Cultivating The Forgiving-mind post 6/17

 

Cultivating The Forgiving-mind

 

notepad
It's all about
EXPLORATION
------------------------
"We shall not cease
from exploration
And the end of
all our exploring
will be to arrive
where we started
And know the place
for the very first time"
~ TS. Eliot 1927
---------------------------

♦ MINDFULNESS
INSIGHT PRACTICE
Theravada Buddhist
Satipatthana Insight
Meditation Tradition
-------------------------------
Beginner's Instruction
Guided Meditations to
AWAKEN AWARENESS
♦ Mentored Dharma Study
- with a Senior Practitioner
-------------------------------
Cultivating
The Forgiving-mind
“Sure,
FORGIVENESS Hurts”
often RAW --Yet here's
Wise Forgiving Words
of Skillful Caring Words
reflecting The Dharma
-------------
Towards
FORGIVING the
Unconscious in "Him"
or "Her" or "Them"
or several Others,
or All of Humanity
********************
"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily
in any way whatsoever --
the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."
Bhante Ananda Maitreya
 Sri Lanka Sangha Nyake
------------------------------
" WHY ARE You
SO UNHAPPY ? "
...........................
Because 99.9 per cent
of Everything you think,
and of Everything you do,
is for yourSelf –-
and There Isn't One"
~ Wei Wu Wei ~
-------------------------
"FORGIVING ALL
OUR FATHERS" --
Buddha was No Patriarch
He was an Early Feminist
------------------------------
MINDFULNESS
is ” Mind-FULLY "
Living Your Mind
Fully Present --
in The Present
------------------
"FORGIVING
OUR FATHERS --
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father - Because
He Didn't Forgive
His Father - And
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father...
-------------------------
But- Did WE Have
'GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING' ? ? ?
--------------------------
We've ALL had to have
biological Fathers, or
else we just wouldn't
be here: Question Is ?
Did we actually have
ONLY GOOD ENOUGH
PARENTING
FATHERING ?
-------------------------------------
ONLY JUST 'WHAT IS' --
GOOD ENOUGH - Accept
---------------------------------
ONLY"GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MOTHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
FAMILIES" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS ?"
"GOOD ENOUGH
ANYTHING"? --
But Not Great
Actually, 'Good Enough'
Can Be a Better Bet than
PERFECT -- Voltaire said:
"Do Not Make Perfection
the Enemy of The Good".
-------------------------------
How's About
JUST "GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS" - they
can be easy going, so give
u Judging-mind a break...
Silent Meditation offers
the very necessary deeper
"immersion-time
experiences" so often
missing in shorter
daily meditations..
You gradually build-in
a Consistent, Ongoing
"Working-Relationship"
with meditation practice
itself- becoming Friends
So you can strengthen,
cultivate and stabilize
an aware, sweet, street
wise, Dharma-informed
intellect, a peaceful
body-stillness, and
a compassionate,
calm equilibrium and
emotional renewal,
in a supportive space --
To continually Re-awaken
Yourself to being present:
"Present in THIS moment"
Be Silent - Allow a gentle
Inner Sanctuary of simple
sustained mindfulness
and deeper inner-inquiry.
-----------------------------------
Good Enough Forgiveness
Meditations CAN work for
us, our Fathers, our Family,
Mates can be Numberless -
with Self Compassion for
One's Self given necessary
Attentive support FIRST
-- For many of us this could
be the first, SANE, positive
beginning, and as ongoing
deep inner work - to give
ourselves adequate time
to practice Forgiveness
techniques on our own
at home....
-------------------
INSTRUCTION
( Start with 3 short sitting
of 5 min. - then go to a sit

