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Post by sunshower on Jan 7, 2009 11:44:10 GMT -5
Greetings from the Phoenix area! I'm brand new to Spiritual Teachers - and so grateful that this site exists. Let's be in touch with each other - and learn together. I would love to create a weekly group. I'm especially drawn to the Dyer book, "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life" re: the Tao. We could study that together, as I have in the past, Verse by Verse . . . or we could rotate subject matter, as we choose. Shall we "dance"?
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Post by Peter on Jan 8, 2009 7:58:51 GMT -5
Hi SunShower, welcome to the board. Nice username.
While you're waiting for a local group to form/respond, why don't you post a verse that you're fond of here and see what comes out of that?
Best Wishes,
Peter
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Post by Ralf on Jan 15, 2009 2:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by Gretchen on Jan 26, 2009 13:33:15 GMT -5
Greetings... i too am in Phoenix AZ! Paramahamsa Nithyananda will be visiting Phoenix on the 27th and 28th of March! Please check out www.yogam4u.org for more information on the programs and dates for his North American tour... as well as more info on Swamiji himself. He is a young (32 years old) enlightened master from India. |
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Post by hi on Feb 17, 2009 17:04:12 GMT -5
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Post by danthony on Feb 23, 2009 10:36:29 GMT -5
Good Morning,
63 degree's and a high of 81 today. What a gorgeous day! A student here in Phoenix of "The Course"
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. It is not as if you walk alone. Life is for the fulfillment of the dreams in your heart; that is why God placed them there”
Let your light shine!
David
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Post by Brocklee on Jul 20, 2009 23:30:39 GMT -5
Hi, i just got through reading "Awakening to the tao" and am about to begin reading "tao teh ching". Ive always been into eastern ideologies and enjoyed what ive learn in this first book. One of the points in the book stated that i will need to find a reliable teacher or mentor to learn from. Im not sure how to do this so i googled and came up with these message boards. A few of the posts seem to lead toward yoga, herbology and meditation. I believe thats a bit andvanced at this time and am merely looking for someone to discuss and relate the tao to everyday life. From what ive read so far, there arent any gods. Just aspects of reality and fundimentals leading down the path of the way. Any ideas where to start? Brockleew@yahoo.com
Thx in advance
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Post by Peter on Jul 21, 2009 3:59:54 GMT -5
Hi Brocklee, welcome to the board. How about starting with the last thing that annoyed you? Why did you find it annoying? Just the most recent thing will do, don't go searching for your 'best' moral high ground experience  Mine was getting honked and shouted at by some guy in a truck on my cycle to work this morning. God, people can be so unpleasant when they think they're safe behind glass and steel. Mind you, I might have to look at my own behaviour there - was taking a 'narrow gap' option at the time. Cheers, Peter |
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Post by vacant on Jul 21, 2009 17:30:22 GMT -5
Brocklee, the Tao teh ching has been one of my very favorite texts for many years. Everytime I pick it up again I discover deeper meaning and insight than before. Part of it's greatness is that it works on many levels, and if you want to "relate the Tao to everyday life" without getting too metaphysical, I would say you can notice that taoists point a lot to the futility of extremes and the good value of the "middle path" (everything always tends toward balancing out). So for example, if you refrain a tad to be too excited when something "good" happens, the same energy will soften the suffering when something "bad" happens. You become more balanced and even, with a calmer heart and a healthy distance from where you can more clearly observe events and yourself. A lot of benefit comes from finetuning with the way life does work.
Nothing to do AZ by the way, I just read this because some of my family lives there.
I dont know if that speaks to you at all. There's more to talk about if that's anywhere near what you were asking.
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You are kind a lucky guy, ´cause in your area thats where it is happening:
