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Anybody here read Golden Compass?
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1 hour ago, Rocky Lionmouth said:I don’t think someone who mistreats somebody else, no matter the degree of violence used, is giving the gift of toughening that person up.
If you have scars you have healed, if you have experiences and can exchange them from past tense baggage to present and future currency that is work you do for you. Being thankful for having gotten through stuff and to have had ones strenght and resilience confirmed by another, be it in positive or negative reflection, is paramount. Dont know if it sounds contraddictory but yeah...
Thats you giving yourself high esteem, imho.
Not really looking to argue a point, i’m just saying that showing gratitude towards someone who has made no effort to deserve it is generoisty and killing them with kindness, to their face. Feeling gratitude towards an abuser for their abuse because of what it has led to seems like running around in a circle. Personally, ok, no judgement, i’m just calling it out from my own experiences.
I’ll never be grateful for the stuff that was done to me by others, my challenge is remembering these people were incapable of doing otherwise and never forgetting frugality and utilize what i seem to carry around still. If i’m keeping it around it’s either to be processed or already under way in transformation to treasurehood.
Here’s what i think: what one suffers to shed is slag, treasure is kept effortlessly because of its refined nature, like extracting gold from stuff.
I was brought to the conclusion through meditation and training that hate, anger, depression, anxiety and ptsd were holding me back. I still have little twinges now and then but, I now just automatically let them pass through me and they are quickly gone. Not being a saint though, I have to admit a little satisfaction in the medical report-that my stepfather probably laid dying for approximately twelve hours alone on the floor of his bathroom before he finally passed
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6 hours ago, Starjumper said:I couldn't find the quote you are referring to, so I'll just assume you are talking about experiencing what is being called this dark night of the soul.
Whether people seek out the darkness could be possible, I just want to address the concept of "how hard the ride is going to be".
Well It doesn't need to be so hard, it is harder at the beginning, but then you can get used to it. The attitude that goes well with this process of cultivation is (after the feeling of remorse) "I don't really give a damn about this little emotional hurt I'm having" and "A little bit of pain never hurt anyone". Just a big breath, sigh, and let it go.
It is a contextual thing. I was tortured virtually everyday of the first ten years of my life by a true sadist (stepfather pulled out my fingernails with pliars, crushed my kittens skull, beat me every day) I know where hell is. I have been in its' bowels. So, the first three or four years of subconscious cleansing (and you and I know that means bringing it to the surface and letting it go) for me was a hell of a process. Luckily, you and I had world class teachers, that helps a lot. But, I agree with you, it gets easier if you stick with it. Now, I am very thankful of what I have learned and earned and been given and it just keeps getting better.
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On 4/9/2018 at 9:01 PM, Bindi said:But no one willingly goes out to seek it, take my word for it." - Anthony Damiani
It is not true. People do willingly seek it out. They just underestimate how hard of a ride it is going to be.
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Please start at 2:56. Tango and Tai Chi intertwined.
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Please start at 2:56
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On 4/7/2018 at 5:25 PM, Tryingtodobetter said:It feels like my passion for so many things is missing, like I can't tell what I'm interested in, even though i was planning to be an artist a few weeks ago because I've spent my life making different kinds of art.
What type of art??
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The journey is the reward.
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You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Because you love him and so do I.
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“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
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"'What day is it?', asked Winnie the Pooh.
'It's today,' squeaked Piglet.
'My favorite day,' said Pooh."
—The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Yogi Berra
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Give love, fun, stories, art, passion and hope, these things ease the trials of life. Yours and theirs.
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18 minutes ago, Marblehead said:And may a bird of paradise fly up your nose.
And leave-- allowing one to breathe easily.
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9 hours ago, JsBach said:Hi all
I am very happy to be here but I am full of questions and doubts. I was hoping someone can help me on this journey.
1) Where should I start?
2) How do I cultivate Jing, chi and shen?
3) Do I have to be celibate?
4) If I am sexually active, can I still conserve my Jing? How?
5) Where do I find a Master to learn from? Does it has to be in person or can it be online?
6) I live in New Zealand, anyone here as well?
As you can see I am very lost, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
Welcome to DB. You ask a lot of questions that will get you many different and controversial answers. Research, for yourself, all of those questions on the site here and the answers will become more balanced for you. Good hunting.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
Buckminster Fuller
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."-- Robert Heinlein
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"Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage."-- Ray Bradbury
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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." (Foundation)-- Isaac Aasimov
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- "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." (Foundation)
Isaac Aasimov
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Zoroastrianism
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Please understand, this is very much generalities to start dialog. I am hoping that those much more learned will now start educating me.