"Meditation alone is not sufficient to attain Dharma realizations, even though we may apply great effort. To create the right conditions for our meditation to succeed, we need also to engage in practices for accumulating merit and purifying negativities. In this way, our practice will progress quickly."
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “Universal Compassion” (via dancingdakini)
  1. Date Posted Icon 8th May 2012
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metaconscious: How to use the Hypnagogic for Creative Problem Solving The hypnagogic is the ultimate paradigm-busting tool. As your brain slips into an associative, impressionistic state, it is no longer bound by conventional wisdom. In addition to making new factual and ideational links on the “rational” plane, you also get visual images linked to concepts, or mathematical formulas linked to sounds, or physical experiences linked to emotions. This cross-platform synaesthetic mixing is the primeval soup of creative thought, and while something similar may also be happening in regular dreaming, in this case there is a crucial difference: the waking state continues to wield influence in the hypnagogic; thought structures – although loose – maintain a bit of that cause-and-effect robustness. Thus dreamers are able, as another commentator has put it, “to critically evaluate images while they’re still before the eyes.”

metaconscious:

How to use the Hypnagogic for Creative Problem Solving

The hypnagogic is the ultimate paradigm-busting tool. As your brain slips into an associative, impressionistic state, it is no longer bound by conventional wisdom. In addition to making new factual and ideational links on the “rational” plane, you also get visual images linked to concepts, or mathematical formulas linked to sounds, or physical experiences linked to emotions. This cross-platform synaesthetic mixing is the primeval soup of creative thought, and while something similar may also be happening in regular dreaming, in this case there is a crucial difference: the waking state continues to wield influence in the hypnagogic; thought structures – although loose – maintain a bit of that cause-and-effect robustness. Thus dreamers are able, as another commentator has put it, “to critically evaluate images while they’re still before the eyes.”

  1. Date Posted Icon 8th May 2012
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self-assassin: ‘Our normal view is that our daily experiences, whether unpleasant or pleasant, come from external sources. Following this view we dedicate our whole life to improving our external conditions and situation, but still our human problems and suffering increase year by year. This clearly indicates that our normal view is incorrect, and only deceives us. Incorrect views and intentions cause us to follow wrong paths that lead to suffering, whereas correct views and intentions enable us to follow spiritual paths that lead to happiness.’ - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Mahamudra Tantra

self-assassin:

‘Our normal view is that our daily experiences, whether unpleasant or pleasant, come from external sources. Following this view we dedicate our whole life to improving our external conditions and situation, but still our human problems and suffering increase year by year. This clearly indicates that our normal view is incorrect, and only deceives us. Incorrect views and intentions cause us to follow wrong paths that lead to suffering, whereas correct views and intentions enable us to follow spiritual paths that lead to happiness.’ - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Mahamudra Tantra

  1. Date Posted Icon 19th March 2012
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anna-leesy: ghosts by emmanuel malin

anna-leesy:

ghosts by emmanuel malin

  1. Date Posted Icon 12th March 2012
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"Paralyze resistance with persistence."
— Woody Hayes (via sa-laam)

(Source: fornicating)

  1. Date Posted Icon 12th March 2012
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Joyful Abandon: The Selling Point

lazyyogi:

Everything tries to sell you by telling you that you are lacking. Not sexy enough, not social enough, not rich enough, not smart enough. But if you buy this then BAM! You’ve got what you needed…for now. Until they just hook and reel you in using another insecurity.

People love to blame…

(Source: lazyyogi)

  1. Date Posted Icon 12th March 2012
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Blessed is the mind…

simplyorthodox:

Blessed is the mind that during prayer does not form any shape whatsoever inside it. Blessed is the mind that prays without being distracted and continuously acquires an increased desire for God. Blessed is the mind which during the time of prayer becomes incorporeal and free from everything. Blessed is the mind which during the time of prayer remains uninfluenced by anything.

-Saint Nilus the Ascetic

  1. Date Posted Icon 12th March 2012
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dvdp: you will never hear a pilot saying “I hate my job” A whole flight day in 8 minutes (mute it)

dvdp:

you will never hear a pilot saying “I hate my job”

A whole flight day in 8 minutes (mute it)

  1. Date Posted Icon 6th March 2012
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metaconscious: “Nightlife” by Blatte

metaconscious:

“Nightlife” by Blatte

  1. Date Posted Icon 4th March 2012
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pushthemovement: (via Iwantkhat)

pushthemovement:

(via Iwantkhat)

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd March 2012
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