of 15 min after short ones.
--then increase meditation
over time to 25 minutes.
Do 30 minutes for a Year !
Find a Basic Happiness
 in Peace and Quiet )
---------------------------
Using Gentle Observation
approaches learned here,
will lead us confidently to
any Present Moment is
a Mindfulness Big Day,
whether or not we make
the trip Home -- actually
or just in memory.
----------------------
FORGIVENESS
has been around...
FORGIVENESS
is aged, sagely
 and wise.
"Forgiveness is giving up
all hope for a better past.
There is no future
without forgiveness."
~ Desmond Tutu
-----------------------
"Forgiveness is Possible –
How we can start using
this timeless Forgiveness
practice to transform
emotional wounds into
an authentic healing,
a way out of our pain.
-----------------------------
As Compassion arises
More Naturally, we see
how Forgiveness can
be practiced as a 'Gift'
we give -not only to others,
but ultimately to ourselves.
-------------------------------
Forgiveness has the
Awesome Power to
ripen forces of purity
such as Love.
-----------------------
Forgiveness creates the
space for a Life-Renewal,
--- a life now free from
bondage to the past.
--------------------------
Forgiveness dissolves
separation, relieves us
of the twin burdens of
lacerating guilt and
perpetually unresolved
outrage or numbing...
It is not so easy to access
that hurt-place inside of us
that can truly forgive,
that can love again.
Remember, it is much
more difficult to forgive,
than NOT to forgive !
We are held prisoner
by the 'resentment',
the pain, the shame,
the anger, confusion,
doubt, overwhelming
sense of betrayal --
our present life just
cannot be fully lived.
Unwelcome Inheritances
we carry in from the past--
functions to close my heart
thereby narrows my world.
Yet 'Forgiveness' does not
mean condoning a harmful
action, or denying an
injustice done.
Forgiveness should never
be confused with being
passive toward violation
or abuse.
-----------------------------
"The CORE-intention
of true 'Forgiveness’
arises directly out of
the Greatest of Practices -
Compassion for Ourselves
– so that we can create
the spacious, wide open ,
contributing conditions
for an unobstructed love."
~ JackKornfield / Akasa Levi
---------------------------------
Forgive
and be free.
Forget that
you have forgiven --
and be even freer !
~ The Buddha
----------------------
A cultivatable ‘capacity’
for Forgiveness needs
to be available in order
for us to truly Love.
And there's certainly
an endless abundance
of authentic every-day
‘Practice Opportunities’
when ‘working’ on real
Forgiveness that Forgives
----------------------------------
"A Change of Heart
Changes Everything"
~Lucado
-----------------------
Tightly Holding
onto Resentment is
letting someone else
punish us.

-----------------------------
The “Act of Forgiveness”
is an act of
mercy to yourself !"

-------------------------
METTA ~
Metta Bhavana
The Relationship
Your Heart Longs For...
Already Exists within You !
---------------------
In the Stillness –
SPACE
for a rebellious spirit.
~ Noah Levine

---------------------------
Why are you so Unhappy ?
Because 99.9 per cent
of everything you think,
and of everything you do,
is for yourSelf –
and there isn't one.
~ Wei Wu Wei ~
----------------------
" Buddhist practice literally
has 'Nothing' to offer you –
other than WHAT IS HERE
in THIS very moment.
That’s all. 'Accompli'
God(s), Goddesses,
religion, entities
and the ego-self
can certainly
attract you with so,
so, so much more! "
~ Henri Van Zeyst
------------------------
----------------------
Remember ~
Whatever 'IT' is –
IT's just a “Thought”
-----------------------
Love exists only
in the True Friendship
Love is True Friendship
set on Fire !
~ Jeremy Taylor - 1657 ~
------------------------------
Wisdom-Dharma guides us
in the practical necessity
of creating our uniquely,
clearly spoken relationship
'The Language of Kindness
and Skillful Actions' arising
from a Compassionate ---
and yet - a Complete-view
of 'What Is' --and How to
do this in a warm, natural,
flexible yet uncontrived,
uncompromised way?
---------------------------
The Way You Do
One Thing --
is more than likely
 The Way You Do
Everything !
------------------
How do we DO a Thing ?
"Do" Relationship in Life ?
-- with a Satisfied feeling of
Good integrity, while at the
same time do a Buddhist
Practice of cultivating an
Awakened Non-Attachment
---------------------------------
"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily at all --
in any way whatsoever the
the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."
Bhante Ananda Maitreya
The Balangoda Sri Lanka
~----------------------------
"Mind-FULLY"
Mindfulness Meditation
is coming soon to a
Ready Mind near you !
------------------------------
The Most common
Attachment-Mistake
in creating one's own
personal suffering
is to take the
Impermanent
for Permanent."
~ Buddha
-------------------
Did I Know Yet,
At Any Time ---
That IT is ALL
Just a Made Up 'Story'
--- Made Up ---
 in Someone's Herd
Just Like My Father
Told Me It Was --
When I was Seven 7.
--------------------------

