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  5. Posted

    44 minutes ago, Nungali said:

    SALMON (5)

     

    I get up one morning and decide to have salmon on toast for breakfast

    I turn to look back at the bed

    and a women is in there !

    Ahhh, thats right !  - Last night !

    I say to her

    " I am having salmon on toast for breakfast

    would you like some ?"

    " That is an unusual breakfast ." she responded .

    " Well, not just unusual but actually very hard to get through the process . "

    And I went on to explain it to her

    All the trials and tribulations

    all the hopes and failures

    the frustrations and lack of success

    and there had been MANY more of those than I write here

    so I re-countered all of them to her .

    It seemed that after a while she  decided to get up and get dressed while listening.

    I continued explaining my frustrations to her , the anticipations, the failures

    my ever mounting salmon bills , the empty piles of tins growing by the back door

    my dwindling bank account

    my frustration at never feeling salmonly satisfied

    She decided to go for  an early morning walk as I explained it all to her

    No problem , I followed along  explaining  my  fishy frustrations

    I asked why , is it some karmic curse, some secret aversion

    that my unconscious causes me to self sabotage ?

    Then , strangely, she  got into her car and drove off !

    Just like that !

    Sometimes I think women are strange .

    I suspect something might be wrong with them .

     It could have been so ...

     

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  6. Posted

    1 minute ago, Maddie said:

     

    Yes. Technically it would only be intentions, because if while you are asleep if you roll over and squash a lady bug that is an action but there is no ill intent at all, even thought its technically an action,  so therefore no karma. 


    Happens a lot to me - maybe I should stop sleeping with insects.

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  10. Posted

    Just now, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

    Curious about what you and others think about karma: is just sbiut consequences, or is it metaphysical?


    karma means action but the word is often used to mean the results of action.  So simplistically harmful acts generate harmful consequences for self and others.  So the question would be is looking at porn harming anyone?

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  12. Posted

    12 hours ago, Maddie said:

     

    Is it? how so?

     

    The energy body and physical body are closely interlinked.  Is this not so?

     

    I guess there are two questions really, one about porn and one about masturbation itself.  As I am (still) a Buddhist I tend also to think in terms of the lay vow regarding sexual misconduct.  In the Tibetan texts I read which are Gampopa's Jewelled ornament of Liberation and Patrul Rinpoche's Words of my Perfect Teacher - the guidance is oddly unhelpful.  I have always felt this about this precept and suppose it is because mostly these things are written for monks where obviously there's a prohibition on any sex.

     

    Gampopa for instance says there are three categories of sexual misconduct - that of 'family', 'owner' and Dharma.  So the things he prohibits are -

     

    Incest (family)

    Sex with someone 'owned' by another - husband, king etc. 

    And five sub categories relating to Dharma, which are:

    - with one's wife improper parts of the body, in an improper place, at an improper time, improper behaviour.

     

    The first means oral and anal sex (improper parts)

    The improper places are near a lama, or monastery, stupa and so on.

    Improper times are during a retreat, when pregnant, while nursing a child, when there is light (!)

    Improper number is more than five times a night !!!!!

    Improper behaviour means masturbating or having intercourse with a male or hermaphrodite in the mouth or anus. !!!

     

    This was written in the 11th Century and you can see what their priorities were then - for instance women were 'owned'.  Elsewhere it is said you should not have sex with a prostitute paid for by someone else.  The worst 'sin' was to have sex with your mother who is an arhat.  This brings very bad karma.

     

    So note.  Nothing about 'consent' or rape!!!  Nothing about love as distinct to lust.

    Gampopa's book is helpful in every other area of dharma practice and so on - but on this subject just a little bizarre.  Nothing about porn - I don't know if it existed as such and many religious icons show yab-yum intercourse (not porn of course).

     

     

     

     

     

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  13. Posted

    43 minutes ago, Maddie said:

     

    How so? Being that I'm asexual I'm curious about this.

     

    As I said to ralis I was only stating my view.

