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Florian started the topic On Altruism, From: The Way of the Bodhisattva, by Shantideva in the forum Inspirational Poems, Writings, Artwork etc. 5 years, 2 months ago
May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,
A guide for those who journey on the road.
For those who wish to cross the water,
May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.May I be an isle for those who yearn for land,
A lamp for those who long for light;
For all who need a resting place, a bed;
For those who need a servant, may I be their slave.May…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Intention to correct the posture: how desirable? in the forum Meditation 5 years, 6 months ago
Hello Francis,
I might be able to add my two cents regarding slouching: when I started doing sitting practice I encountered the same problem: my posture tended to fall into a slouch after only a few minutes of sitting, then I’d be occupied with correcting for that through the whole sit. What helped a lot with that was doing some exercises for my…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Feature Request: Editing of own posts in the forum Dharma Treasure Community Information 5 years, 6 months ago
Oh, thanks a lot!
How could I miss that. It’s right there.
Very cool. Thanks!Edit: Edited, just to try out the editing function.
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Florian started the topic Feature Request: Editing of own posts in the forum Dharma Treasure Community Information 5 years, 6 months ago
Hello dear technical staff
first off: thanks for everything. This is a good and useful place to be.
Just one gripe: I seem to be unable to edit my own posts (after having posted them that is).
Whith me being a somewhat sloppy formatter/writer this leaves a good percentage of typos/less than perfectly worded paragraphs and whatnot on the forums:…[Read more] -
Florian replied to the topic On Hindrances, sleep, and motivation in novice practice in the forum Meditation 5 years, 6 months ago
Hello Eli,
first of all: great that you’re here! Congrats on starting a meditation practice.
I might be mistaken, but training the mind appears to be the wisest thing homo sapiens sapiens can do.
So: keep at it, you’re totally in the right place and doing the right stuff!Let’s see if I can be of some assistance here:
1. The issue with your…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Compassion and no-self in the forum Principles of Dharma 5 years, 6 months ago
Hi bluelotus9,
I can not offer any scholarly opinion on the topic, but my personal experience tells me that no: compassion actually grows. As to why, here’s what I experienced:
Long before you start to experience the fact that whatever you think of as “You” is actually a construct of your brain evolved because it’s useful to think of yourself of…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Caffeine problems? in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 5 years, 6 months ago
Hello again.
Haven’t found the article that I mentioned before, but stumbled onto another one on caffeine addiction:
Caffeine Use Disorder: A Comprehensive Review and Research Agenda
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Florian replied to the topic Any input on Resting Awareness/Shikantaza in the forum Meditation 5 years, 7 months ago
Thank you very much Ivan.
Orders are placed and books will be read 🙂Greetings,
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Florian started the topic Any input on Resting Awareness/Shikantaza in the forum Meditation 5 years, 7 months ago
Dear Sangha
so I just stumbled into this meditative state which I think qualifies as (or at least has characteristics of) Shikantaza (or Resting Awareness/Silent Illumination) and wondered if anyone has any ideas or information about what I can do with it and how to best use it too perfect my Samatha.
Fist some words on where I stand at the…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Caffeine problems? in the forum Dharma Practice in Daily Life 5 years, 7 months ago
Hello dcurtis
Just ran into your post and wanted to reply affirmatively to you and Tony-James:
I observed the very same thing as you do.
A certain low amount of caffeine will have positive, energizing effects on me, but as soon as I consume too much it’ll ruin my day:
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Florian replied to the topic Practitioners in Munich / South Germany in the forum Meditation 5 years, 7 months ago
Hi Alex and Maria,
ich lebe in Nürnberg.
Count me in.
Grüße
FlorianP.S.: gonna be offline for the next few days, but definitely interested.
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Florian replied to the topic Is there a classification of discoursive mind events? in the forum Meditation 5 years, 9 months ago
Hi Eric,
thanks for pointing out the book.
Actually, I think something I read in the fifth Interlude (on the Mind System Model) about Metacognitive Introspective Awareness plays part in the concept I had when starting this thread (page 212):
“Metacognitive introspective awareness is not just awareness of individual thoughts, memories, and…[Read more]
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Florian replied to the topic Is there a classification of discoursive mind events? in the forum Meditation 5 years, 9 months ago
Hi Tim, hi ward,
Thanks to both of you for taking the time to respond.
My question is not so much about meditation practice per se, I’m rather looking for a conceptual framework here.
(To give you a bit of background information about where I’m coming from with this question:
I’m working with TMI, and find myself in stage four – Mindwandering…[Read more] -
Florian started the topic Is there a classification of discoursive mind events? in the forum Meditation 5 years, 9 months ago
So this is going to be my first post.
Fist of all Thank you very much for having this forum.
(And for having me on this forum…)When observing my mind there seem to be various “categories” of discoursive events happening:
1. There’s your classic discoursive “thought” – the kind that I used to think of being “me”: Some pre-formulation of…[Read more]
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