 

It is all about ourEXPLORATIONS
------------------------"We shall not ceasefrom explorationAnd the end ofall our exploringwill be to arrivewhere we startedAnd know the placefor the very first time"
~ TS. Eliot 1927---------------------------

♦ MINDFULNESS
INSIGHT PRACTICE
Theravada Buddhist
Satipatthana Insight
Meditation Tradition-------------------------------Beginner's Instruction
Guided Meditations to
AWAKEN AWARENESS
♦ Mentored Dharma Study
- with a Senior Practitioner
-------------------------------

Cultivating
The Forgiving-mind

“Sure,
FORGIVENESS Hurts”
often RAW --Yet here's
Wise Forgiving Words
of Skillful Caring Words
reflecting The Dharma
-------------
Towards
FORGIVING the
Unconscious in "Him"
or "Her" or "Them"
or several Others,
or All of Humanity
********************

"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily
in any way whatsoever --
the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
Sri Lanka Sangha Nyake
------------------------------

" WHY ARE You
SO UNHAPPY ? "
...........................
Because 99.9 per cent
of Everything you think,
and of Everything you do,
is for yourSelf –-
and There Isn't One"

~ Wei Wu Wei ~
-------------------------

"FORGIVING ALL
OUR FATHERS" --
Buddha was No Patriarch
He was an Early Feminist
------------------------------

MINDFULNESS
is ” Mind-FULLY "
Living Your Mind
Fully Present --
in The Present
------------------"FORGIVING
OUR FATHERS --
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father - Because
He Didn't Forgive
His Father - And
Who Didn't Forgive His Father...
-------------------------But- Did WE Have
'GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING' ? ? ?
--------------------------

We've ALL had to have
biological Fathers, or
else we just wouldn't
be here: Question Is ?
Did we actually have
ONLY GOOD ENOUGH
PARENTING FATHERING ?
-------------------------------------
ONLY JUST 'WHAT IS' -- GOOD ENOUGH - Accept
---------------------------------
ONLY"GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MOTHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
FAMILIES" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS ?"
"GOOD ENOUGHANYTHING"? --But Not Great

Actually, 'Good Enough'
Can Be a Better Bet than
PERFECT -- Voltaire said:
"Do Not Make Perfection
the Enemy of The Good".
-------------------------------How's About
JUST "GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS" - they
can be easy going, so give
u Judging-mind a break...

Silent Meditation offers
the very necessary deeper
"immersion-time
experiences" so often
missing in shorter daily meditations..

You gradually build-in
a Consistent, Ongoing
"Working-Relationship"
with meditation practice
itself- becoming Friends

So you can strengthen,
cultivate and stabilize
an aware, sweet, street
wise, Dharma-informed
intellect, a peaceful
body-stillness, and
a compassionate,
calm equilibrium and
emotional renewal,
in a supportive space --

To continually Re-awaken
Yourself to being present:
"Present in THIS moment"
Be Silent - Allow a gentle
Inner Sanctuary of simple
sustained mindfulness and deeper inner-inquiry.
-----------------------------------
Good Enough Forgiveness
Meditations CAN work for
us, our Fathers, our Family,
Mates can be Numberless -
with Self Compassion for
One's Self given necessary
Attentive support FIRST
-- For many of us this could
be the first, SANE, positive
beginning, and as ongoing
deep inner work - to give
ourselves adequate time
to practice Forgiveness
techniques on our own
at home....
-------------------INSTRUCTION
( Start with 3 short sitting
of 5 min. - then go to a sit

of 15 min after short ones.
--then increase meditation
over time to 25 minutes.

Do 30 minutes for a Year !

Find a Basic Happiness

in Peace and Quiet )
---------------------------
Using Gentle Observation
approaches learned here,
will lead us confidently to
any Present Moment is

a Mindfulness Big Day,
whether or not we make
the trip Home -- actually
or just in memory.
----------------------

FORGIVENESS
has been around...
FORGIVENESS
is aged, sagely
and wise.

