Advayavada Buddhism
ON COURSE WITH NATURE.
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“Un-becoming”
~ Jennifer Sodini
The Unity Tree: A Whimsical Muse on Cosmic Consciousness
Empty your heart of ignorance
~Buddha
There is nothing wrong with you at all
“What I am really saying is that you don’t need to do anything, because if you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.”
Alan Watts
Integral Spirituality, Circling and the Evolution of Consciousness
In listening to an audiobook on comparative spirituality I realized that I would like to bring Applied Integral Theory to bear on several tools for spiritual awakening and to contextualize circling within that. This is a rough draft:
In Buddhism, there is a focus in on the practices of the Shambhala Warrior; and the “weapons” of such; Compassion and Insight. These qualities are explored through cultivating intimacy with the immediate experience. In Vippassana, students are guided to turn their attention towards the sensations of the body, and to notice what arises while welcoming the experience and cultivating equanimity in relation to it. The relationship between our sensations, our emotions, our impulses and our thoughts are observed through simply noticing what we are noticing.
In Zen Buddhism, sitting with Koans is a common practice. This involves being with raw, open curiosity through inquiry around a given question that might…
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Mindfulness, Moment-By-Moment Awareness Is What Keeps Your Emotional Intelligence At Its Best
Source: Mindfulness, Moment-By-Moment Awareness Is What Keeps Your Emotional Intelligence At Its Best
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Josh Richardson
Sept 27, 2016
Mindfulness is ‘the intentional, accepting and non-judgemental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment’, can be trained in any human being. It allows us to shed emotions we perceive as negative very quickly and raises our emotional intelligence to levels which accelerate our optimism and outlook on life in its entirety.
Intelligence is to use what you know in the right way at the right time in the right place with the right intention. IQ only accounts for about 20% of a persons success. By far the majority of a person’s success is attributable to social and emotional intelligence.
A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly…
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Freedom is the only condition for happiness
Letting go gives us freedom,
and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
If, in our heart, we still cling to anything –
anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~
Source: Sojourners Path
Don’t become a follower
To a visitor who asked to become his disciple, the Master said,
“You may live with me, but don’t become my follower.”
“Whom, then, shall I follow?”
“No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.”
~ Anthony de Mello ~
Source: Sojourners Path
