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 yogabunny
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 Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana)  [Re: The Chronic]
#12003024 - 02/10/10 04:56 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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i went outside in just shorts and a tank top and a pair of boots, (we're having a snow storm) and hooped for about 5 mins! it was exhilarating and hysterical because my neighbors were outside shoveling and they didn't even notice me.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: yogabunny]
#12003076 - 02/10/10 05:03 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I love exercising in the cold, you can push yourself so hard without overheating
We got the snow coming here aswell... (london)
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12005497 - 02/10/10 11:30 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Chronic777 said:
Eventually you will only settle for the Nirvana, nothing else will bring satisfaction, until then...
I wont go into my spiritual practises right now as it is bed time, but I will agree with you on this. Over the past 1.5 years I have slowly lost interest in things that I usually did: TV, video games, various drugs (i only consume raw cannabis and mushrooms now), cooked foods, porn, etc. It is not even my understanding of the buddhist practice, but my simple desire to achieve a higher state of mind, through raw foods, through meditation, through yoga, through running, through loving everyone around me and being compassionate. I am slowly learning a new language: Nonviolent Communication, and it is also changing my life, and I absolutely enjoy it.
I even try to maintain a certain level of "normalcy", or what the rest of society views as normal, such as playing video games or watching TV, but they dont hold my interest but for a few minutes. I love being in nature, feeling the positive vibes all around me, simply living in the moment and being in aw at the beauty of it all.
I am searching for my true bliss self, very similar to the path of enlightenment, but I am going a route I feel comfortable with and I believe is right.
I will post my daily spiritual routine tomorrow
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: yogabunny]
#12005634 - 02/10/10 11:51 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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yogabunny said:
i went outside in just shorts and a tank top and a pair of boots, (we're having a snow storm) and hooped for about 5 mins! it was exhilarating and hysterical because my neighbors were outside shoveling and they didn't even notice me.
Now, that's something I'd like to see 'round here! 
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: roboto212]
#12008327 - 02/11/10 12:53 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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roboto212 said:
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Chronic777 said:
Eventually you will only settle for the Nirvana, nothing else will bring satisfaction, until then...
I wont go into my spiritual practises right now as it is bed time, but I will agree with you on this. Over the past 1.5 years I have slowly lost interest in things that I usually did: TV, video games, various drugs (i only consume raw cannabis and mushrooms now), cooked foods, porn, etc.
I am searching for my true bliss self, very similar to the path of enlightenment, but I am going a route I feel comfortable with and I believe is right.
Its sometimes called the 'falling away of wordly things' where you lose interest in everything, it can seem pretty depressing at first, all these things your minds got so much energy invested in suddenly feel meaningless & uninteresting... rest assured this is just part of the process of waking up to your true self, its good that the energy is tiring of going to things & starting to want truth more than anything else.
I went through the same thing just over two years ago, and interests do come back but they wont carry the attachment they once did, they'll be more playful & innocent, rather than parasitic & greedy.
Although when i lost interest it happend to everything, not slowly over a few years, i just suddenly lost all interest & desired truth more than anything. I could barely speak i felt so drained & dead to everything.
Looking back it was so beautiful!
If we first didn't lose interest in all this, we wouldn't question what lies beyond it, we wouldn't question what really real & true, if we never lsot interest we'd be in delusion chasing our outward projections for eternity, but no delusion lasts forever, the beautiful thing about the truth is, it does.
Edited by The Chronic (02/11/10 01:01 PM)
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12008401 - 02/11/10 01:08 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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In my view it would be uncompassionate to be aware of someone doing a misleading practice & not try & tell them.
So is this why you made this thread?
For me the interests never returned.
I practice because it makes me high.
I sit because there is nothing else to do that is better.
I walk mindfully because it feels like a celebration and charges the world with more intensity and colors.
I investigate my mind to learn about my habitual defilements, so I can know myself and my reactions.
I train concentration so I can have a refuge from pain when pain comes and also because it makes my mind sharper, my thoughts clearer and my focus more steady.