"Forgiveness is giving up
all hope for a better past.
There is no future
without forgiveness."
~ Desmond Tutu
-----------------------
"Forgiveness is Possible –
How we can start using
this timeless Forgiveness
practice to transform
emotional wounds into
an authentic healing,
a way out of our pain.
-----------------------------
As Compassion arises
More Naturally, we see
how Forgiveness can
be practiced as a 'Gift'
we give -not only to others,
but ultimately to ourselves.
-------------------------------
Forgiveness has the
Awesome Power to
ripen forces of purity
such as Love.
-----------------------
Forgiveness creates the
space for a Life-Renewal,
--- a life now free from
bondage to the past.
--------------------------
Forgiveness dissolves
separation, relieves us
of the twin burdens of
lacerating guilt and
perpetually unresolved
outrage or numbing...

It is not so easy to access
that hurt-place inside of us
that can truly forgive,
that can love again.

Remember, it is much
more difficult to forgive,
than NOT to forgive !

We are held prisoner
by the 'resentment',
the pain, the shame,
the anger, confusion,
doubt, overwhelming
sense of betrayal --
our present life just
cannot be fully lived.

Unwelcome Inheritances
we carry in from the past--
functions to close my heart
thereby narrows my world.
Yet 'Forgiveness' does not
mean condoning a harmful
action, or denying an
injustice done.

Forgiveness should never
be confused with being
passive toward violation
or abuse.
-----------------------------
"The CORE-intention
of true 'Forgiveness’
arises directly out of
the Greatest of Practices -
Compassion for Ourselves
– so that we can create
the spacious, wide open ,
contributing conditions
for an unobstructed love."
~ JackKornfield / Akasa Levi
---------------------------------

Forgive
and be free.
Forget that
you have forgiven --
and be even freer !

~ The Buddha
----------------------

A cultivatable ‘capacity’
for Forgiveness needs
to be available in order
for us to truly Love.
And there's certainly
an endless abundance
of authentic every-day
‘Practice Opportunities’
when ‘working’ on real
Forgiveness that Forgives
----------------------------------

"A Change of Heart
Changes Everything"

~Lucado
-----------------------

Tightly Holding

onto Resentment is

letting someone else
punish us.

-----------------------------

The “Act of Forgiveness”
is an act of
mercy to yourself !"

-------------------------

METTA ~
Metta Bhavana
The Relationship
Your Heart Longs For...
Already Exists within You !

---------------------

In the Stillness –
SPACE
for a rebellious spirit.
~ Noah Levine

---------------------------

Why are you so Unhappy ?
Because 99.9 per cent
of everything you think,
and of everything you do,
is for yourSelf –
and there isn't one.
~ Wei Wu Wei ~
----------------------

" Buddhist practice literally
has 'Nothing' to offer you –
other than WHAT IS HERE
in THIS very moment.
That’s all. 'Accompli'
God(s), Goddesses,
religion, entities
and the ego-self
can certainly
attract you with so,
so, so much more! "

~ Henri Van Zeyst
------------------------
----------------------

Remember ~
Whatever 'IT' is –
IT's just a “Thought”

-----------------------

Love exists only
in the True Friendship
Love is True Friendship
set on Fire !
~ Jeremy Taylor - 1657 ~
------------------------------

Wisdom-Dharma guides us
in the practical necessity
of creating our uniquely,
clearly spoken relationship
'The Language of Kindness
and Skillful Actions' arising
from a Compassionate ---
and yet - a Complete-view
of 'What Is' --and How to
do this in a warm, natural,
flexible yet uncontrived,
uncompromised way?
---------------------------

The Way You Do
One Thing --
is more than likely
The Way You Do
Everything !
------------------
How do we DO a Thing ?
"Do" Relationship in Life ?
-- with a Satisfied feeling of
Good integrity, while at the
same time do a Buddhist
Practice of cultivating an
Awakened Non-Attachment
---------------------------------

"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'is NOT necessarily at all --
in any way whatsoever the

the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
The Balangoda Sri Lanka
~----------------------------

"Mind-FULLY"
Mindfulness Meditation
is coming soon to a
Ready Mind near you !
------------------------------

The Most common
Attachment-Mistake
in creating one's own
personal suffering
is to take the
Impermanent
for Permanent."
~ Buddha
-------------------

Did I Know Yet,
At Any Time ---
That IT is ALL
Just a Made Up 'Story'
--- Made Up ---
in Someone's Herd
Just Like My Father
Told Me It Was --
When I was Seven 7.

