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I love the way James O'Dea expresses the spiritual way of filling the empty well of original or Divine bliss. As Gautam Buddha announces his awakening and attaining the original bliss: Gate, gate, paragate, parasangate, Bodhi swaha: Gone beyond, gone beyond, gone beyond the beyond. What an awakening? What a bliss? When we go beyond, what binds us to the material things and what we get attached to, we taste the freedom, unconditional love, and bliss.
I have learned the for Noble Truths of Buddha's teachings. The first noble truth is suffering. The second noble truth is there is a cause of suffering. The third noble truth is that suffering is transitory. It comes and goes. The fourth noble truth is there ia way to end suffering and be liberated. Whenever I have gone through deep emotional suffering I have accepted it with self-compassion and self-work. This way I have gone through darkness and go beyond it to be blessed by the Divine Light. In that light I see the oneness where nothing and everything are one. It is where the self becomes the Self. Where individual consciousness becomes Unitive Consciousness. Namaste!
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Debbie
2/25/2023 12:57:44 pm
This one is a bit tougher for me. I understand and agree and love the idea of Gold. When I do Qi Gong, we sometimes think of Gold or White coming in through our pores and healing and I love that. The connection to Source/God as Dr. Dyer would say. I am a bit confused on the Green part? The need for it rather than just connecting with gold/white. I do kinda get that we think things are so important in life, those accolades, for some accomplishments, and in some ways, they are not important, but in other ways I feel they are. They are not very important in some ways if they are not done through love and for love but then they are important to help the world be a better place, which helps ourself and others find the gold/white. I have to admit, as much as "an original well of bliss" sounds good to some degree, no pain, no shame, no hate, etc. as we have in the world right now...it feels a bit unsettling to me to have bliss and not know why you feel bliss. My brain (hmm) sees blissful souls floating maybe like zombies. HA! I really don't mean this meanly, but the image I think of is the stereotypic image of Hare Krishnas in movies (I know!) or like again stereotypic image of say a 1960s flower child (I'm a wee bit younger) where everything is wonderful man. HA! Then I imagine Cher from Moonstruck slapping Nicholas Cage and saying "Snap out of it!" Ha! Sorry, I have no idea, but it is making me laugh, which I need right now. So basically, I guess I'm saying I get it and I don't...but maybe there is a part we can't really understand until we are in that bliss? Hmm.
Elaine noonan
2/25/2023 01:09:54 pm
Dr. Dave’
Maria
2/25/2023 01:14:23 pm
I also work continuously on letting go of all my attachments from family to my own body. We have a family we love and never want to be apart from and a body that we need to survive. Yet those are the material things that keep us attached to this world. It's inconceivable to know what comes after we leave this body behind although we may get glimpses of that freedom in our meditative practices. When I accept what is and allow myself to be okay with what comes up mentally or emotionally. The constant work is to observe without attachment. Equanimity and Mindfulness are my daily practices because I want to develop a strong and open heart. Leave a Reply. |
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