Posts by BabaYaga

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Zen Living Part 10 (summarized): Breath and Other Paths to Mindfulness

by JimmyPage in

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techniques to help calm and focus your mind toward mindfulness include following your breath, counting your breath, visualizing, relaxing, or focusing on a visual point (such as a mandala) or a sound (such as a mantra).. many religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions throughout the world use different meditation techniques, and all of them may be useful for quieting mental clamor.. kinhin is the walking counterpart to zazen.. eventually, you will be able to sit in awareness without techniques and then carry that awareness throughout the day..

BabaYaga

That is a great question, Anti-Christ, and not an easy one to answer.

To me, in simplistic physiological terms, it is right-brain awareness rather than left-brain awareness. The left brain never shuts up, unless you learn how to to quiet it. It just keeps jabbering and chattering... what the Buddhists call "monkey mind". When you quiet the left (logical) side of your mind, the right side is allowed to notice... and it perceives things very differently than you are used to perceiving them.

I hope that makes sense to you. The best way to describe that difference is by showing you Jill Bolte-Taylor's "My Stroke of Insight".

http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

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June 2010 Awake! more duplicity.....

by Hobo Ken in

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i was up in my mum's house the other night (she and my father are still active jws) and saw the june 2010 awake!.

as i browsed through it i came to watching the world.

as i read the article on the "baby mammoth" i noticed that there seemed to be some important information missing, as well as some good old watchtower selective quoting.. bear in mind that devout witnesses would never question the organisation or suspect that an article could be misleading them far less go and research the information to check it's authenticity.. the article mentions the age of the animal at time of death (3 to 4 months) and the fact that it was well preservedin the ice and that it's airways and digestive systems were clogged with silt.. right at the end of the article they say that the "scientists were lead to believe" the animal "must have drowned".

BabaYaga

Great find, Hobo Ken.

And Dinah... I think you're right on with the "lead to believe", "apparently" and "evidently".

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Zen Living Part 10 (summarized): Breath and Other Paths to Mindfulness

by JimmyPage in

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techniques to help calm and focus your mind toward mindfulness include following your breath, counting your breath, visualizing, relaxing, or focusing on a visual point (such as a mandala) or a sound (such as a mantra).. many religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions throughout the world use different meditation techniques, and all of them may be useful for quieting mental clamor.. kinhin is the walking counterpart to zazen.. eventually, you will be able to sit in awareness without techniques and then carry that awareness throughout the day..

BabaYaga

Eventually, you will be able to sit in awareness without techniques and then carry that awareness throughout the day.

That has been the most amazing part.

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You may have forgotten about me but here's my update

by doublelife in

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it's been a while since i've posted because i've been so busy looking for a full-time job so that i could leave my husband.

well, i've finally got one today.

actually, it's the same job i've had for about a year but someone else just put in their notice to quit so my manager finally gave me full-time status.

BabaYaga

First of all, no we didn't forget you.

Secondly, congrats on the job and the acting class! It sounds like everything is really coming together for you.

Love,
Baba.

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Through a Darkened Pane

by compound complex in

my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

until recently.

BabaYaga

~dOh~ well in that case I'm still addlepated, Dear Sylvie, but loving the John Doe tale, regardless.

Are you writing a Minimus execution story as well?

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What are the pros and cons of living in the Wilderness?

by asilentone in

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i am thinking about living in the wilderness one day.

outlaw, i knew you would visit my thread.

thanks!.

BabaYaga

Fireflies.

Ticks.

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Through a Darkened Pane

by compound complex in

my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

until recently.

BabaYaga

HA!!!! Oh, heavens, I just saw this!

Lordie, Sylvie, I wondered what your "I still love you, John Doe" thread was about!!!! Your wording is wonderful, I can taste, smell, hear and feel everything...

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Hi all...I think it's time to introduce myself

by Desilusionnee in

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