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About dominic724

A former seeker starts blogging.

Soh Wei Yu: On Practice After Awakening

[Teacher week continues on SIAOF. Enjoy !] Soh Wei Yu: On Practice After Awakening There is no “me” to begin with, everything has been without self – from suffering, ignorance, to wisdom and liberation. Yet, suffering is (no sufferer), the … Continue reading

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Forbearance by Norman Fischer

[ Teacher week begins with a post on an under-appreciated virtue. Enjoy !] Forbearance by Norman Fischer Though it is not very popular or exciting, forbearance is the greatest of all spiritual qualities, because without it all other good qualities, intentions, insights, … Continue reading

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Teacher Week 2013

Who inspires you ? Encourages you ? Calls you to deepen your practice ? Or broaden a view ? Someone you know in person, or dead a thousand years; everyone has been deeply touched by someone at least once. That … Continue reading

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Leaving Facebookistan

Leaving facebook is like taking down a large Lego house, a piece at a time. Dissasembly of an online persona, now cyber-relic. Of  250+ facebook friends, I only felt inclined to say goodbye to twenty or less. Some of those I knew … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day for the Black Sheep

March of 2003; my mother was in a very advanced stage of her final bout with cancer. Had been visiting for a few days at her place. It was 10:30 at night, and we had just finished watching a TV … Continue reading

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Life After Facebook

It’s been over a week since I last logged in to Facebook. For a former daily user, this gap stands nearly unprecedented. Have had plenty to do in realspace. Am reading actual books. Working on home maintenance projects. Getting to … Continue reading

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Kalama Sutta

THE KALAMA SUTTA   Anguttara Nikaya III.65 – Kalama Sutta – The Instruction to the Kalamas Translated from the Pali by Soma Thera For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma Read an alternate translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu   … Continue reading

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12 Pitfalls After That First Glimpse by Scott Kiloby ( via aalif )

[ Sometimes, some things are just "in the air". Have had some ideas for posts about Waking Down /After Awakening. Scott Kiloby knocks it out of the ballpark. Many thanks to the superaalifragilistic blog here on WordPress for this amazing … Continue reading

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Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Am a hopeless nondualist. No “real” self image. No self found separate from experience. No objects at all separate from consciousness. It just makes sense. That, and nondual views accord with the entirety of experience thus far. So… If everything … Continue reading

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CISPA BLACKOUT MONDAY

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