I attended a class at the Buddhist Center today about finding peace. Here are my notes, I’m not going to put it together in a coherent essay, it’s just snippets that I got from the class.
Stress is a creation of the mind, triggered by external circumstances like work and jealousy. It comes about because we [...]
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Finding Peace
Posted in Taoism, tagged buddhism, finding peace, imagination, stress on November 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Cherishing others
Posted in Taoism, tagged buddhist, cherishing others on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Todays lesson from the buddhists was about cherishing others. Essentially cherishing others means wanting them to have happy, fullfilling lives. By learning to cherish others we can lessen the effects of bad emotions like anger, jealousy and greed. If we want others to be happy it’s hard to get angry at them (that generally doesn’t [...]
The view of grandmas
Posted in D/s, Taoism on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to write about this the other day, but as I was on the road, I didn’t really have time. I stopped to visit my grandmother on the way out here. This was supposed to be the fall where I go to visit her and talk to her about poly, and introduce her to [...]
Mabon
Posted in Taoism, tagged mabon on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I ended up attending two Mabon Festivals today. One was the planned harvest/vegetable picking party, which I left early because my back was hurting, and I still have a lot to do. The other was unplanned, I met Leia for dinner and she mentioned she was going to a friends house for a equinox [...]
Jealousy
Posted in D/s, Poly, Taoism, tagged jealousy, poly relationships on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the big things I want to work on while I’m gone is jealousy. I suspect I’ll have plenty of opportunities to work on this. I have always been ok with anyone I’m dating seeing someone else, as long as I was the one in control. While I’m gone, Bridget is really the only [...]
Buddhism vs Taoism
Posted in Taoism, tagged buddhism on September 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking lately, maybe I should convert to Buddhism, mostly because there isn’t good access to Taoist monks like there are Buddhist, and I definitely identify with the Dalai Lama as a spirtual leader. And I think that going to a buddhist center will be good for me. I am very interested in learning [...]
The plan
Posted in Taoism, tagged pilgrimage on September 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I think maybe it’s time I did something drastic. CC and I have decided to separate, at least temporarily, So that she can figure out what it is she wants now, and so that I can resolve some of the issues from my past. Anger and jealousy have been a major issue for me lately, [...]
My path so far — Part 1
Posted in D/s, Poly, Taoism, tagged my past on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a history lesson I think. I started down this path my second year of college. I never dated in high school, didn’t really interact with people that much in general. I don’t think I was truly shy, although there are certain social situations that I still have anxiety over. I just never had [...]
Compassion
Posted in D/s, Taoism, tagged ramblings on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When Ben Franklin was young, he set upon an idea for improving himself. He wrote down 9 qualities that he wanted to improve, and then each week he would focus on improving one quality, then in the 10th week, he would start over again. I think that one of the qualities that I [...]
Art of Happiness
Posted in Taoism, tagged Books on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
pg 28
Self-satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. … The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction but whether it ultimateily results in positive or negative consequences. For example, in the case of wanting [...]
