Oh, just wanted to share something: For the past couple a weeks, I've been watching MIB III over and over; it's more inspirational every time I watch it.
I woke up to rain - nice but it makes me feel so sleepy - everything is quiet, perfect for sleeping but gnaw, my mind gently slaps my face and pushes me to get on computer and see what's happening! *chuckle*
So, this is what someone posted on my Buddhist forum on the word play thread {omg}
Animals have strong self healing systems. Deep gash or a broken bone, they find a peaceful safe place and just rest till their healing system repairs the damage. Either humans do not have one or it's hindered by all the negative programs within mind\soul. Considering the many reports of people either experiencing spontanious healings, or healing incurable diseases or severe ones without medical assistance and it seems the evidence points to humans also have a powerful self healing system, but it's hindered by mental blockages.
Remember Buddha saying these...
"If you want to follow me to freedom, be prepared to swim upstream, against the river of conditioning. Be prepared to grapple continuously with the fierce flow of negative mental currents. In time our strokes will become effortless and our sense of purpose irresistible." - Buddha
"Pain is certain, suffering is optional." - Buddha
"Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded." - Buddha
"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease." - Buddha
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly." - Buddha
"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.: - Buddha
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." - Buddha
My contemplations are.. Your attitude toward yourself is directly connected to your innate healing system. If you harbor negative\self destructive\unloving thoughts towards yourself, either consciously or subconsciously, your innate healing system will comply to those thoughts.
The human being has a biological healing system, producing specific chemicals, the immune system and allocating more resources to increasing cell production, removing unwanted elements etc. And i am sure that complex system is controlled by the brain-mind, thus it seems reasonable to assume negative thoughts about oneself will interfere with thse processes, and how positive ones will aid it.
A very simple but clear example is my GG, who suffers from at least 4 serious physical issues, or which one can easliy be resolved if she would stop self condemning and started loving herself more. This example in no way suggests you suffer the same mental affliction, silver, it's simply to show how mental states, usually in the subconscious( though fully accessable consciously when using mindfullness-meditation to go look) affects one's physical being, directly or indirectly.
GG suffers with gastroenteritis, but it's literally self inflicted daily. She willingly chooses to eat off foods. She leaves all her foods uncovered in the fridge, uncooked meats going off wafts all over all the other uncovered foods, she leaves butter out, even in the summer, leaves meats out all day to defrost then cooks it in oils that have been used many times containing left over foods from previous meals.
She flat out and angrily denies eating off foods is making her sick, she claims she has no idea why she keeps getting sick, but she does repeatedly state her life is miserable and she's just waiting to die. She semi subconsciously self inflicts food poisoning because she thinks she deserves punishment due to her very low level of self love of which she is only partially aware of , as evidenced by her volatile responses when i sensitively mention it.
She continues this self punishment of eating off food and will not address the underlying issue of low self love, because she is at that stage where she believes she deserves a horrible life, and\or she feels empowered she's a strong woman to be able to live through such a hard life. The task of acknowledging and dealing with her self hatred\no or very low self worth, is avoided because of the immence pain when even looking for those brief moments withn our conversations.
She has been taking care of her self more since i've been hangin' with her, which is a good sign, but those steps have not been enough to resolve her phyiscal ailments.
Willingly eating off food is a sign of low self love, just one example of how your thought life influences your physical health.
"If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another." - Buddha "True love is born from understanding." - Buddha
Oh, I am sick from the thought of GG's cooking habits! I'll throw away something that very well may be good even if I weakly suspect it could be bad. That's a shame. She's having problems making any real progress; progress means she will have to face things she doesn't believe she's ready to. Iow, it's not okay - the coast isn't clear for her to do so. And her instincts are right that it will be painful - but you and I know that it can be very well worth it.
I know now that the 2 months I was forced to live with a-flutter (now that it's over) were the most challenging for my anxiety-levels -- I feel like I could have died from going through that and my heart muscle will heal, but my whole rest of my system feels like shattered and I've never felt more like cloistering myself away from the world and yet it's not 'the enemy' - it's just my energy level and getting my nerves back. This experience has shaken me so badly, even if I know I have and will survive it. I feel that this is the closest I've ever come to myself shutting down in a sense.
Some say they wish to be the sun, so they can brighten everyone's day.
I wish to be the moon, which shines down on you in your darkest hour.
Oh, I am sick from the thought of GG's cooking habits! I'll throw away something that very well may be good even if I weakly suspect it could be bad. That's a shame. She's having problems making any real progress; progress means she will have to face things she doesn't believe she's ready to. Iow, it's not okay - the coast isn't clear for her to do so. And her instincts are right that it will be painful - but you and I know that it can be very well worth it.
