> I found it! I found it!! Yippee! yippie! yippie! > It was on Insight Practice! > ... spoke to me ... it's about just BEING...
thanks lynn. glad it spoke to somebody. i will find a place to put it. > There is a Jester page?...where is THAT?...I NEED that. on the main wiki page ... click the link :Remember to Laugh you end up here: http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php/Jester > (written after a trip to the dentist and half my face is sliding off > my skull) > It is still after all, > Happy Thursday! > Lynn so you are indeed a numbskull. ;) lol enjoy. and rmember to BE funny. ;) -ts- > ******************************************* > once again ... > it is not about controlling ... > it is NOT about picking and choosing. > it is about accepting what is. > it is not about forcing ... > as in: 'I bid this intense anger subside' > it is about paying attention to it. > that is all. > > it is this very idea of 'seeking to gain happiness" > that gets in the way of achieving it. > > "do not force something to happen ... > just have a sense of openess to the > phenomena you are allowing to come > into existence." > > we love the flower ... > and hate the weed. > we think happiness is better than unhappiness ... > contentment better than discontent ... > and it is this very act of discriminating > that keeps us from experiencing the happiness ... > we are seeking. > from being content. > > "expecting heaven ... > is what hell ... > is all about." > > or ... > > "my needs > destroy > the paths > by which > those needs > could be > fulfilled." > > > now the actor ... > who is able to tap into those emotions ... > to lose him/herself in the character ... > isn't concerned with picking what we think of > as positive over what we think of as negative. > the actor simply embraces the part ... > whatever it may be ... > wholeheartedly. > would it not behoove us ... > as actors in this play ... > to be able to do the same? > that is what "not picking and choosing" is about. > when you are happy ... BE happy. > when you are sad ... BE sad. > it is not about "what" we are being ... > or "what" we seek ... > it's about the Being. > the losing of one's "self". > > it isn't the end of the world. ;) > {or i guess we could say it is ... > there being no idea of "us" separate > from "world" at that point.) > but it occurs to me that we are > in fact ... gaining the world. > > being mindful, aware, attentive ... > doesn't come from seeking happiness. > it comes from ... Being. > Being happy when we are happy ... > Being sad when we are sad. > and that ... > CAN be cultivated. > > meditation is one tool to this end. > be it vipassana ... > be it zazen ... > be it sitting ... > be it walking ... > be it skipping naked through the tall weeds. > > as long as we pay attention to what is ... > and stop picking and choosing. > ******************************************* ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give hope to a child. Helping a needy child is easier than you think. Click here to meet someone who needs your help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hq3f6C/iJlJAA/i1hLAA/wDkolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HolyGeek/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
