why am i scared of cockroaches and lizards?

last SG · 2006-10-18T07:27:48+00:00

As for teachings: there are priests and popular preachers who are given to ritual and ceremony and who are skilled in the various incantations and in the art...

Cenarious SG

is your first teacher a nun or what?

longchen SG

No.. she's not.

I dunno whether her ability to recieve such information is a neccesary for consideration as enlightenment. But the very fact that there are still much that is not fully understood (to me)... is humbling. ... and therefore i should respond as such.

In any case, perhaps such abilities may not be fully neccesary for achieving simple peace.

just my opinion Smile

Thusness SG

This is well written!

Do know the relationship between name, labels and self. Total transparency is the experiernced of full presence without this layer symbols. Smile

Thusness SG

This is very well said too!
"Run not, avoid not, feel every sensation and perception and the moment is as it is."

This is the key. Just this flow of sensation, impression and perception. When without any extra layer of symbols being superimposed upon them, it will unlock all mysteries of life. It is that simple. With the symbols, names, labels and concepts coming into play, we cannot fully experience the nature of this One Reality. Be no witness, full presence can be experienced.

Unpleasant occurences are unavoidable. Even with all the wisdom of Buddha, it can't be avoided. Not so much of pessimism and it becomes more obvious when our insight is able to span across multiple lifes time.

missqi SG

Whenever I see ants, my instant reaction is to kill them with my bare hands.
Even if I have to bleed to kill them, I will.
From childhood.
Crying or Very sad
I can't stop.
I enjoy killing them.
How to stop?

Thusness SG

The presence of certain pyschic abilities though isn't necessary for enlightenment, is also extremely important. It is not just a sweetener along a practitioner spiritual quest. However more often than not, due to our egoic patterns, such abilities will disturb our blissfulness nature. But with the strength of wisdom, it can help in breaking certain karmic propensities that latent deep in us and speed up our spiritual progress tremendously. Smile

An Eternal Now SG

Yup she is indeed quite accurate Very Happy

I posted this before... how true is this website?

Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
[b]I believe it could be possible (just a guess) to manipulate the different dimensions and access the past or the future in consciousness, just as certain clairvoyants and psychics may achieve such feats. My Shi Fu actually once looked into a building and all the visions and images of the entire building's past, who build it, when was it built etc spontaneously manifested to him. He asked those around him to look and it will reveal, but even Missionary Chen could not understand him at that time. In another instance, in one of his dharma talks, he said that 'there is something very strange and amazing' - that we can all access the past in a few hundred years time (advanced technology?) and everything that is said in this talk will be seen (not by audio and video but literally like "accessing the past")

My master too had 'perceived into the very distant past' and seen the 'celestial type light beings' and taught that all these can be verified through one's practise.

Interested people can see: Nu Wah

The fifth post, on 'The Earth People: Genesis in Buddhism'

Regarding this, although similar texts can be found in the Buddhist canon, it is not commonly mentioned until my master began to promote this idea as he felt that it should be better known. Some people in the past criticise my master for making unfounded claims, until Master Hui Lu or someone else? Who was known to have read the Tripitaka/all the sutras 3 times over confirmed that this is indeed taught by the Buddha.

The dharma centers of my buddhist organisation has even started publishing English books on that (for free distribution) Wink with a slightly edited/clearer translation.

Anyway it just proves that everything that Buddha said can be verified through one's cultivation and practise... and interestingly what the Buddha taught about cosmology, etc, are completely in sync with the understanding of modern science.

An Eternal Now SG

You have to practise compassion... such qualities are also very important in Buddhist practise..

http://dbc.dharmakara.net/trt6-972.html

...For this we need to focus our mind on a being -- a person or an animal -- undergoing agonizing suffering. We need to direct our attention to such a being.

Say we relate this point to animals. If you know of cattle or sheep being taken to the abattoirs, you can imagine how the animals feel going to a place where they will definitely be killed. Then you can imagine how the animals feel when they get there and see their fellows being killed: the terror is clear on their faces. Image such a situation and contemplate it.

It is quite possible that you might think, 'I really wonder whether the animals themselves know about it and care about it!' Thinking this you will begin to have less concern for and empathy with them. If that happens, imagine you are a sheep or cow at the abattoirs. Think, 'If I were a sheep or a cow about to be killed in a cruel and painful way, how would I feel? Would I be indifferent? Would I feel no pain?' Put yourself in the situation of the animal about to be killed. Imagine what great pain you would have when the knife falls on your neck, or they tear open your chest and take your heart out. Feel what great pain you would experience. Then, when you're half conscious, feel your skin being ripped off and your limbs being chopped into pieces. Would you ever be able to stand such pain?

If you visualize such an experience as if you were undergoing it, there is no difference between the pain you undergo and the pain the animal undergoes. The only difference is that as a human you might be able to articulate the experience whereas the sheep cannot.

As you visualize such a scene and feel the suffering and the terror of the sheep or the cow, you will feel, 'How can anyone dare cause such pain to another being?' A sense of compassion will involuntarily arise in your mind...

Cenarious SG

there is a cockroach in the living room right now and im scared.

An Eternal Now SG

Then meet your fear (discussed previously) and don't forget to be compassionate to the cockroach

Cenarious SG

im gonna stay in my room and wait for my parents to come back and catch it.

An Eternal Now SG

your parents wont kill it right

either case you can chant for the cockroach too. Laughing

Cenarious SG

to hell with cockroaches! they cant think anyway!

An Eternal Now SG

They can and has enough intelligence to want to live and escape for his life. They also can feel pain, etc.

If they really can't think, they will be like trees and doesn't mind people cutting it down

Cenarious SG

my mother smashed it with a shoe

-[0]- SG

Hahaha. don't worry. I have NOt a slightest doubt of my faith. thank you very much. Wink

-[0]- SG

i killed it to save my skin. Laughing And for the comfort of the people around me.

An Eternal Now SG

you're his mom?

jk.

An Eternal Now SG

Longchen didn't say lose your faith of it, but rethink your understanding about it.

Cenarious was quite supportive of Christianity in the topic. In fact my master too, among other famous masters like the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh, etc, have commended that Jesus is an example of a Bodhisattva.

Another useful, related topic would be: The Arising of New SPIRITUALITY in All Religions

Cenarious's postings: Hi everyone (page 9) To get a better understanding of what is happening you may need to refer to earlier pages in the topic.

Eckhart Tolle rightly pointed out the problem of modern Christianity:

Dear Eckhart,

I have been wanting to ask you this for months- What are your thoughts on the New Testament? It appears that you believe certain parts were add-ons, or apart from the essence of the teaching. Are there any parts in particular? And why?

Thanks,
Dan

Answer: The New Testament contains deep spiritual truth as well as distortions. Those distortions are of two kinds. Some are due to a misunderstanding of Jesus teaching, others arose because people had an agenda (wanting to fit Jesus into their preconceived notions, wanting to make converts etc.). At some point, if there is another book, I may write about this in more detail. But you can find all this out for yourself. When you are present, you access your inner knowing and you will sense what is true and what was added on or distorted.

http://www.inner-growth.info/power_of_now_tolle/eckhart_tolle_interview_parker.htm#3

....The texts I came in contact withfirst I picked up a copy of the New Testament almost by accident, maybe half a year, a year after it happened, and reading the words of Jesus and feeling the essence and power behind those words. And I immediately understood at a deeper level the meaning of those words. I knew intuitively with absolute certainty that certain statements attributed to Jesus were added later, because they did not "emanate" from that place, that state of consciousness, because I knew that place, I know that place. But when a statement emanates from that place, there is recognition. And when it does not, no matter how clever or intelligent it may sound it lacks that essence and it does not have that power. In other words, it does not emanate from the stillness. So that was an incredible realization, just reading and understanding "beyond mind" the deeper meaning of those words....

From: The Arising of New SPIRITUALITY in All Religions

.....And yet. And yet in spite of all the insane deeds perpetrated in the name of religion, the Truth to which they point still shines at their core. It still shines, however dimly, through layers upon layers of distortion and misinterpretation. It is unlikely; however, that you will be able to perceive it there unless you have at least already had glimpses of that Truth within yourself...

longchen SG

With certain degree of realisations, Jesus's word take on new meanings. Before that, many of his words are mis-interpreted or purposely distorted by others... for power and control. Inject some fear and change some facts, religion becomes powerful agents for control and manipulation.

This is very sad...

I do not wish to put up an argument here...because there can be no solution from it. I just want to say my piece. In many cases, the effect of misinterpreted teachings can have effects that last beyond a single lifetime...

Please forgive my rambling...

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