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cali

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8. My dear libodem, we all have monkey minds. It is a very large and very non-exclusive

Reply to libodem (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 14, 2014, 03:06 AM

Apr 2014

club. Here it is at 3:00 in the morning and I'm monkey minding it all over the place.

I know just what you mean about not breathing further than your.... nose. Isn't it nice that meditation isn't a competition? Not with others and not with yourself or the Universe or whatever.

Cheers and hugs

Cali

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I am a lousy Buddhist and sometimes I hate meditation. [View all] cali Apr 2014 OP

Sounds familiar. Sometimes I am a lousy human and I hate existence. enough Apr 2014 #1

Dukkha. gtar100 Apr 2014 #2

no. just that cali Apr 2014 #3

You know, I was really glad to see what you have to say. pangaia Apr 2014 #4

aw, I'm glad my dear. and be of good cheer. it is what is and it is what we we view it as cali Apr 2014 #5

I have been meditating for many years. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2014 #6

I have a monkey mind libodem Apr 2014 #7

My dear libodem, we all have monkey minds. It is a very large and very non-exclusive cali Apr 2014 #8

. libodem Apr 2014 #9

Eknath Eshwaren (a Hindu) leftyladyfrommo Apr 2014 #10

yes. that's what my teacher, Chogyam Trungpa said too- in a different way of course cali Apr 2014 #11

Chogyam Trungpa? Somebody famous. Manifestor_of_Light May 2014 #12

I live in the middle of nowhere too, but it happens to me the middle of nowhere cali May 2014 #14

My last OP post was about hating on my brother. I forget compassion at the drop of Maraya1969 May 2014 #13

everything you say is so true cali May 2014 #15