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judging the mantra

This entire post has been inspired by my reflections on the mental activity of judgment. So that will be the primary focus of what I intend to babble about today! So to start things off, I want to psychologically define the mental activity of judgment and how it relates to Buddhist fundamentals.

The second noble truth of Buddhism is the cause of suffering. So to be certain about my understanding the path of the cause of suffering, I will restate the idea for the cause of suffering. [...continue reading]

everyday overture

Everyday I am greeted by a emotional overture which I believe sets the standard for the consistent stress theme of the music of my mind. I feel as if this observation may be a useful insight that may resonate with others. I am initially going to begin this by stating this idea that I would like you to keep in the back of your mind throughout this post. Biologically I suspect that my hormones have a massive influence upon my conscious thought. I am not attempting to cause you to begin to sus [...continue reading]

inhaling in, now exhaling out

Rational analytic thought contains dangerous ground in that it provides long chains of logical reasoning to supply the ego with fuel. Cutting off the oxygen to a fire extinguishes it. Removing the constant rumination on rational objectives removes the fuel source to the ego. Conversely, the benefits of life provided by this are enormous: Calculus, computers, science, ect. But the choice of straying away from the ego also can provide the benefit of a peaceful conscious climate. Oh, back to m [...continue reading]