     

    Of course many things are harmful energetically, drinking alcohol for instance, but people still do them.  Also some forms of pornography involve exploitation of women in particular and so on.  Which, I think, can create harmful energetic presence even for the viewer.  Feel free to disagree.

     

     

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  18. Posted

    1 hour ago, Nungali said:

    Oh no !   Now I've had it  !   

     

     

    I was going to say ;   : I am glad he got over the  ..... the .... 

     

    ...  the 'reason' he was given for his un-nomination years back    :D   but I could not remember it so I scanned way back through our PMs ... 

     

    MY Goodness ...  now THAT is a record  of  ... all sorts of bat shit craziness  :D    

     

    But I am sure he will now knuckle down and be serious    .....    

     

    ;)  

     

     

     

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  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, doc benway said:

    What a pleasant surprise!

    Thank you in advance to Apech and another heartfelt thank you to all who are still putting in time to keep this place humming.

     

     

     

    O Senhor Doutor,

     

    Many years ago this kingdom of DaoBums was ruled by a wise and brave king.  His judgements were fair and his words mellifluous, such that the populous would gather just to listen to his pronouncements of peace.  Each day he would ride the boundaries of his realm accompanied by his faithful knight Sir Luke, who, as he was not known of a woman, was the purest of hearts.

     

    This king was known to all as His Majesty Steve of the Internet.

     

    One day as they were out riding they saw a white Hart darting through a wooded grove.  And as they looked they thought they heard the sound of trumpets and the joyous plucking of harps.  In wonder they followed the Hart over mountain and dale, until a great light came down from heaven and a Westerly wind howled through the air.  A great melancholy filled their hearts and they sat,  their cloaks lifted by the wind, gazing into that great light.

     

    At last the King sighed and said to Sir Luke:

     

    - Verily this is a sign from heaven ... and I must take my leave and moderate no more.

     

    When he returned to the Vale of Daobums all the people, dressed in simple rags came out of their hovels and weeping begged him not to leave.  But his mind was set and his countenance was firm.

     

    - I must go, he said.

     

    And from that day on, all those who moderate, do so in memory of the once and noble King Steve and his trusty Sir Luke, hoping in some small way to emulate their greatness.

     

    Chapter 7 Vs. 9 to 11 The Annals of Daobumia 

     

    PS. I only mention this as being new you may not be familiar with the lore of Daobums.

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  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, Sanity Check said:

     

     

    I guess the focus of the discussion is:

     

    Are we as people capable of making exclusively perfect choices that are both optimal and constructive.

     

    Or are we capable of making bad choices that are extremely self destructive in nature.

     

    People are known to have cut down more than 50% of the world's natural forests since emerging as dominant species. What percentage of forests can we cut down before we run into serious problems? 

     

    If you say that only 10% of dry land is occupied by people. Then you must believe that 100% of dry land can reasonably be occupied. With 100% occupation naturally translating to 100% of forests in the world being cut down. Does this sound like a good idea when its put into perspective?

     

    3x human population expansion is a result of bad decision making and self destructive policy.

     

    50% of forests gone is bad decision making / self destructive.


    Europe has something like 48% more forestation since the end of WWII - but it is not natural being more pine and eucalyptus used as a resource.

     

    I believe most predictions suggest the world population will peak at 9 billion and then decline quite rapidly.  Our problems might become those of a species in decline - who knows?  
     

     

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  24. Posted

    On 06/12/2024 at 9:13 AM, Chang dao ling said:

    Actually I want a meditation technique which don't give me headache. So i think I need a good teacher. I am not particularly interested in traditions. Since you mentioned you belongs to Dzogchen is your tradition exists in india? Can you recommend a teacher from Dzogchen living in India?

    Thanks for your help 


    You should focus on body first not mind or breath.  Although you should regularize you breath.  Focus on body part by part allowing all unneeded tension to drain away down through the soles of your feet.  Don’t get frustrated or use much intent.  Just sit like this until it becomes natural and full.

     

     

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