01.04.2019 - Kornfield and mindfulness / Ryōkan and zen / Thích Nhất Hạnh / Grof and survival etc...

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20.05.2001 - Interpretation of dali48

If we are not careful, it can easily happen that we repeat the great fault of our modern... - ambition, materialism, and... - in our spiritual life again... (J. Kornfield)

Does this path have a heart? - If so, then it is a good... - If not, it is...
The rain has stopped / the clouds have cleared away / and it is clear again / your heart is pure / then all things are pure in your...
Then you will be guided... - by the moon and the flowers on your way... (Ryokan, Zen poet)

Keep in mind - how all the joys and... - pleasant events and unpleasant events, people, peoples, and even cultures, come and...
Life exists only in the... - Life is only possible at the present moment, because the past is... - and the future is not yet...
When we are in line with what we can do just... - body and spirit live in... - we can smile, make peace with ourselves and our environment...
Because happiness does not wait at the end of the... - but is in every little step on the street of daily... - unaware of us, and supports us... - Every second of life becomes a... (T.N.H.)

Careful speech can bring true... - and careless talk can... - Are we aware of how often we... - and condemn every day, order and violate, and let off steam by our lust for... - As long as our ancestors suffer in... - we can not be truly happy...
Children are especially able to practice... - and to remind others of it...
When we practice mindfulness - we will know how we can invade deep into the nature of... - and rouse others with our insight...
All we will say, think or do with... - is described as "something that has the taste of Zen" in itself...
There is no enlightenment - outside of daily life...
Gustav Jung described alcoholism - as a spiritual thirst for wholeness, a desire for understanding, personal fulfillment and spiritual... - That all of us innate thirst, caused by deep wounds from our past and the desire to escape the... - may lead to the addiction of various mood-substances... - and behavior...
The root of all human... - is caused by being addicted or desire according to Buddhist philosophy, and the path to liberation lies in a daily... - which is including an element of letting go and to surrender yourself...
I describe our survival mechanisms - in a non-supportive or hostile... - our need to escape the pain of life... (C. Grof)

Mindfulness - The Reader Wiki, Reader View of Wikipedia

https://thereaderwiki.com/en/Mindfulness

Attention (Jack Kornfield); Awareness; Concentrated attention (Mahasi Sayadaw) ... Informal mindfulness is the application of mindful attention in everyday life. .... In modern vipassana-meditation, as propgated by the Vipassana movement, sati aids ... with our ordinary mind state in New England in 1846 and wrote with great ...

Ryōkan - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryōkan

Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758–1831) was a quiet and eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the ...

‎Early life · ‎Life as a hermit · ‎Final years · ‎Stories of Ryōkan

Thích Nhất Hạnh - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Nhất_Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ˈtɪk ˈnjʌt ˈhʌn/; born October 11, 1926) is a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. He lives in the Plum ...

Stanislav Grof - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Grof

Stanislav "Stan" Grof (born July 1, 1931) is a Czech psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field .... It involves a struggle for survival. When experiencing this layer, strong aggression and demonic forces are encountered. Biographical memories associated with ...

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see dali48 and warning of neo-fascism since 1989 and Climate Change since ca. 2000 and "Banking Crisis" 2008 and poor people and social diseases and speculation and homelessness and robots etc. - instead of UBI & Ecology - Uncontrolled capitalism produces evil as bees produce...

see dali48 and Climate Change and heat waves and dryness and burning and also floods and Hurricanes etc. - since ca. 2000 and despite Copenhagen 2009 etc. - instead of #ZeroHunger, solar & wind energy & UBI etc...

Don't see swallows here in Wickrath (2018) as before at Lake Unterbach where they were deeply flying before the rain, and were nearly touching my head till 2010... (dali48)

see E. Kuebler-Ross and R. Moody and Near Death Experiences - and my own experiences in the 80s and 12/2011 etc... (dali48)

see our planet and environment and deforestation and climate change and pollution and destructive traffic everywhere - instead of #ZeroHunger, UBI and surviving etc... (dali48)

see dali48 and world view 1968 etc. - compared with 1989 and 2008 etc...

Deposit on plastic & better recycling & cleaning, see e.g. www.rhinecleanup.org & biodegradable "plastic" bags - instead of polluting rivers & lakes & sea with waste etc... (dali48)
Concerning overfishing & polluting & damaging the oceans with garbage patches & ‘dead zones’ etc. - instead of e.g. www.rhinecleanup.org, see Golding & "Man produces evil - as Bees produce honey" etc... (dali48)

see @UNrightswire, see Human Rights & Clean Air & Drinking Water & Food & UBI - instead of destructive traffic, e.g. @BeijingAir & privatisation of drinking water & other violations etc... (dali48)

see dali48 and reading and writing and walking and cycling and photographing - and without car since 2004 etc... 