--------------------------

It is all about ourEXPLORATIONS
------------------------"We shall not ceasefrom explorationAnd the end ofall our exploringwill be to arrivewhere we startedAnd know the placefor the very first time" ~ TS. Eliot 1927---------------------------

♦ MINDFULNESS
INSIGHT PRACTICE
Theravada Buddhist
Satipatthana Insight
Meditation Tradition-------------------------------
Beginner's Instruction
Guided Meditations to
AWAKEN AWARENESS
♦ Mentored Dharma Study
- with a Senior Practitioner
-------------------------------

Cultivating
The Forgiving-mind

“Sure,
FORGIVENESS Hurts”
often RAW --Yet here's
Wise Forgiving Words
of Skillful Caring Words
reflecting The Dharma
-------------
Towards
FORGIVING the
Unconscious in "Him"
or "Her" or "Them"
or several Others,
or All of Humanity
********************

"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily
in any way whatsoever --
the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
Sri Lanka Sangha Nyake
------------------------------

" WHY ARE You
SO UNHAPPY ? "
...........................
Because 99.9 per cent
of Everything you think,
and of Everything you do,
is for yourSelf –-
and There Isn't One"

~ Wei Wu Wei ~
-------------------------

"FORGIVING ALL
OUR FATHERS" --
Buddha was No Patriarch
He was an Early Feminist
------------------------------

MINDFULNESS
is ” Mind-FULLY "
Living Your Mind
Fully Present --
in The Present
------------------"FORGIVING
OUR FATHERS --
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father - Because
He Didn't Forgive
His Father - And
Who Didn't Forgive His Father...
-------------------------But- Did WE Have
'GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING' ? ? ?
--------------------------

We've ALL had to have
biological Fathers, or
else we just wouldn't
be here: Question Is ?
Did we actually have
ONLY GOOD ENOUGH
PARENTING FATHERING ?
-------------------------------------
ONLY JUST 'WHAT IS' -- GOOD ENOUGH - Accept
---------------------------------
ONLY"GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MOTHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
FAMILIES" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS ?"
"GOOD ENOUGHANYTHING"? --But Not Great

Actually, 'Good Enough'
Can Be a Better Bet than
PERFECT -- Voltaire said:
"Do Not Make Perfection
the Enemy of The Good".
-------------------------------How's About
JUST "GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS" - they
can be easy going, so give
u Judging-mind a break...

Silent Meditation offers
the very necessary deeper
"immersion-time
experiences" so often
missing in shorter daily meditations..

You gradually build-in
a Consistent, Ongoing
"Working-Relationship"
with meditation practice
itself- becoming Friends

So you can strengthen,
cultivate and stabilize
an aware, sweet, street
wise, Dharma-informed
intellect, a peaceful
body-stillness, and
a compassionate,
calm equilibrium and
emotional renewal,
in a supportive space --

To continually Re-awaken
Yourself to being present:
"Present in THIS moment"
Be Silent - Allow a gentle
Inner Sanctuary of simple
sustained mindfulness and deeper inner-inquiry.
-----------------------------------
Good Enough Forgiveness
Meditations CAN work for
us, our Fathers, our Family,
Mates can be Numberless -
with Self Compassion for
One's Self given necessary
Attentive support FIRST
-- For many of us this could
be the first, SANE, positive
beginning, and as ongoing
deep inner work - to give
ourselves adequate time
to practice Forgiveness
techniques on our own
at home....
-------------------INSTRUCTION
( Start with 3 short sitting
of 5 min. - then go to a sit

of 15 min after short ones.
--then increase meditation
over time to 25 minutes.

Do 30 minutes for a Year !

Find a Basic Happiness

in Peace and Quiet )
---------------------------
Using Gentle Observation
approaches learned here,
will lead us confidently to
any Present Moment is

a Mindfulness Big Day,
whether or not we make
the trip Home -- actually
or just in memory.
----------------------

FORGIVENESS
has been around...
FORGIVENESS
is aged, sagely
and wise.

