September 2010
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Maps and Atlases. Highly recommended. →
July 2010
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Epistemological Meditations: Neuroplasticity,...
The Buddha once said that “what we think, we become”. What truly does this imply? Thoughts are, as it is, reflective upon our perception of the world. Heidegger poses this question in his famous work Being and Time, stating “Does time itself reveal itself as the horizon of being?” Certainly this is the case of being and time, they are one in the same, or to use a popular...
June 2010
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The Original Trauma: Fear and the Self
The most traumatic encounter in life is never with another, but rather with yourself. In true horror, one is confronted with the same feelings that the first encounter with the self produces. In seeing another in fear, one sees in them, a picture of themselves, as it were. To strip your life of fear, know what and who you are and you will find peace in this realization. That peace will...
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http://oceanofmind.tumblr.com/post/746939775/i-am-i... →
To think that you are a mere human being amounts to demeaning yourself. You are the embodiments of God. Develop faith, go WITHIN and become God. When you think to yourself, you say… it is “my body”, “my mind”, etc… When you examine yourself in this manner, you will realise that none of these are…
A relevant quote to tie up your post from the Dhammapada: “These teachings are like a...
May 2010
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“I am just a litle pencil in God’s hand and with me He is writing a love letter...”
– Mother Theresa (via oceanofmind)
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“Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you,...”
– Jesus (via oceanofmind)
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“An instant realisation sees endless time.
Endless time is as one moment.
When...”
– Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (via unholy, inennui) (via oceanofmind)
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March 2010
2 posts
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DIOGENES OF SINOPE →
The best ancient philosopher.
February 2010
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“Nothing is more useless and frustrating than trying to make sense of life...”
– Vernon Howard (via likethesun) (via oceanofmind)
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January 2010
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Time is the fabric of being, and the way in which we see it, we use it, changes our perception of being. Our imagination is vital, and is a key towards unlocking, and revealing the delusions we create. To say one is to say another. Creativity is the manifestation of the self reaching towards emptiness, and in that reach is all possiblities from which we are being.
“Beyond this mind there is no buddha anywhere. But deluded people don’t realize...”
– Bodhidharma (via peterreyes) (via iced-chai) (via fuckyeahdukkha) (via oceanofmind)
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
– Alan Watts, in Life (1961) (via mmadeleine) (via teagan) (via oceanofmind)
Wake up!
oceanofmind:
WE ARE ALL ASLEEP IN THE ILLUSION THAT WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT WE HAVE A BODY AND A MIND AND HAVE THOUGHTS. HOWEVER WE CAN WAKE UP BY REALIZING THAT WE ARE NOT HUMAN WE ARE SIMPLY THE AWARENESS THAT PERCEIVES THE ILLUSION OF US BEING A HUMAN WITH A BODY. THE UNIVERSE IS NOT EXTERNAL, OUR TRUE UNIVERSE IS WHAT THE MIND CREATES FOR OUR AWARENESS THROUGH OUR SENSES. ALL OF OUR...
December 2009
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“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the...”
– Jim Morrison (via oceanofmind)
“If the whole existence is one, and if the existence goes on taking care of...”
– Osho (via oceanofmind)
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Existence is imbalance. Autonomy is contingent on such imbalances.
We are free and sentient because we are not perfect.
I concluded then, that ethics is the path of which one responds to a situation in a conditional, proportionate, necessary response, with full awareness. Ethics is reaching towards the ideal, however we tend to over/under react to situations- and even ignore them. The middle...
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are...”
– Lao Tzut (via oceanofmind)
““Here is a very powerful insight: see EVERYTHING that happens in your life as...”
– Mastin Kipp (via oceanofmind) - As the Buddha said, What you think, you become. OM
“Since things neither exist nor don’t exist,
are neither real nor unreal,
are...”
– tibetan nyingma master - longchenpa rabjampa - 14th century (via oceanofmind)
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(via buddhanature)
November 2009
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Watchtheworldpulse:
Ram Dass on attachment & addiction
I enjoy his comments on those who are addicted to non-addiction.
Good night everyone...
I hope you’ve enjoyed your day. There will never be another one like it, nor will you ever leave this moment. Incredible to think, the slight movement of our finger changes the gravitational pull of galaxies far, far away- in such an absurdly small amount. Along with everything else…. Watching modern science evolve is much like reading the ancient texts and rituals of shaman’s...
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monday
what is it that you want from me? I would enjoy just sleeping more, alongside with ambient music and a warm blanket.
After a year of daily yoga
I am happy to say I haven’t missed a day. Feels wonderful. Om shanti shanti shanti
“Restraining our response to negative thoughts and emotions is not a matter of...”
– XIV Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium (via oceanofmind)
“Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One...”
– Carlos Castaneda (via oceanofmind)
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“Thought […] is not to be found only in theoretical formulations, such as in...”
– Michel Foucault: The History of Sexuality (via fuckyeahphilosophy)
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Kitchen fun time! (Aka: wasting time at work) →
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Manifestation
God has been thought of in various forms, processes, figures and ways. Within a further understanding of what I have experienced, meditated and pondered on (or perhaps within), God seems to be a property of manifestation- or rather our understanding of ‘suchness’ is rather difficult to grasp. In such, a sensible proof of such a process of ‘God’ should be considered- is God...
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Every morning
I walk slowly, with a ponder. The rocks jump around my feet as I shuffle my way towards my destination. I see you every morning, on that porch. Eyes closed, ears twitch at the sensation of the wind. That is your blanket, isn’t it? Looks quite comfortable. Perhaps. It is so simple, as just sitting. Zazen. I envy you, as you lay claim to your kingdom which is the abandoned house.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!”
– Hopi Elders (via oceanofmind)