Dharma Treasure Community | David | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/david_sch/activity/ Activity feed for David. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 37339e70bd9c7138598f328b0aa8a0d0 David replied to the topic Faith in Mind by 3rd Patriarch of Zen in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/faith-in-mind-by-3rd-patriarch-of-zen/page/2/#post-2968 Wed, 16 May 2018 00:54:38 +0000 Wiley Fox,
Blake hasn’t responded as of yet, and I thought I’d give my thoughts, although your message was addressed to Blake. I hope that is fine by you.

I agree with some of what you wrote, although I wouldn’t have worded it in the same manner, especially stating that these “meditation methods and are completely irrelevant and useless to the…[Read more]

]]> 50eaa7e7504ba4c9927c8a642496875e David replied to the topic Faith in Mind by 3rd Patriarch of Zen in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/faith-in-mind-by-3rd-patriarch-of-zen/page/2/#post-2935 Tue, 08 May 2018 22:11:25 +0000 @Peter W
I’m glad you like the terms skillful/unskillful as suggest by Salina. I also use those when talking with groups and was also going to suggest them. Hopefully you may see your understandable reaction to wholesome / unwholesome decline over time.

Regarding Faith in Mind and TMI. This is an interesting and potentially tricky topic, which…[Read more]

]]> ffd011237bc512524f341e4e30e2508a David replied to the topic Faith in Mind by 3rd Patriarch of Zen in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/faith-in-mind-by-3rd-patriarch-of-zen/#post-2928 Mon, 07 May 2018 21:11:43 +0000 Peter W,
Stepping aside from the back and forth above, I have wondered how you see this relative to the stages in TMI or the TMI approach in general. “Faith in Mind” is a favourite of mine, and I have used it in teaching. It offers clear advice for practitioners, especially from the beginning “The Great Way is not difficult; just avoid picking…[Read more]

]]> 03f8b93fa9be207c2112bb00645447a6 David replied to the topic time to switch to other practices? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/time-to-switch-to-other-practices/#post-2363 Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:35:53 +0000 Thank you for reaching out again and please don’t worry about asking too many questions. Your queries are thoughtful and detailed. I have also done a fair bit of Neuroptimal and have experienced some flows of euphoria. From discussions with the consulting psychologist that monitors the sessions, strong energy flows are not the norm, and I w…[Read more]

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