I practice loving kindness because I have spite in me, and the rewards for being compassionate are immense and expansive.
Usually people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment. And that prevents them from getting in touch [with] what is there in the present moment.
And life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life -- they live like dead people, like the French writer Camus used to say.
That is why if you know the techniques of mindful breathing, mindful walking, mindful smiling, you can bring your mind back to your body and you become truly alive at every moment and that can be described as the practice of resurrection. Resurrection can be at every moment for life to be truly possible.
Thich Naht Hahn.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: rebus_minus]
#12008529 - 02/11/10 01:33 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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rebus_minus said:
In my view it would be uncompassionate to be aware of someone doing a misleading practice & not try & tell them.
So is this why you made this thread?
For me the interests never returned.
I practice because it makes me high.
I made the thread to hear about peoples practices & probably on a deeper level for the reason in the quote...
I didnt do it intentionally though, but inevitably it would go that way because some round here know i say you don't need a practice to be with the Infinite, and inevtibaly they would invite me to say what i thinkof their practice.
Originally i just wanted to hear about the practices & see how the mind tricks itself into beleiving it can gain enlightenment through the practice.
I made it spontaniously as i do everything, theres no hidden agenda really.
The interest in practice is still there in you?
And it feels the practice helps you be more true to yourself?
Im not tryna be difficult, please dont get offended, im not tryna 'scoff' at practices like one dude here said, im just tryna point out theres something beyond practice, and that something, is the greatest thing.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12008545 - 02/11/10 01:37 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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The mind always wants to believe that it is right 
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GODDESSES
Women look at themselves and they seem utterly human, when looking at men they see proud
GODS.
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yogabunny
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: Todcasil]
#12008554 - 02/11/10 01:39 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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sometimes i tell it to shut up!
especially when it tries to come up for excuses for why i shouldn't meditate or take a yoga class
"shut up monkey brain!!!"
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: yogabunny]
#12008578 - 02/11/10 01:42 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yelling at your ego can be beneficial provided you go out and feed it ice cream after. 
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12008591 - 02/11/10 01:46 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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don't you worry, i will not be offended.
i love being happy. when i sit, happiness is there. when i get up, i am tickled on the inside. i need not do anything but be.
idealistically speaking of course.
when i lose mindfulness and drift into mechanical behaviour driven by habitual momentum and unconscious reactionary response to external factors, i am lost and my mind is dreaming.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: deCypher]
#12008651 - 02/11/10 02:03 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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deCypher said:
Yelling at your ego can be beneficial provided you go out and feed it ice cream after.
it just needs a little tough love every once in a while.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12008667 - 02/11/10 02:06 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Chronic777 said:
Its sometimes called the 'falling away of wordly things' where you lose interest in everything, it can seem pretty depressing at first, all these things your minds got so much energy invested in suddenly feel meaningless & uninteresting... rest assured this is just part of the process of waking up to your true self, its good that the energy is tiring of going to things & starting to want truth more than anything else.
I went through the same thing just over two years ago, and interests do come back but they wont carry the attachment they once did, they'll be more playful & innocent, rather than parasitic & greedy.
Although when i lost interest it happend to everything, not slowly over a few years, i just suddenly lost all interest & desired truth more than anything. I could barely speak i felt so drained & dead to everything.
Looking back it was so beautiful!
If we first didn't lose interest in all this, we wouldn't question what lies beyond it, we wouldn't question what really real & true, if we never lsot interest we'd be in delusion chasing our outward projections for eternity, but no delusion lasts forever, the beautiful thing about the truth is, it does.
This is exactly how I feel. My one problem right now is the extreme weather patterns we have been experiencing all of the world. I dont live in too cold of a climate, but it is 20F degrees out right now and I feel trapped inside the house. I want to be out in nature, exploring, meditating, connecting. This is why I am moving to Hawaii to live permaculturally, a nice troical climate that has the perfect humidity for better health. perfect temperature year round, and decent rain fall . It will be beautiful
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: roboto212]
#12024232 - 02/13/10 11:16 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I may be late but I would certainly like to contribute. I would consider myself one that seems to becoming popular for many to hate. Feel free to share any input. Anyone.
