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Buddha. posted:I hate to be a bother but could I have one goat please? Absolutely! 
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The Dennis System posted:Sit in a quiet place and concentrate on your breathing. When thoughts arise, acknowledge them, but then concentrate on your breathing again. Do this every day for many years. Or just do it when you remember to always. Meditation does not go away when you stand up.
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Buddha. posted:Or just do it when you remember to always. True, but it's harder when you're out and about and doing things instead of sitting still. (At least in my experience.)
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Aug 27, 2016 01:11
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VendaGoat posted:Absolutely! How do I know if that's just a cheap Chinese knockoff goat?
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Aug 27, 2016 01:17
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The Dennis System posted:True, but it's harder when you're out and about and doing things instead of sitting still. (At least in my experience.) harder may just mean better practice.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:18
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VendaGoat posted:Absolutely! Thank you so much  now I have a cool goat friend who can join me on adventures!
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Aug 27, 2016 01:19
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Hey OP You could find these answers in The Diamond Sutra (Red Pine translation) and The Chan Whip Anthology (Jeffrey Broughton translation). If you need something really accessible there is always Alan Watts or Dharma talks online. http://www.dhammatalks.org/
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Aug 27, 2016 01:20
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William Stoner posted:Hey OP Alan Watts was a pompous noisebox. Dude gave pretty lectures so that he could lay college girls.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:22
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cultivate a state of mind that everything just is and try to accept that without attactment
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Aug 27, 2016 02:36
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Its like when you see a bird and think that little dude enjoys fresh air, the sun and wind in his face all day why cant I have that? Because you choose not to, op. That and birds are not known for planning for their future and yes, the structural soundness of their homes is questionable at best, but at the end of the day you crave conflict and will never choose to lose that anchor.
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Aug 27, 2016 02:54
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It's like... you're all jerking off.
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Aug 27, 2016 02:55
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a dog from hell posted:It's like... you're all jerking off. and im doing so without any expectations
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Aug 27, 2016 02:58
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Cosmic Charlie posted:and im doing so without any expectations I am expecting to cum.
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Aug 27, 2016 02:58
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That is why you fail
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Aug 27, 2016 03:01
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shoot the singer
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Aug 27, 2016 03:04
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Cosmic Charlie posted:That is why you fail Everyone ITT is a dumb rear end and boring too except the OP.
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Aug 27, 2016 03:07
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i just try to internalise that the present i experience now along with the memories that i am presently recalling exist by virtue of its mathematical truth, and that all mathematically true things exist statically to an equal extent, and have always been in a sense external to any place where causality can occur. there is no way to travel between these moments and no thing that could do the travelling. thus i am not a traveller. i am a stone in a vast inverse pyramid, supported by the stones i recall and i identify as myself, in turn, supporting an infinitude that rest on me. there have always been mes that form part attempting, succeeding and failing in that attempt to internalise, making the attempt at once pointless, inevitable and crucial.
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Aug 27, 2016 03:07
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8-Bit Scholar posted:The Buddha teaches us that one suffers because one desires. If one goes through life without expectations, one cannot know disappointment. How can I attain such a level? How can I pacify my mind? Ask someone with a clue instead of on asking this forum. Asking a bunch of drug-and-chronic-masturbation-hosed monkeys how to quiet your monkey mind cannot end well. If you do choose to follow the advice of multiple goons in your spiritual quest, please do post the results here. I foresee a saga in the making, a large and long-lasting trainwreck giving joy to haters of peace, the details of which will be reposted and reposted long after you shuffle off to Nirvana or Hell or wherever. Warm blessings.
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Aug 27, 2016 04:21
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enlightenment isn't something that can be taught, only experienced and shown
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Aug 27, 2016 04:24
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BigBadSteve posted:Ask someone with a clue instead of on asking this forum. Asking a bunch of drug-and-chronic-masturbation-hosed monkeys how to quiet your monkey mind cannot end well. 8-Bit Scholar doesn't need any advice on how to be more of a trainwreck
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkFyGNjaQ8k
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Aug 27, 2016 04:49
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a dog from hell posted:Alan Watts was a pompous noisebox. Dude gave pretty lectures so that he could lay college girls. Which is zen as gently caress
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Aug 27, 2016 04:51
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BigBadSteve posted:If you do choose to follow the advice of multiple goons in your spiritual quest, please do post the results here. I foresee a saga in the making, a large and long-lasting trainwreck giving joy to haters of peace, the details of which will be reposted and reposted long after you shuffle off to Nirvana or Hell or wherever. Yeah honestly I was just feeling bummed out, people whom I care about not living up to my expectations, and a general sense that maybe I'd be less disappointed in people if I didn't expect much out of them.
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Aug 27, 2016 06:15
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live in the now as much as possible learn from the past but do not let it weigh you down, plan for the future but don't stress about what is to come exist fully in every moment
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Aug 27, 2016 06:22
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weed helps
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Aug 27, 2016 06:22
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Moridin920 posted:weed helps
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BigBadSteve posted:Ask someone with a clue instead of on asking this forum. Asking a bunch of drug-and-chronic-masturbation-hosed monkeys how to quiet your monkey mind cannot end well. 
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Aug 27, 2016 06:26
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weed is an escape and weed is an excuse. stop making excuses
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Aug 27, 2016 06:28
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Garcin posted:weed is an escape and weed is an excuse. there is no excuse, only acceptance of the now
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Moridin920 posted:there is no excuse, only acceptance of the now denying your past and denying your future means you do not accept the present.
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Aug 27, 2016 06:32
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because the present, in this point in time, has officially become the past too late
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Aug 27, 2016 06:33
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finality in desire is intrinisic to consciousness and when oriented to the ends of transcendental perfection is a unique glory. buddah was wrong
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Aug 27, 2016 06:34
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Garcin posted:denying your past and denying your future means you do not accept the present. it's not denying anything to realize the past is gone and done and the future is all hypothetical I know people who still agonize over mistakes made years past, or ruin their lives because of regrets, or live like stressed out shells of humans because of worrying about the future. That's no way to go through life. You don't need to do X just because you've always done X. You're not your past self, and your future self is imaginary. idk just appreciate things for how they are and stop agonizing over how you'd like them to be Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Aug 27, 2016 |
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Orkin Mang posted:buddah was wrong yeah duh, imagine if some rich oval office today said the answer to everything was to sit under a tree and give up all desire gently caress him
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Aug 27, 2016 06:39
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it's also a bullshit life to live only in the future, dreaming of what you may become
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Aug 27, 2016 06:39
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i agree that's why you should live fully in the present lol
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holy crap i agree with you.
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namaste
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welcome new recruits!
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the present includes the future as the hope of its persistence
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