Why bees etc. - are dying by the billions see pesticides and #Neonics http://bit.ly/1vJ6vI6 = 5000 times more toxic to bees than DDT etc... (dali48)

see dali48 and Human Rights (1948), warning of neo-fascism since 1989, and of Climate Change, and for Net Neutrality & Ecology & Biodiversity since ca. 2000, and for UBI instead of HartzIV and lobby donations and wealth concentration since 2008 and against 80 000 Millions for arms etc... ...   
see Ban of Basic Rights & Net Neutrality & Privacy - instead of democratic control of #Polizeigesetz and introducing a UBI etc... (dali48)

see National Socialist tyranny and History produced evil - as Bees produced honey etc... (dali48)

see dali48 and warning of neo-fascism since 1989, of Climate Change, and for Ecology & Biodiversity since ca. 2000, and for UBI since 2008... Why is there no Basic Income in Europe etc. - instead of Hartz IV and "Banking Crisis" 2008 and neo-fascism etc.? (dali48)

 Steven David Horwich ‏@homeschoolcurr Want to ban homeschool? So did the Nazis. Read about it at bit.ly/lZkLNv... Retweeted by dali48

siehe dali48 und "Petition unterschreiben Bundesrat: AFD nach Artikel 21 GG verbieten lassen... change.org"

see dali48 and deforestation and Climate and species extinction by pesticides, leaf blowers etc. - and Human Rights violations instead of Biodiversity and UBI etc...

see beautiful wildflower havens and UBI - instead of tax havens and violations of Human Rights etc... (dali48)ied account

see @BeijingAir03-24-2019 23:00; PM2.5; 45.0; 125; Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (at 24-hour exposure at this level)... (dali48) 

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see dali48 and "Those who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity (see e.g. chick shredding etc.) - will deal likewise with their fellow man." (Francis of Assisi)

see bumble bees and bees again on lavender during my daily walk in the park since June 2018 etc... (dali48)

see Climate Change & alternative energy as eg wind power & solar energy & ecars & solar cooker & solar lamp since the 70s etc... (dali48)

I'm against the waste of Food as long as there is no UBI and ca.1 Billion people are hungry - and there are not enough soup kitchens - and hungry animals come into town etc... (dali48)

No foodwaste as long as there are ca.1 Billion hungry people - instead of foodsecurity & enough bees & biodiversity etc. - and why isn't there a UBI etc.? (dali48)

see dali48 and psychology and Freud, Adler, Jung, and Frankl, Fromm, Reich, and Laing, Cooper etc...

see dali48 and bird's visit at his skylight in Wickrath and fresh water etc. - see seagulls from the coast of the Netherlands coming for fodder in winter - see "Flora and Fauna" since ca.2000 etc... 

see Climate Change & alternative energy as eg wind power & solar energy & ecars & solar cooker & solar lamp since the 70s etc... (dali48)

see dali48 and "The majority of diseases that plague humanity are all rooted in a polluted environment"... (Change.org)  

We are all a part of 'UN' see @UNrightswire - UN should ban politicians & Nations who make immoral laws & violate Human Rights etc... (dali48)
see dali48 and "Bread instead of fireworks" and "flora & fauna" etc ...
"Where they ban private tuition and books - they also ban teachers and authors at the end" ... (dali48, 2019)
see dali48 and why don't these millionaires unite - and pay a smallest UBI to many of the poorest of people?

 henk tennekes ‏@tennekes_tox

Das grosse Neonics Desaster. Seit 1995 sind bis zu 80 Prozent der Biomasse aller Fluginsekten in NRW verschwunden http://www.farmlandbirds.net/de/content/innerhalb-der-vergangenen-20-jahre-sind-bis-zu-80-prozent-der-biomasse-aller-fluginsekten-no …
Concerning road traffic: Urban areas must be safer for pedestrians and cyclists etc... (dali48)
see History & Genocides of Natives & Minorities & Scapegoats instead of @UNHumanRights and Protection of #environmentdefenders etc... (dali48)
see Ban of Basic Rights and Net Neutrality & Privacy - instead of saving the Internet and introducing UBI etc. (dali48, 2019)

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