It is OK to be human.
"Should" is an obstacle to therapy.
RUPA -> VEDANA -> SAMJNA -> SAMSKARA -> VIJNANA
VIJNANA = Intention -> Attention
MORNING SESSION
QUESTIONS
We had an extensive discussion around the matter of explicit and implicit communic
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REVIEW
In small groups reviewing learning so far.
INPUT
The rest of the morning was taken with a lecture on the 18 dhatu sense bases and the five skandhas.
- The six senses each have an object, an organ and a power. 6x3=18 dhatu. In t
Read more…Head --------------------------------------------> Heart
Discussion --------------------------------------> Experience
Talking about -----------------------------------> Working on
Conscious, rational known --------------------> Intuitive, sensed, s
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MORNING SESSION
18 people in the group, 6 of them new.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- Can we develop a Buddhist theory of the unconscious?
- Buddhism is substantially about how to free ourselves from compulsive habits that we do not understand
- Although th
MORNING SESSION
INPUT
Brief input on the nature and purpose of psychotherapy, distinguishing it from utilitarian counselling. Some counselling seeks simply to solve practical problems and this is useful, but psychotherapy aims to achieve a deeper cha
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INPUT
Lecture on observation of breath, body and mind
BREATH: flowing or stopped; long-short, deep-shallow, rough-smooth, deep-slow
BODY: urge, impulse, act hunger; tension, pressure, ease, peace ... what is it trying to do?
MIND: fee
Read more…- A light or humorous presentation may hide a serious issue
- Even the most serious issue also has a light side
- The therapist can see the serious issue behind the joke and also be aware of the light side of a serious issue
MORNING SESSION
REVIE
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In spring
ice, held fast between rocks.
Underneath,
water is feeling out a channel.
Liberation evolving out of karma
You are always alone / You are never alone.
The past is gone forever / The past is always with us
MORNING SESSION
REVIEW
In three
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SHARING & DISCUSSION
- Student 1 shared that she had less self-consciousness about being singled out to speak first than she would have had in the past. -> discussion about the importance of deep change and the attainment of degrees
Read more…This is one of the commonest versions of the Vajrtasattva Dharani. It is the version used in the Amida Shu Chanting Book...
Om Vajrasattva samaya, manu palaya,
Vajrasattva teno patita, dridho me bhava,
Suto kayo me bhava, supokayo me bhava,
Anurak
The first beatitude of Jesus was "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." We might say, "theirs is the Pure Land of Buddha". But in the modern world, is being "poor of spirit" something that people seek? Don't we, rather
Read more…This is a place for posting renku.
Renku is a Japanese poetic form with five lines with syllables 5-7-5-7-7. You will note that the first three constitute a haiku, so you can say a renku is a haiku with two extra lines.
Here is an example that I wrot
Read more…TRANSFORMATION IS ABRUPT
Transformation of the human mind occurs abruptly. If one discovers that a person one had always regarded as a friend has betrayed one, one's view and feeling change immediately. One's sense of security in the world is impacte
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