"Forgiveness is giving up
all hope for a better past.
There is no future
without forgiveness."
~ Desmond Tutu
-----------------------
"Forgiveness is Possible –
How we can start using
this timeless Forgiveness
practice to transform
emotional wounds into
an authentic healing,
a way out of our pain.
-----------------------------
As Compassion arises
More Naturally, we see
how Forgiveness can
be practiced as a 'Gift'
we give -not only to others,
but ultimately to ourselves.
-------------------------------
Forgiveness has the
Awesome Power to
ripen forces of purity
such as Love.
-----------------------
Forgiveness creates the
space for a Life-Renewal,
--- a life now free from
bondage to the past.
--------------------------
Forgiveness dissolves
separation, relieves us
of the twin burdens of
lacerating guilt and
perpetually unresolved
outrage or numbing...

It is not so easy to access
that hurt-place inside of us
that can truly forgive,
that can love again.

Remember, it is much
more difficult to forgive,
than NOT to forgive !

We are held prisoner
by the 'resentment',
the pain, the shame,
the anger, confusion,
doubt, overwhelming
sense of betrayal --
our present life just
cannot be fully lived.

Unwelcome Inheritances
we carry in from the past--
functions to close my heart
thereby narrows my world.
Yet 'Forgiveness' does not
mean condoning a harmful
action, or denying an
injustice done.

Forgiveness should never
be confused with being
passive toward violation
or abuse.
-----------------------------
"The CORE-intention
of true 'Forgiveness’
arises directly out of
the Greatest of Practices -
Compassion for Ourselves
– so that we can create
the spacious, wide open ,
contributing conditions
for an unobstructed love."
~ JackKornfield / Akasa Levi
---------------------------------

Forgive
and be free.
Forget that
you have forgiven --
and be even freer !

~ The Buddha
----------------------

A cultivatable ‘capacity’
for Forgiveness needs
to be available in order
for us to truly Love.
And there's certainly
an endless abundance
of authentic every-day
‘Practice Opportunities’
when ‘working’ on real
Forgiveness that Forgives
----------------------------------

"A Change of Heart
Changes Everything"

~Lucado
-----------------------

Tightly Holding

onto Resentment is

letting someone else
punish us.

-----------------------------

The “Act of Forgiveness”
is an act of
mercy to yourself !"

-------------------------

METTA ~
Metta Bhavana
The Relationship
Your Heart Longs For...
Already Exists within You !

---------------------

In the Stillness –
SPACE
for a rebellious spirit.
~ Noah Levine

---------------------------

Why are you so Unhappy ?
Because 99.9 per cent
of everything you think,
and of everything you do,
is for yourSelf –
and there isn't one.
~ Wei Wu Wei ~
----------------------

" Buddhist practice literally
has 'Nothing' to offer you –
other than WHAT IS HERE
in THIS very moment.
That’s all. 'Accompli'
God(s), Goddesses,
religion, entities
and the ego-self
can certainly
attract you with so,
so, so much more! "

~ Henri Van Zeyst
------------------------
----------------------

Remember ~
Whatever 'IT' is –
IT's just a “Thought”

-----------------------

Love exists only
in the True Friendship
Love is True Friendship
set on Fire !
~ Jeremy Taylor - 1657 ~
------------------------------

Wisdom-Dharma guides us
in the practical necessity
of creating our uniquely,
clearly spoken relationship
'The Language of Kindness
and Skillful Actions' arising
from a Compassionate ---
and yet - a Complete-view
of 'What Is' --and How to
do this in a warm, natural,
flexible yet uncontrived,
uncompromised way?
---------------------------

The Way You Do
One Thing --
is more than likely
The Way You Do
Everything !
------------------
How do we DO a Thing ?
"Do" Relationship in Life ?
-- with a Satisfied feeling of
Good integrity, while at the
same time do a Buddhist
Practice of cultivating an
Awakened Non-Attachment
---------------------------------

"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEALAbsence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily at all --
in any way whatsoever the

the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
The Balangoda Sri Lanka
~----------------------------

"Mind-FULLY"
Mindfulness Meditation
is coming soon to a
Ready Mind near you !
------------------------------

The Most common
Attachment-Mistake
in creating one's own
personal suffering
is to take the
Impermanent
for Permanent."
~ Buddha
-------------------

Did I Know Yet,
At Any Time ---
That IT is ALL
Just a Made Up 'Story'
--- Made Up ---
in Someone's Herd
Just Like My Father
Told Me It Was --
When I was Seven 7.
--------------------------

