quaker
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Thank you Art sung and everyone. I did not receive an email notifying me that there had been movement on this thread.
I am curious how many with AS who aspire to lead a life of Mindfulness, Cultivating a mind that clings to nothing, deals with a brain that often is prone to devouring facts, concepts, prone to black and white thinking and unhelpful obsessionality?
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Art-sung
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Hello Quaker,
You raise an important point. The mind that devours facts can be turned towards the teachings and practice of compassion. There it will find a calm harbour, which is both supportive and bright.
It is said that the difference between awakened pracitioners and ordinary folk, is not to be found in the arisal, but is found in the method of liberation.
When thought's and emotions arise, we remember, again and again, that they are impermanent.
We just need to remember this, over and over again.
Previously we may have experienced, day's, week's, month's even year's of down time. Now with this understanding that the energy of the arisal is impermanet- we recover quickly. This is compassion for both self and other
A nice saying came to mind last night.
"Good friends are like Angels. They remind us that we have wings when we forget how to fly".
I do not know who spoke these words but their spirit is wonderful.
I would like to encourage people on this tread to post about your experience. We all have something to offer, we are all human and on the spectrum. Lets make this a bright and warm place to come too.
Everyone have a wonderful day! |
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Art-sung
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Hello Slipacre,
Thank you for your post.
We all share in this.
Thank you also for your previous pm.
Please keep posting.
All my best! |
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ProudAspie
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| Art-sung wrote: | Asperger's may have possibly been in the family for several generations.
Both my son's have AS. So Iam both Asperger's, and a parent of others on the spectrum.
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| Art-sung wrote: | Hi there!
I am a 47 year old Aspie [Confirmed Diagnosis in 2009], as is my 18 year old son.
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Art-sung
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| One is not yet diagnosed. |
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ProudAspie
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| Art-sung wrote: | My father was a good stonemason. His father was a senior research horticulturalist. His father was a Master Mariner who was in the British Merchant Marine in Africa and India before Australia. His father was a Parish Clerk for 62 years, recording up to 3 generations in most local families [ I have his lifes work on parish microfiche]. His daughter was the school mistress of the Parish at age 16.
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| Art-sung wrote: | I am an Original Australian
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Art-sung
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| I am of Anglo-Celtic and Aboriginal descent, that makes me an Indigenous Australian. |
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ProudAspie
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I often say I am unemployable, I can not work for other [NT] people., and seek self-employment opportunities, where I can.
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| Art-sung wrote: | I have my own business, and so the long road of my sons diagnosis over a period of 6 years was costly going from ADHD, to PDD NOS, to Severe Asperger's.
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Moog
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| ProudAspie wrote: | | Art-sung wrote: |
I often say I am unemployable, I can not work for other [NT] people., and seek self-employment opportunities, where I can.
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| Art-sung wrote: | I have my own business, and so the long road of my sons diagnosis over a period of 6 years was costly going from ADHD, to PDD NOS, to Severe Asperger's.
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This is getting rather silly.
Also, off topic.
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Art-sung
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Hello Everyone,
Here is a quote I found in; Awakening The Buddha Within, by Lama Surya Das, p1.
"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.
Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from
the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity.
Buddhism answers this descrition......If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism."
-Albert Einstein-
Einstein seems to uphold the spirit of a comparative religious view.
Have a nice day!
Sarva Margalam! May virtue ensue! |
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VIDEODROME
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I am just somewhat exposed to Buddhism and find it very interesting. It seems to have an analytical quality to it that I like.
So far I have read The Compassionate Life by The Dalai Lama and Essential Buddhism by Jacky Sach. Some day I'd like to meet teachers in person to learn more. While I find the philosophical side to it interesting I'm not sure what I think of the more religious side dealing with things such as Reincarnation.
I would also like to understand more about Meditation from a teacher. |
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Art-sung
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Hello Videodrome,
No matter who the teacher is, check out their lineage.
If they have published books- read their books before becoming involved.
Just my opinion, but I think it is possibly better to make contact with ethnic Buddhist teachers. The living tradition is best to receive instruction from. Also an ethnic teacher that has experience living and/or teaching in the west.
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Moog
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| Art-sung wrote: | Hello Everyone,
Here is a quote I found in; Awakening The Buddha Within, by Lama Surya Das, p1.
"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.
Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from
the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity.
Buddhism answers this descrition......If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism."
-Albert Einstein-
Einstein seems to uphold the spirit of a comparative religious view.
Have a nice day!
Sarva Margalam! May virtue ensue! |
That's a great quote, I posted it in another part of the forum.
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The radiant Buddha said,
"Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words
is a single word of deep meaning
which when heard, produces peace."
-From the Dhammapada; Sayings of the Buddha-
Wouldn't it be wonderful to develop such a skill. I am not there yet, but with practice I can improve.
All my very best! |
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Art-sung
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Today I am posting an old, and yet timeless Zen Haiku.
It stays as freash today, as it was in the very moment it was recorded.
"The temple bell stops,
but the sound keeps coming,
out of the flowers."
-Master Basho-
Have a wonderful day everyone! |
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