mntn13
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Thanks, that is a wonderful quote. I will put it on my desk next to my art supplies.
I was on a hike a couple weeks ago and there were butterflies all over - it was completely silent, but I "felt" them singing to each other. I imagine the Haiku to be something like that. |
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Art-sung
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Hello MNTN13,
How wonderful!
Thank you for your post.
Welcome to the thread. |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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Here is a spiritual song by the Indian Master Padampa Sangyay.
"That which is nothing at all,
transforms into myriad forms.
When one recognises the single essential nature
through all its manifestations,
Non-duality is grasped."
Have a beautiful day! |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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Hello,
Here are instructions for our own approach.
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been
handed down for many generaions.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken
and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is
found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the
authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis, when you find
that anything agrees with reason, and is
conductive to the good and benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it."
- The Radiant Buddha - |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hello,
Here is a quote of clear intent from the Tibetan tradition.
We live in illusion
And the appearance of things.
There is a reality.
We are that reality.
When you understand this,
You see that you are nothing.
And being nothing,
You are everything,
That is all.
- Kalu Rinpoche -
Have a wonderful day! |
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quaker
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| Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Hello Artsung
It seems I am continuing to have difficulties following this thread due to not receiving email updates. Tell me my friend, what is your greatest challenge? What oftens threatens to come between you and your practice? Cravings, attachments?
Wishing you, and everyone on this thread well from London. |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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Hello.....Quaker,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
A quick answer to your question, would be that I attempt to use all the experiences of my mind as the practice. My greatest challenge would be my my lack of pure vision, and the limitations of my projections.
But I think we come to know what is to be accepted and what is to be rejected.
I do not drink, I do not smoke, but I am in love with food.
I once drank, I once smoked, and I have always liked food. So there is some improvement. There is also room for more advancement.
I will try to explain.
If we live in modern society there will be many things that pop up. And if we live with ASD then there will be things that pop up and stay often too long.......
Under such conditions I think it is important to be compassionate to ourselves and loosen our ideas about maintaining what we think is, "Traditional", practice.
We can say mantra, or a positive affirmation over in our mind in our day. We can contemplate a teaching. It is said in the Buddhadharma that even to remember two sentences of the words of the Buddha, there we will find the teachings. If we are not Buddhists, per se, there's no problem, we could contemplate the meaning of loving kindness or compassion, etc. we can be creative and still practice.
One Buddhist teacher I know suggests choosing a piece of classical music that reminds you of your teachers qualities and just find a comfortable place to sit and listen, and just listen to the pure sound and its majesty, the pure nature of the sound.
When distractions arise just replace the mind on the object of the sound of music.
In practice we rewrite the relationship we have with our thoughts, emotions and sensations. Thats where we start but later we can use other methods.
In the so-called post meditiation instructions we approach our mental content with a growing sense of comfort and ease, learning to be more gentle.
As we are householders, we will live most of our lives in the post-meditation experience. Even great meditators would find it quite difficult to not spend time in the post-meditation experience. So we take both the night and day as our path, as all is an expession of our mental experience. This is not to say that mind is the creator of external phenomena. Rather it is the creator of internal phenomena, and how we experience our world.
Accordingly we should not feel that our practice is limited to sitting practice alone. Even in our dream state we can practice virtue. We just need to recognise!
We just recognise our mind and know in our heart that its present expression is momentary. In a state of constant flux. We do not need to hold on to things, with the tight grip of grasping to things, this includes ourselves and other people. In this way we can practice with confidence.
Sitting practice is good but it is not the only way to place the mind, its just a good one.
Its nice to hear from you!
Will look out for your reply!
All the very best! |
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quaker
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Thank you art- sung.
My greatest attachment in recent years. has been to my identity as a person in the autistic spectrum.
In recent times I have seen how this was so important for me after my diagnosis, but now I feel able to let this attachment go more and mo
I now see my autism as something I have rather than something I am. I also am starting to see how diminishing it is to see my neurology as something that makes me fundamentaly different from my my non-autistic brothers and sisters.
