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tama

(9,137 posts)
4. In this experience
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 08:57 PM
Jan 2012

letting go of attachments happens best by itself, without effort, and trying hard to force one self to let go is just another attachment. Of course this "slackers path" is also an excuse to keep on holding to those attachments and needs and addictions that still remain... and give me character and personality (my girlfriend says that a Leo can't never get rid of ego... ).

There's a Zen story I like a lot about a Buddhist monk, who practiced hard but then Karmically "errored" somehow, don't remember, and had to reborn 500 hundred times as an fox. His moment of Zen was when he after that was born again as a human and a monk, and realized: 500 GLORIOUS years as a fox!

The Way of the Heart teaches us that we can only let go of attachments we learn to dearly love... and thus accept <3



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Zen DryHump Jan 2012 #1
Nice to meet you, DryHump. silverweb Jan 2012 #3
Yes, welcome and thanks for the words. Magoo48 Jan 2012 #12
Wonderful to have this new group! silverweb Jan 2012 #2
In this experience tama Jan 2012 #4
"my girlfriend says that a Leo can't never get rid of ego..." ellisonz Jan 2012 #7
I agree with the Leo assessment. silverweb Jan 2012 #8
That multipurpose thingie tama Jan 2012 #9
Oh my, yes! silverweb Jan 2012 #10
I know many such people tama Jan 2012 #11
It's great that you know all those people! silverweb Jan 2012 #18
Right On DryHump Jan 2012 #16
You're so lucky to have room for all those animals! silverweb Jan 2012 #17
A pleasure to meet you as well silverweb. Magoo48 Jan 2012 #13
My life has been changed by my practice. oxymoron Jan 2012 #5
Sitting DryHump Jan 2012 #6
Yes, Magoo48 Jan 2012 #14
Just type mindfully ... Newest Reality Jan 2012 #15
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