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Focus On The Rose

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heartbeat-wallpapers-7Robin Sharma wrote about a very interesting exercise for clearing the mind called the Heart of the Rose.

To perform the exercise, all you need is a rose and to be in a silent, relaxing place.

Start to stare at the center of the rose, its heart. Focus all your attention on the rose. Notice its texture, its color, notice everything about it. Only think about the rose that is in front of you and let go of all your problems and worries…

If your attention starts to wander… if you start having unrelated thoughts… just observe your thoughts and let them go…

Then return your attention to the rose…

It’s a very simple exercise, but one that I enjoy to practice from time to time.

Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Poetry, Zen

“Is there anything I can do to make myself Enlightened?” — Zen Flash

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Student: “Is there anything I can do to make myself Enlightened?” Teacher: “As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.” Student: “Then what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?” Teacher: “To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.” ~Anthony de Mello Source: Tao […]

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Eight Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism — Rise Like A Lotus

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Tibetan Buddhism is rich with imagery and symbolism. I’m pretty new to it, so I’m still learning these. (Source: buddhanet.net) Right-coiled White Conch Right-coiled White Conch The white conch which coils to the right symbolises the deep, far-reaching and melodious sound of the Dharma teachings, which being appropriate to different natures, predispositions and aspirations of […]

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No Fear — Great Middle Way

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From attachment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence then fear? From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear. For one who is wholly free from lust there is no grief; whence then fear? From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For one who is […]

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5 liars — Zen ; Great Middle Way

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greatmiddleway.wordpress.com by Tashi Nyima June 18, 2016 The aggregate of form, the material body, tells me where I am. The aggregate of feeling tells me how I am. The aggregate of cognition tells me what I am. The aggregate of volition tells me why I am. The aggregate of consciousness tells me I am the […]

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Living in and escaping reality. A breath and a vision away.

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11225997_523745491133883_3244804450055882299_nA tibetan meditation method has proven extremely effective for me (with practice). For months I would breathe in and out during times needed to let go. I was taught to picture an image in my head; it could be anything. As I breathe in, it comes closer to me and as I breathe out it draws further away. It has progressively become more and more effective on alleviating negative thoughts and as a matter of fact… thoughts at all. I learned from watching tibetan teacher at a conference teaching mediation.

As I said I have been practicing for months. Last night the image that I had been viewing for the last few months decides to change. It used to be a snow covered mountain that would draw itself in and out but for this time; for what reason I am not sure. What once was snow covered peaks daunting and treacherous yet beautiful mountains turned into an extremely simplicit image of a yellow flower. Now perhaps more simple, and meaningful to me the meditation was even more calming. I have been drawing flowers in my graffiti for quite some time. Drawing eyes inside my flowers; watching over the city. I love drawing them.

I am happy the flower has arrived and thought I would share the ideology of meditation, clarity and growth it brings.

And change.

Rant over

 

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If Your Compassion Does Not Include Yourself, It Is Incomplete – Buddha — The Seeds 4 Life

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In life, there will be times of failure, and times of regret. Times of frustration, and times of worry. Moments of insecurity and inadequacy plague even the most confident among us. We will all experience some level of self-doubt and self-criticism, and this is what makes the practice of self-compassion so vitally important. Today, rather…

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Zen and Meditation. Ancient Poetry

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The Third Zen Patriarch, Janzhi Sengcan, wrote in his poem Xinxin Ming:

 

“The more you talk and think about it, the further astray you wander from the truth. Stop talking and thinking, and there is nothing you will not be able to know. To return to the root is to find the meaning, but to pursue appearances is to miss their source. At the moment of inner enlightenment there is a going beyond appearances and emptiness.”

These words were written almost 1,500 years ago in China.