My greatest craving (post diagnosis) had been accumulating information on Autism.........this too is waining. However, the motor of desire always tics over within me, seeking an object to clasp and devour.
When does a special intetest become an attachment?
I have found Mindfulness practice v helpful in acknowledging and accepting that which causes me to suffer as well cultivating that witch brings me joy. |
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Art-sung
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Hello Quaker,
You mention an important point for us, our respective identification.
Since everything is in a state of flux, so is our identification.
I think Asperger's is the unique grouping of certain Autistic traits.
Do we have these traits before diagnosis, yes.
Do we have the same set of traits after diagnosis, yes.
We have Autism! We also have the full measure of humanity, as does everyone on the spectrum!
What can diagnosis offer us? Well possibly if offers confirmation of our traits as something that is natural to the condition. Rather than being something possibly- not natural, or belonging to another condition.
With education of the condition and its scope we come to understand ourselves and also to appreciate other people on the spectrum, for their diversity.
If look at an apple and measure it against an orange we will see difference.
If we look at the apple and measure it against an orange, according to the qualities of an orange, the apple will never measure up. Apples have their own unique qualities. Both are equally fruit.
If we measure ourselves according to a stereotype we have in our mind we will not measure up perfectly with that stereotype. But neither will other people who do not share our diagnosis. Stereotypes are just that, impressions created and thus projected, often by our unstatisfied emotional content.
If we measure the apple according to its own qualities, we find that it is inherently OK, as it is!
Its all a part of what it is!
Oranges are OK too!
Am I OK? This may arise in our personal questioning, possibly, over and over again. I know it has in mine. Actually why wouldn't it arise, given that our difference is often apparent, and this difference has, at times, been noted in our social communication with Oranges, and with other Apples.
I hope this is not too.... fruity!
With both, ease and compassion, for ourselves and others- we progress in our practice, in our experience. Gentleness flows from self-knowledge.
Any how just a few thoughts from my side.
Have a wonderful day dear friend!
And thank you for reading my post! |
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pudgy2010
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| is any one taslking to me how can i find out |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:26 am Post subject: |
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Hello Pudgy2010,
Warm welcome to the thread.
Hope to hear from you soon! |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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Here is a famous quote from the Indian Master Shantideva, whose name means, "Angel of Peace".
All the happiness there is in this world comes from thinking of others,
and all the suffering comes from preoccupation with ones self.
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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If you are reading this thread I encourage you to post!
Hope to hear from you soon! |
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quaker
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Thank you art.sung......you are so true. By being of service to others I water my own seeds of happiness. It is for this reason I give my time to others and commit myself to peace.
Your words of wisdom are well needed here, as so many of our brothers and sisters in the spectrum suffer with depression and anxiety, because their condition can so easily become all consuming and self obsessed.
Peace to you Art.sung and peace to everyone here |
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Art-sung
Snowy Owl
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Hello Quaker,
Thank you for your kind words.
We can help each other, we can all help each other.
We can remind each other that we can be positive.
Sometimes we can have social anxiety, to the point where we feel our family and friends are no longer supporting us. We could be so stuck in our stuff, that we can not leave our home or our room.
We can communicate with each other and share this communication with people who know how it feels to be on the spectrum.
We all have a voice which can be heard...........
Gandhi said something like, "Be the change you wish to seen in the world".
We can be that change.
An inspired mind is easier to work with, than an uninspired mind.
Often our special interests inspire us. We can add more related imformation to our special interests so that they start to become more well-rounded. In this way we use our ability for detail to grow into a wider perspective.
We can communicate our mind in various ways like, writting, art, music, film, photography, multimedia, etc.......
We can find amazing ways to be more inclusive.
Thank you again!
And thank you to all the people reading this post.
The weather is getting warmer now in Australia. Spring is here and the flowers are out. We have a little family of native finches which are coming to visit in the morning. One tried to fly through the window the other morning.
It must be getting colder in the UK and north America.
I have never seen snow in my life. I have often wondered what it must feel like. I can only come up with cold, but I believe the Inuit in Canada and Alaska have approx. 20 words for different types of snow.
Everyone have a wonderful day! |
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