The boundless mindstates

Starfleet Commander Posts : 341 Join date : 2009-05-20

The Basic Passage on the Four Sublime States from the Discourses of the Buddha

I.

Here, friends, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with loving-kindness, likewise the second, the third, and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and equally with his heart filled with loving-kindness, abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and free from distress.

II.

Here, friends, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with compassion, likewise the second, the third and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and equally with his heart filled with compassion, abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and free from distress.

III.

Here, friends, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with sympathetic joy, likewise the second, the third and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and equally with his heart filled with sympathetic joy, abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and free from distress.

IV.

Here, friends, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with equanimity, likewise the second, the third and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and equally with his heart filled with equanimity, abundant, grown great, measureless, free from enmity and free from distress.

Digha Nikaya 13

Posts : 585 Join date : 2010-01-07

Do you really feel this way, do we really commune on this level together...can you be this in hard times? A heart that only knows how to turn negative into good and flow it out?

Starfleet Commander Posts : 341 Join date : 2009-05-20

I can mostly do this, but there still are certain energies that it is difficult for me to be around and take in the negative and transform it into good and positive. I still have much to learn. Here is an interesting book on meditation and the Buddha's "right-mindfulness" http://books.google.com/books?id=pZXxRAWbK0cC&dq=tibetan+meditation+techniques&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=-MGgS9SnD4WWtgfwueXyBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14&ved=0CDUQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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Mayflow.... cyclops

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Do you not find that Bhuddism like most other religions denies humans to be humans?
How can we evolve if we do not embrace and accept all within us and utilize all within us?

Starfleet Commander Posts : 341 Join date : 2009-05-20

kriswest wrote:: Do you not find that Bhuddism like most other religions denies humans to be humans?
How can we evolve if we do not embrace and accept all within us and utilize all within us?

I feel that all is about embracing all that is within us and growing (evolving) within us both individually and as a whole. Buddhism, in my finding, embraces this well in recognizing our interbeingness but also recognizing that we are free to be unique individuals sharing with one another, and I guess I think we do this on two different levels. On the one hand, we are humans being human, sharing and learning together, and on the other hand we are eternal creators forever, both individually and together.

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It does not seem to embrace the beast within us at all, it seems to wish to deny or run from it.

Starfleet Commander Posts : 341 Join date : 2009-05-20

[quote="kriswest"]It does not seem to embrace the beast within us at all, it seems to wish to deny or run from it.[/qute]

And you think that is bad?