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"Yesterday's insights are like yesterday's fish, unrefrigerated." - Larry RosenbergThe post Back Seat Meditation | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Summers.
Within the dream state, unless we're lucid, we tend to be held captive by the content of the dream. But in waking up, we open to the possibility of being captivated by experience. - Josh SummersThe post From Captive to Captivated | Dharma Talk
"I, Zhuang Zi, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuang Zi. Soon, I awakened and there I was, veritably myse
"Mindfulness is remembering how to observe the mind's attention as it moves moment-to-moment and remembering what to do with any arising phenomena!" - Bhante VimalaramsiThe post Mindfulness of Breathing and Beyond | Talk and Guided Meditation
"You must realize that the center of the universe is the pit of your belly." - Harada-roshiThe post From the Pit of the Belly | Short Reflection with Josh appeared first on Josh Summers.
"We can and must, each of us, individually, be a ballast, a reminder of what is good and right, of peace and justice, of supporting the environment, of trusting in individual experiences, voices, choices and stories." - Nadia ColburnThe post B
"Then, Bahiya, you should train yourself thus: In reference to the seen, there will only be the seen. In reference to the heard, only the heard. In reference to the sensed, only the sensed. In reference to the cognized, only the cognized. That
"Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus flower without the mud." --Thich Nhat HanhThe post The Yin-Yang Heart | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first
"It is not billionaires or technology that will save us, but instead a 'vitalist mass movement,' driven by human spirit that may actually be magical enough to change hearts and minds across the world." - Amitav GhoshThe post Compassion Amidst
"Racial essentialism keeps racism alive. The more entrenched racial categories are in the public mind, the easier it is for white power advocates to use them for their own nefarious purposes--and for the rest of us to slip into old stereotypes
"Because, as the first line of the Dhammapada says, 'All that we are is the result of what we have thought,' the transformation of 'sociological and psychological structures' must take place initially in our own minds - and those of others - if
"And if he were forcibly dragged up the steep and rugged ascent and not let go till he had been dragged out [of the cave] into the sunlight, the process would be a painful one, to which he would much object, and when he emerged into the light h
In becoming aware of our conditioning, we can then practice ways of creatively establishing more skillful habits of relationship and engagement. - Josh Summers The post Culture Shock of Self | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Summe
"I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is: wise view, wise intention, wise speech, wise acti
In awakening to our conditioning, just like the Buddha, we can creatively collaborate with new forms of conditioning informed by compassion and wisdom. - Josh SummersThe post On self-Fragility | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Sum
"We share over 50% of our DNA with fungi. We're more closely related to fungi than plants." - Alex DorrThe post Functional Mushrooms for Functional Health | Alex Door appeared first on Josh Summers.
With time, practice will reveal our unresolved wounds that are still wound within the conditions of original trauma. - Josh SummersThe post Seeing and Freeing Patterns | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Summers.
The conscientious young monkMeditating three years aloneCan no longer be movedBy the four worldly winds.- from fictional Zen story told by Ajahn BrahmThe post Rooted For Wind | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Summers.
Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup? - Zen Master Nan-inThe post An Empty Cup | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Summers.
Even as a mother protects with her life her child, her only child, so with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings. - Buddha (from the Metta Sutta)The post Questioning Compassion | Dharma Talk with Josh appeared first on Josh Su
When we shift from being subject to a racial worldview to looking at it as an object; when we are able to see how it works and work to not racialize ourselves or others... now we're getting to where we can start to actually get off that karmic
The Buddha spoke of sati (mindfulness) and sampajanna (clear comprehension) as the twin aspects of awareness that nurture wisdom and compassion. Mindfulness and clear comprehension suggest the relationship between deep listening and deep unders
Real compassion includes wisdom and so it makes judgments of care and concern: it says some things are good, and some things are bad, and I will choose to act only on those things that are informed by wisdom and care. - Ken Wilber The post Com
The three intentions of compassionate RAIN (receptivity, alignment, inquiry, and negotiation): May I create the conditions for this energy or part of me to feel safe, to feel heard, and to feel integrated. - Josh SummersThe post Compassionate
Trauma - any experience that cannot be integrated at the time of its occurrence - causes parts of oneself to freeze, like blocks of ice. These frozen parts evolve to keep us safe, but in their frozen state they alienate us from flowing with lif
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