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Hey Pierre,

I think many people on the TMI subreddit would like to hear about this. If you don’t have an account I can pass it on.

Alex (from the Passadhi group)

Hi Tom

The more experience you have the more appropriate it is to trust your instincts. But it is helpful to not sswitch around too much and not switch because what ytou are doing right now is just not working. When it gets difficult it may be helpful to stay with you practice.

That being said, adding some metta in the beginning can be very…[Read more]

Over here in europe there are many places where the next teacher is far away though. But speaking of teachers, I have some ideas on how we maybe could improve the listing of teachers. But one after the other. My post on reddit has created a little bit of attraction too, and we now have started a simple google sheet – not intended as the place…[Read more]

I have done “no caffeine” for a while and still very mvery mindful about my intake. It is a very interesting way of watching habits, cravings and seeing the effect it has on energy and sleep requirement. If you are on Reddit you might want to check out r/decaf for tips and experiences of others. Beware that many people there seem to be extremely…[Read more]

I have found this manual to the MN quite helpful: http://www.shardarogell.com/reading-and-resources/pressing-out-pure-honey

Hi,

we now have a first date, on Wednesday 8th at 19:00 we want to meet at the park cafe. Further announcements on the discord or on http://www.ak80.org/tmi.html

with metta
Alex

Hi María, hi Florian,

Great, that you are interested. Things are moving quickly now and a first meeting might be already next week, see https://doodle.com/poll/b3hsuavyh53m7w77

We have also started a group chat on discord: https://discord.gg/dMxxHpc

Let me know if you have trouble with or questions about the discord

Take care
Alex

Hi,

Such a great endeavor, I was thinking along some of these lines too… A wiki is a great start, I have already sent Blake a couple of links to talks, articles and podcast interviews outside dharma treasure.

I second the motion, that it would be good to keep things together as much as possible and have tge Dharma treasure website as the focal…[Read more]

Hello dcurtis,

You are very keenly observing many things. Let my try to tackle them one by one.

>> * I’m unable to keep the attention on the breath for more than three cycles, at most. One to three cycles, and it’s forgetting into mind wandering.

I quickly scanned your post from last year. In relation to what Blake wrote, do you still agr…[Read more]

Hi Meshe,

In wonder how big the role of rational examination and the will to renounce this belief in self-existence is? Does it come on its own, is it purely a result of insight and a non-rational experience / examination of reality mainly from meditation? Or do we need to bolster it with a sort of decision “I do not belief in this” and examine…[Read more]

Hello Samuel,

oh I see, I have not heard of that and will look for some information. That sounds a bit like the opposite of renunciation: not renouncing unpleasant emotions or denying them, but applying them as an opportunity to learn and mindfully examine them and their effects. Is there a post / video you can point me to? I’ll also monitor this…[Read more]

Hi Samuel,

I do not understand what do you mean by “usage of unpleasant emotions”? Can you make an example, please? You can not renounce having an emotion. But, with practice, you can work on how you relate to unpleasant emotions and how to react, i.e. do you act them out or do you allow them to just be and base your action on a wholesome emotion…[Read more]

Yeah, it is progress even if it doesn’t feel like it 🙂

Cool, I was in my second eSangha(Europe) meeting on Tuesday :). What tucker said to someone else there was, that concentration was not a good measure of “progress” in meditation. But the understanding of how the mind works and what it dies and a growing ability to work with whatever is going…[Read more]