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cali

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15. everything you say is so true

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #13)

Sun May 4, 2014, 05:03 PM

May 2014

I'm so sorry you're having sinus problems and hope it clears up for you in short order.

It is hard to learn how to carve compassion out for ourselves- real compassion and not "idiot compassion" or self-pity. I try and meditate in the mornings, but don't always get there, and now that I'm off of my month long self-made retreat of LOTS of meditation, it's harder- plus on days when I hobble up to the stone meditation labyrinth a half mile from my house and do that, I tend to say to myself: "Now I don't need to do sitting meditation". bzzzt.

I wish you all success in finding compassion for yourself (and getting those sinuses in working order)

Eva

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I am a lousy Buddhist and sometimes I hate meditation. [View all] cali Apr 2014 OP

Sounds familiar. Sometimes I am a lousy human and I hate existence. enough Apr 2014 #1

Dukkha. gtar100 Apr 2014 #2

no. just that cali Apr 2014 #3

You know, I was really glad to see what you have to say. pangaia Apr 2014 #4

aw, I'm glad my dear. and be of good cheer. it is what is and it is what we we view it as cali Apr 2014 #5

I have been meditating for many years. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2014 #6

I have a monkey mind libodem Apr 2014 #7

My dear libodem, we all have monkey minds. It is a very large and very non-exclusive cali Apr 2014 #8

. libodem Apr 2014 #9

Eknath Eshwaren (a Hindu) leftyladyfrommo Apr 2014 #10

yes. that's what my teacher, Chogyam Trungpa said too- in a different way of course cali Apr 2014 #11

Chogyam Trungpa? Somebody famous. Manifestor_of_Light May 2014 #12

I live in the middle of nowhere too, but it happens to me the middle of nowhere cali May 2014 #14

My last OP post was about hating on my brother. I forget compassion at the drop of Maraya1969 May 2014 #13

everything you say is so true cali May 2014 #15