Charlie's Blog
Posts on spirituality and the tradition of Advaita Vedanta.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Don't See Others
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Free
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Kindness
this little body and mind sit, like a child with his grandfather. Know
this and be happy, kind, loving. Make kindness your religion, your
fellow man is god. No need to confine your love for god in a temple.
Love god in the street, your wife, children, friends, beggars,
colleagues all are god.. As are you.
Attachment includes the note and its objects
Monday, November 23, 2009
More Love and Attachment
what do you mean your sense of self?
i mean...normally, being on my own i don't feel very bothered by my attachments...but when i'm emotionally and intimately with someone else...i almost start doubting myself, i start getting attached
What you sense is not your self
it is the mind, it is natural for the mind to become attached to those things that are pleasurable and reject those which are not
it also breathes in for air, this is just as natural
observation is the key, if you can observe, the mind will not bind you up
whatever comes just relax, know that it cannot touch you
love is not grasping, nor crushing
observe observe
do you have time to practice meditation?
yes
great
this is the best way to unstick yourself from the mind
and then it will all get easier
is there anything i should base the meditation off of?
no that is just more mind
looking for something to do
ok
if the mind is so razzed up that you cannot sit still and watch it, then do some technique
otherwise just relax, chuck all the techniques, books and blablabla out the window
all of them point to just relaxing and throwing everyrthing away anyway
i enjoy sitting still...i will do this everyday
great
do enjoy it, smile and relax :):)