Disingenuous: Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; insincere; fake or deceptive. Do you know anyone that you could apply this word towards themselves? But if we do that, are we not judging? And I do not think…
Who are you?
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No regrets
In Buddhist texts, Mara was the (“demon”) temptation of Buddha. Sometimes Mara is described as the embodiment of death; sometimes he represents unskillful emotions or conditioned existence or temptation. During meditation this morning, I saw Mara as the temptation of…
No more judgements
Aversions, perversions, notions, emotions. All of these contribute to judgements in our mind. Is it possible to be free of all of these, and every other factor that contributes to judging? I have been thinking about this a lot recently,…
Letting go of everything
Can you imagine, letting go of everything in your life? Monks do this when they become Monks, they let go of everything including their Family. The thought of this is almost mind boggling to me. And imagine right now as…
Wasting away
From the Mind Deep Blog by Marguerite Manteau-Rao : “Body wasting away, and down to a mere ninety pounds. Mind no longer to be trusted for remembering the simple things. Wife of sixty years at home and also wasting away,…