You are not alone or unloved. Remember there are other people in your life who need you. There are people you haven’t even met yet who need you! You can’t help anyone else if you only see yourself.


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