I know now that the 2 months I was forced to live with a-flutter (now that it's over) were the most challenging for my anxiety-levels -- I feel like I could have died from going through that and my heart muscle will heal, but my whole rest of my system feels like shattered and I've never felt more like cloistering myself away from the world and yet it's not 'the enemy' - it's just my energy level and getting my nerves back. This experience has shaken me so badly, even if I know I have and will survive it. I feel that this is the closest I've ever come to myself shutting down in a sense.
Glad you're on the mend silver I think special gifts can come through serious adversity.
Last week my doctor said me getting cancer is more a case of when rather than if. I felt intensely alive when I walked from the surgery out to my car!!
Reminds me of the Zen story of the guy on a cliff hanging from a branch.. Best strawberry ever!
Last Edit: Jan 31, 2016 18:20:51 GMT -5 by earnest
Oh, I am sick from the thought of GG's cooking habits! I'll throw away something that very well may be good even if I weakly suspect it could be bad. That's a shame. She's having problems making any real progress; progress means she will have to face things she doesn't believe she's ready to. Iow, it's not okay - the coast isn't clear for her to do so. And her instincts are right that it will be painful - but you and I know that it can be very well worth it.
I know now that the 2 months I was forced to live with a-flutter (now that it's over) were the most challenging for my anxiety-levels -- I feel like I could have died from going through that and my heart muscle will heal, but my whole rest of my system feels like shattered and I've never felt more like cloistering myself away from the world and yet it's not 'the enemy' - it's just my energy level and getting my nerves back. This experience has shaken me so badly, even if I know I have and will survive it. I feel that this is the closest I've ever come to myself shutting down in a sense.
Being positive amidst a wealth of negative is one of the more difficult things to do. To remain joyful when the evidence all around says there's nothing to be joyful about. Faith in a positive outcome despite all that, is what sets the wheels in motion to potentially produce the positive outcome.
When walking through a dark valley, it's easy to perceive the darkness is permanent. But i have found through several experiences that it's just as easy to be glowing with light and joyfully continue walking through it, convinced by faith that the darkness will end. And in that positive state of being, your whole being mind and body will follow your lead.
"If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another." - Buddha "True love is born from understanding." - Buddha
IF someone is living together with anybody, whoms habits are considered as nasty and upsetting, that's considered as: THAT is what you deserve to live with.
I'm not saying that every nasty and un-pleasant situation is like that. No-no-no. What I try to get across here is: Some folks deserve to be in misery, because that is what they are, miserable.
Jay17, The Buddha-sampradaya is NOT miserable at all. They work their ass!es off to rock the house for those who are sensitive to the pain, sorrow and suffering that ALL humanity is getting a piece of, because THEY SHARE EVERYTHING.
There is no escape from suffering, untill there is no suffering anymore for HUMANS only, no-dude.
The load of karmic-pressure can be heavy, indeed. And right so.
IF someone is living together with anybody, whoms habits are considered as nasty and upsetting, that's considered as: THAT is what you deserve to live with.
I'm not saying that every nasty and un-pleasant situation is like that. No-no-no. What I try to get across here is: Some folks deserve to be in misery, because that is what they are, miserable.
Jay17, The Buddha-sampradaya is NOT miserable at all. They work their ass!es off to rock the house for those who are sensitive to the pain, sorrow and suffering that ALL humanity is getting a piece of, because THEY SHARE EVERYTHING.
There is no escape from suffering, untill there is no suffering anymore for HUMANS only, no-dude.
The load of karmic-pressure can be heavy, indeed. And right so.
you make it sound like some kind of punishment
it is simply resonance
if you resonate (send out) anger, it will find a sounding board, and eventually something or someone will happen (for your mind to) to justify the anger.
mindfulness (as Silver practices) sounds like a way to detach from such resonance.
you can add a dimension by ´´believing´´ that out of the sh!t something good will emerge. (without defining what that ´´good´´ is) That is resonance as well.
higher vibration , frequency, dissolves lower frequency. Never the other way around.Lower frequency may bury or obscure the higher, but never dissolve it.
This, Sunshine, if you can not endblöd yourself, is what vibration MIGHT be all about. There is no "higher" vibration for Sri Aurobindo devotees. That been said, here is:
I'm a non-perfect english speaker, Sunshine, but what you came up with in your last post, I don't even know if that is considered as expressing ANYTHING, whatosever, in english language. No offense, but...but...seriously?
I'm a non-perfect english speaker, Sunshine, but what you came up with in your last post, I don't even know if that is considered as expressing ANYTHING, whatosever, in english language. No offense, but...but...seriously?
okay, no offense, but then how can you pass judgement on a poem like Savitri?
´´determinations´´ eh... ´´laws´´ of nature which seem fixed and rigid.But there ar higher ´´laws´´ that can influence and alter these laws.
´´determination´´--a tendency to move in a fixed direction.
This, Sunshine, if you can not endblöd yourself, is what vibration MIGHT be all about. There is no "higher" vibration for Sri Aurobindo devotees. That been said, here is: