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allenmayes
allenmayes: Belief/per see Buddhism: anything implausible is deffo sacrosanct and beyond criticism “I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
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diolover71
diolover71: In the few books that I have read about Buddhism;the topic of fear is not addressed and hatred is viewed to be aversion.

Noble truth#2 suffering originates from attachment to sense pleasures.

In my experience it seems that attachment to the sense pleasures(along with hating and criticizing) is precisely how we are"conditioned"to avoid pain(comfort food).We feel unpleasant,we seek pleasure in various forms to counter that feeling.

We have become trained to avoid unpleasant thoughts and emotions and it seems that fear is the fuel that propels us to "keep busy".How much does this fear control us,our thoughts,the pace of our steps etc.?

People win the lottery and and still continue to work;put someone in isolation and they go insane.Sitting still is a rare skill.

Many people say that Buddhists avoid suffering.In my view,they stand up to it,while everyone else runs away in vain.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: the compromise of truth is a precise monotony of misconceptions
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edricleeboneham
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edricleeboneham
edricleeboneham: So uh, Allenmayes please indulge me as I talk about faith: I did some needless experimentation to satisfy my sad neurotic need to over come my doubts in the Dharma. There are no more doubts that come up in my mind, just a feeling of total awe struct in my gut, it almost chokes my voice, I still almost cannot believe it. The beauty and perfection of the Dharma!

I don't know if you are the kind that sticks to the logical philosophies of Buddhism and does Zazen, and reads about dependant-origination and emptiness, or are you into Vajrayana Esoteric out of body experience(opening third eye), and jhanic trances, but either way both lead to the same thing, which is the goal, which is the path, and therefore more power to you, but I insist that you consider the secret teachings, like lamrin, or heruka vajrasttva; I know they say you can get schizophrenia from them, but those same scary-awesome mind states make one (at least for me) know-believe-feel that this is not the only life, and that one really should worry about not falling into a lower rebirth after death. I hope this doesn't sound like spiritual materialism, because I didn't invent them nor do use them to my advantage at the expense of others.
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diolover71
diolover71: I have been to the land of schizophrenia about 8 years ago.I dove too fast too soon.I was fasting and practicing 100% sexual abstinence.It was the only time that my third eye ever fully opened.It felt like something was burrowing into my forehead.I fell asleep and had a dream of my ex-girlfriend`s face.I can`t give an accurate description of how amazing the dream was.I woke up with hot tears streaming down my face.

I still have many thoughts that are obvious delusions and from what I have read about the role of the chakras;I have come to believe that these fantasy type thoughts occur because the third eye is processing and purifying my energy.
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edricleeboneham
edricleeboneham: Oh I'm 100% sexual Abstinent right now, and that does seem to help, I agree about third eye opening feels like that, then for me, seeing myself outside the body, with eyes that are almost infront of normal eyes seeing ghosts, the ringing in the ears, voices, followed by seeing things like as if they were real things, hear what sound like binerial beats, not knowing if this event would go away, remembering what it was like to be in the womb, seeing rooms in the walls of my room, watching some kind of living being rip open reality above me in an attempt to enter the real world, its tried more than once to take me over and enter(so I think), having conversations with Alien beings about culture shock, entering hell and having to kill people with pieces of glass bottle, these are the delusions I've had , entertaining in a way.

Still its only just the Beginning, and I have to purify myself a lot more to reach the next "step" which is hard because virtous action and thought its not as fun as altered states. But I hope to have Bohdicitta spontanously arise in my mind, and then I'll really get the ball rolling. Maybe achieve Abhijna ("supernormal seeing" ) in this life.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: The polished artifact of the Dharma is demonstrated in the dual cause of impersonality and impermanance; the throes and incessant setbacks in life should not be a burden we can hope to extinguish in this lifetime..but we can make it. ..
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allenmayes
allenmayes: i mean, after all u have to consider we're only made out of dust. thats not much to go on and we shouldnt forget that. but even considering, i mean its a sort of bad beginning, we're not doing too bad. so i personally have faith that even in this lousy situation we're faced with we can make it. u get me? -Philip K Dick
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diolover71
diolover71:
Yea the delusions can be entertaining,ha ha.I wonder if this is part of "the mind seeking fresh delight"as the Buddha stated as the origin of suffering?I could easily write a book about the world that my mind fabricated.It is quite a tale.I guess that`s why some call kundalini,living on the razor`s edge;walking the line between insanity and reality.






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edricleeboneham
edricleeboneham: Oh Philip K dick, love his books! And you guys are right, but, I still wish to become a Bohdisattva with supermundane abilities to benefit all living beings.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: we can start helping others by unselfish example. yet even this is a problematical inertia borne out of a need to end all recipient suffering...in others?
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iamthebrain
iamthebrain: Buddhism is a "religion" that capitalists, communism, and Islam are wiping out.

-edit-- Never mind, its gaining momentum in the Western countries, 10% increase in numbers per year in America.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: buddhists should never love.“Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.” and yet
“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. the angle of detachment (in us ) makes life a roundabout event of silent passivity in the affairs of the heart..
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Corwin
Corwin: That sounds rather bleak. Some of the most beautiful art, poetry and music has been inspired by love. Love is a many splendored thing... love is like oxygen... all you need is love.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: love strangles reality
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Corwin
Corwin: Meh... reality is highly overrated.
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allenmayes
allenmayes: yes but it keeps us sane. love is like candy floss.insubstantial
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Corwin
Corwin: Have I ever mentioned that I can render myself invisible by shoving blue M&Ms up my nose?
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allenmayes
allenmayes: that is a great party trick but unfunny
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Corwin
Corwin: I thought it was pretty funny.
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xiaofeng9920000
xiaofeng9920000: I guess drugs are funnier and further twists reality than art, music and poetry put together. But that’s the soft side of life, the female part of it, admittedly here in china.
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diolover71
diolover71: .
Intoxication from"romantic love"is dependent on illusion.Where is pleasure when there is no illusion?

Compassionate love is a gateway to higher levels of awareness.
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iamthebrain
iamthebrain: I agree Compassion is great, we should all strive to achieve Bohdicitta.

later edit- "Intoxication from romantic love" sounds like the next My Chemical Romance.
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Corwin
Corwin: Just came across a poem by William Blake that makes reference to the dual nature of love... I thought it was kind of relevant here, and in a way reflects Allanmayes viewpoint on this... rather profound.

The Clod and the Pebble
--- William Blake (1757-1827)

"Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives it ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair."

So sang a little clod of clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet,
But a pebble of the brook
Warbled out these metres meet:

"Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a hell in heaven's despite."
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