April 25, 2010 - Sticking and Unhappiness... by dali48 on HP
02.06.2001 - Interpretation by dali48
It is our being addicted (sticking), which our unhappiness and our feelings of confinement are based... - We see them everywhere - We are sticking to our emotions like anger or pride - We cling to people: to our partners and children - We stick stubbornly to an opinion: "I'm right and you are not" - We protect our social roles - such as our identity as the perfect wife or an elite athlete... We stick to expectations - "All my children will bring home good grades" - or goals, “I will have pulled through this project up to 16 o’clock” - To our identity as a parent or athlete, nothing is wrong - and we all need goals and... - What brings us into trouble is that we are sticking to them... (C. Grof)
The Buddhist word "nirvana" means actually... - release is the basic attitude of trust... (A. Watts)
But while our life is pleasant through it... - it can also get painful and difficult - With a more alert awareness of the beauty and joy of this... - we feel less protected from their pain and ugliness...
As long as we stick to our justifications and rationalizations - we suffer from health or relationship problems - low self-esteem or the inability to find a proper place in the...
Spirituality relates to the direct encounter with mystical or transpersonal realms - that give our lives meaning and significance by the fact - that they bring a sacred dimension - Spirituality does not require mediation by a religious authority - It is our own, intimate, personal contact with... - and not what someone else talks about the...
Spirituality has nothing to do with blind trust, a doctrine or belief - Although the major religions of the world have sprung from direct mystical... - they have over time become rigid - and are often caught in dogmas, hierarchies, and politics...
Organized religion may have something to do with spirituality, or not - A second frequent confusion is the idea that... - or the "Higher Power" is outside of us...
Mother Teresa is capable of overlooking disease, decay and death - and to make contact with what she called the... - in every man...
Buddhist modernism are new movements based on modern era reinterpretations of Buddhism. .... afterlife, samsara, meditation, nirvana and Four Noble Truths considered to be foundational in the Buddhist traditions. .... Alexandra David- Neel, as well as more recent figures like Shunryu Suzuki, Sangharakshita, Alan Watts, ...
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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...
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