I will use the term "man" to represent us as it is the shortest word to state my meaning in the shortest time rather than trying to avoid semantics. So please do not be offended by a simple word anyone.
I consider myself a Christian. Now before I get stereo typed into anyone category I have to say that all categories I have came across are based off of: One has to accept the Bible as an absolute truth or one is trying to adapt Christianity to modern science. Actually Ill quit here as anyone who challenges my ideal can share their thoughts.
I feel the Bible however accurate was written by man, for man, therefore most likely is not very accurate or capable of conveying much of the picture. I think it explains enough for us to make our own decisions.
I think man has misrepresented, abused, misunderstood and overestimated the Bible and its words for so long that neither the followers nor deniers are looking at it correctly. Before i move on from here I should say that when I say believe I mean;
this is a possibility and not a certainty as I think this is one of the biggest mistakes made by Christians, it is not my place to determine what is right or wrong for others to believe, only myself. This sounds like a total contradiction but I do not know how else to word it. I guess to some it up "though shall not judge". I dont think it is my place to say a Muslim, spiritualism, Buddhist, etc is correct or incorrect. That is a serious overestimation of my "self" and obviously creates conflict and thus a negative perception of what I am suppose to represent. This is mostly caused by man taking words in the Bible as if they are written exact and by God himself. That being said I think it is obviously wrong to harm others intentionally with "evil" in mind.
I dont want to go on and on so I will try to give a short idea of some more thoughts of mine and from there anyone can inquire, argue, or tell me they dont want to hear anymore. Just be aware if you try to paraphrase me or categorize me in a way i feel inaccurate then it will be hard for me to not respond, no one should have to be misrepresented by someone else.
DO I believe in: why
God: yes and Ill skip this why because its a 36 year old story
Evolution: No, contrary to typically thought my belief in God has little to do with this and is more of an effect than an affect.
Thoughts of Evo enforced my beliefs of God.
UFOs& "Aliens": I think it is unrealistic to doubt existence. For all I know this could be what the term God is representing. To think I know what the higher power is or is not is very arrogant.
I have no doubt in abilities with our minds that is not commonly accepted. Ghosts; no doubt they could exist but again will not assume to put a definition on what they may be.
Well that's enough for now need to get homework done. Again if you dont want my input feel free to let me know.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: The Chronic]
#12024431 - 02/13/10 11:58 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I didnt do it intentionally though, but inevitably it would go that way because some round here know i say [gradient:#D4CBC7,#]you don't need a practice to be with[/gradient] the Infinite, and inevtibaly they would invite me to say what i thinkof their practice.
Originally i just wanted to hear about the practices & see how the mind tricks itself into beleiving it can gain enlightenment through the practice.
I made it spontaniously as i do everything, theres no hidden agenda really.
The interest in practice is still there in you?
And it feels the practice helps you be more true to yourself?
Im not tryna be difficult, please dont get offended, im not tryna 'scoff' at practices like one dude here said, im just tryna point out theres something beyond practice, and that something, is the greatest thing.
If im understanding you accurately I agree, maybe in a different way but im not sure. As stated before I am a Christian and obviously the "Christian" thing is to go to church. It seems to me that for many this is for external reasons and others it is because it is the "good Christian" thing to do. I feel that my relationship with God does not change by attendance as anyone can go to church and have any beliefs they choose. Our concepts of what is the spiritual is hard enough to put into words let alone practice. The enlightenment that I seek may be the exact one that you seek but due to miss understanding, focus on unimportant words or our own arrogance we see them as different and would rather argue then to support one an-others choices to become better.
Even in a dissagreement where one is write and one is wrong both can learn more about oneself. Another step in enlightenment.
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Re: Spiritual Practice? (Sadhana) [Re: jflow008]
#12025326 - 02/14/10 03:00 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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jflow008 have you looked into Gnostic Christianity?
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