Dharma Treasure Community | Don | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/don/activity/ Activity feed for Don. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e25076c1c4fd7b3eda78d325f9653097 Don replied to the topic Any safe meditation practices left for me? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/any-safe-meditation-practices-left-for-me/#post-3549 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 02:13:33 +0000 I just wanted to thank Raza for the time and patience it took to write the above. As a person who has gone through this twice, I can totally agree with the recommendations. “There’s no substance to it, no deeper truth behind the verbal thoughts – it’s all made up on the spot, depending on your beliefs, emotions, and creativity,” is somet…[Read more]

]]> 2d9c1cbaaf2ffce84f31fca4eae06295 Don replied to the topic Instances of so called Dark Night in the Suttas? in the forum Principles of Dharma http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/instances-of-so-called-dark-night-in-the-suttas/#post-3388 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:47:57 +0000 The Dark Night experience is something I have had the misfortune of experiencing once, and possibly twice. I thought is might be helpful to others to share my experience, so here goes:

I had been meditating for a long time without direction. About 13 years ago, I found the podcasts of Gil Fronsdal and Ajaan Thanisarro helpful. But it seemed to…[Read more]

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