 

 

It is all about our
EXPLORATIONS
------------------------
"We shall not cease
from exploration
And the end of
all our exploring
will be to arrive
where we started
And know the place
for the very first time"
~ TS. Eliot 1927
---------------------------

♦ MINDFULNESS
INSIGHT PRACTICE
Theravada Buddhist
Satipatthana Insight
Meditation Tradition
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Beginner's Instruction
Guided Meditations to
AWAKEN AWARENESS
♦ Mentored Dharma Study
- with a Senior Practitioner
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Cultivating
The Forgiving-mind

“Sure,
FORGIVENESS Hurts”
often RAW --Yet here's
Wise Forgiving Words
of Skillful Caring Words
reflecting The Dharma
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Towards
FORGIVING the
Unconscious in "Him"
or "Her" or "Them"
or several Others,
or All of Humanity
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"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily
in any way whatsoever --
the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
 Sri Lanka Sangha Nyake
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" WHY ARE You
SO UNHAPPY ? "
...........................
Because 99.9 per cent
of Everything you think,
and of Everything you do,
is for yourSelf –-
and There Isn't One"

~ Wei Wu Wei ~
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"FORGIVING ALL
OUR FATHERS" --
Buddha was No Patriarch
He was an Early Feminist
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MINDFULNESS
is ” Mind-FULLY "
Living Your Mind
Fully Present --
in The Present
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"FORGIVING
OUR FATHERS --
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father - Because
He Didn't Forgive
His Father - And
Who Didn't Forgive
His Father...
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But- Did WE Have
'GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING' ? ? ?
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We've ALL had to have
biological Fathers, or
else we just wouldn't
be here: Question Is ?
Did we actually have
ONLY GOOD ENOUGH
PARENTING
FATHERING ?
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ONLY JUST 'WHAT IS' --
GOOD ENOUGH - Accept
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ONLY"GOOD ENOUGH
FATHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MOTHERING" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
FAMILIES" --
"GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS ?"
"GOOD ENOUGH
ANYTHING"? --
But Not Great

Actually, 'Good Enough'
Can Be a Better Bet than
PERFECT -- Voltaire said:
"Do Not Make Perfection
the Enemy of The Good".
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How's About
JUST "GOOD ENOUGH
MEDITATIONS" - they
can be easy going, so give
u Judging-mind a break...

Silent Meditation offers
the very necessary deeper
"immersion-time
experiences" so often
missing in shorter
daily meditations..

You gradually build-in
a Consistent, Ongoing
"Working-Relationship"
with meditation practice
itself- becoming Friends

So you can strengthen,
cultivate and stabilize
an aware, sweet, street
wise, Dharma-informed
intellect, a peaceful
body-stillness, and
a compassionate,
calm equilibrium and
emotional renewal,
in a supportive space --

To continually Re-awaken
Yourself to being present:
"Present in THIS moment"
Be Silent - Allow a gentle
Inner Sanctuary of simple
sustained mindfulness
and deeper inner-inquiry.
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Good Enough Forgiveness
Meditations CAN work for
us, our Fathers, our Family,
Mates can be Numberless -
with Self Compassion for
One's Self given necessary
Attentive support FIRST
-- For many of us this could
be the first, SANE, positive
beginning, and as ongoing
deep inner work - to give
ourselves adequate time
to practice Forgiveness
techniques on our own
at home....
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INSTRUCTION
( Start with 3 short sitting
of 5 min. - then go to a sit

of 15 min after short ones.
--then increase meditation
over time to 25 minutes.

Do 30 minutes for a Year !

Find a Basic Happiness

 in Peace and Quiet )
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Using Gentle Observation
approaches learned here,
will lead us confidently to
any Present Moment is

a Mindfulness Big Day,
whether or not we make
the trip Home -- actually
or just in memory.
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FORGIVENESS
has been around...
FORGIVENESS
is aged, sagely
 and wise.

"Forgiveness is giving up
all hope for a better past.
There is no future
without forgiveness."
~ Desmond Tutu
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"Forgiveness is Possible –
How we can start using
this timeless Forgiveness
practice to transform
emotional wounds into
an authentic healing,
a way out of our pain.
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As Compassion arises
More Naturally, we see
how Forgiveness can
be practiced as a 'Gift'
we give -not only to others,
but ultimately to ourselves.
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Forgiveness has the
Awesome Power to
ripen forces of purity
such as Love.
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Forgiveness creates the
space for a Life-Renewal,
--- a life now free from
bondage to the past.
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Forgiveness dissolves
separation, relieves us
of the twin burdens of
lacerating guilt and
perpetually unresolved
outrage or numbing...

It is not so easy to access
that hurt-place inside of us
that can truly forgive,
that can love again.

Remember, it is much
more difficult to forgive,
than NOT to forgive !

We are held prisoner
by the 'resentment',
the pain, the shame,
the anger, confusion,
doubt, overwhelming
sense of betrayal --
our present life just
cannot be fully lived.

Unwelcome Inheritances
we carry in from the past--
functions to close my heart
thereby narrows my world.
Yet 'Forgiveness' does not
mean condoning a harmful
action, or denying an
injustice done.

Forgiveness should never
be confused with being
passive toward violation
or abuse.
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"The CORE-intention
of true 'Forgiveness’
arises directly out of
the Greatest of Practices -
Compassion for Ourselves
– so that we can create
the spacious, wide open ,
contributing conditions
for an unobstructed love."
~ JackKornfield / Akasa Levi
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Forgive
and be free.
Forget that
you have forgiven --
and be even freer !

~ The Buddha
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A cultivatable ‘capacity’
for Forgiveness needs
to be available in order
for us to truly Love.
And there's certainly
an endless abundance
of authentic every-day
‘Practice Opportunities’
when ‘working’ on real
Forgiveness that Forgives
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"A Change of Heart
Changes Everything"

~Lucado
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Tightly Holding

onto Resentment is

letting someone else
punish us.

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The “Act of Forgiveness”
is an act of
mercy to yourself !"

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METTA ~
Metta Bhavana
The Relationship
Your Heart Longs For...
Already Exists within You !

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In the Stillness –
SPACE
for a rebellious spirit.
~ Noah Levine

 

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Why are you so Unhappy ?
Because 99.9 per cent
of everything you think,
and of everything you do,
is for yourSelf –
and there isn't one.
~ Wei Wu Wei ~
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" Buddhist practice literally
has 'Nothing' to offer you –
other than WHAT IS HERE
in THIS very moment.
That’s all. 'Accompli'
God(s), Goddesses,
religion, entities
and the ego-self
can certainly
attract you with so,
so, so much more! "

~ Henri Van Zeyst
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Remember ~
Whatever 'IT' is –
IT's just a “Thought”

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Love exists only
in the True Friendship
Love is True Friendship
set on Fire !
~ Jeremy Taylor - 1657 ~
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Wisdom-Dharma guides us
in the practical necessity
of creating our uniquely,
clearly spoken relationship
'The Language of Kindness
and Skillful Actions' arising
from a Compassionate ---
and yet - a Complete-view
of 'What Is' --and How to
do this in a warm, natural,
flexible yet uncontrived,
uncompromised way?
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The Way You Do
One Thing --
is more than likely
 The Way You Do
Everything !
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How do we DO a Thing ?
"Do" Relationship in Life ?
-- with a Satisfied feeling of
Good integrity, while at the
same time do a Buddhist
Practice of cultivating an
Awakened Non-Attachment
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"NON-ATTACHMENT"
The BUDDHIST IDEAL
Absence of 'Attachment'
is NOT necessarily at all --
in any way whatsoever the

the absence of a profound,
profound Loving."

Bhante Ananda Maitreya
The Balangoda Sri Lanka
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"Mind-FULLY"
Mindfulness Meditation
is coming soon to a
Ready Mind near you !
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The Most common
Attachment-Mistake
in creating one's own
personal suffering
is to take the
Impermanent
for Permanent."

~ Buddha
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Did I Know Yet,
At Any Time ---
That IT is ALL
Just a Made Up 'Story'
--- Made Up ---
 in Someone's Herd
Just Like My Father
Told Me It Was --
When I was Seven 7.
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Did I Know Yet,
At Any Time ---
That IT is ALL
Just a Made Up 'Story'
--- Made Up ---
 in Someone's Herd
Just Like My Father
Told Me It Was --
When I was Seven 7.