Apply the same principle as "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it".

I do but I promise you I was being dead serious in that post! :) Well I would be interested to hear how your awareness is when you practice mindfulness of the body? Is it broad and encompassing or is it narrow and limited? Mindfulness of the body is described in SN 35.247 as a post or pillar meant ...

You always like to be a smart-ass :tongue: To practice mindfulness of the body awareness is broad, expansive. I imagine that I have been the longest practicing member on this thread but that is neither here nor there. I do but I promise you I was being dead serious in that post! :) Well I would be ...

SDC From the sutta you quoted yesterday SN 35.247 And how, bhikkhus, is there restraint? Here, having seen a form with the eye, a bhikkhu is not intent upon a pleasing form and not repelled by a displeasing form. He dwells having set up mindfulness of the body, with a measureless mind , and he unde...

SDC From the sutta you quoted yesterday SN 35.247 And how, bhikkhus, is there restraint? Here, having seen a form with the eye, a bhikkhu is not intent upon a pleasing form and not repelled by a displeasing form. He dwells having set up mindfulness of the body, with a measureless mind , and he under...

SDC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:44 pm Why would I empty the mind and try to establish it in opaqueness....

SDC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:44 pm Why do I need to take a break on blankness?

Again I don't see where it is being advocated that you do this?

I would be interested to see examples of Ajahns teaching that the sense's should be given free rein or that unwholesome thoughts should be indulged in. I’d also be curious to see what the logic is behind giving an untamed and limited mind space to roam as it pleases. But who is advocating for that?

The six senses are supposed to be anchored and not given free rein, as they belong to Mara. Anyone who thinks choicelessness is an effective strategy is essentially giving Mara control over where the mind feeds. Suppose, bhikkhus, a man would catch six animals—with different domains and different f...

I’m looking for recommendations for sources of literature on this, especially from Thai forest Buddhists This is from Ajahn Chah: Q: Is it necessary to sit for very long periods of time? A: No, sitting for hours on end is not necessary. Some people think that the longer you can sit, the wiser you m...

SarathW wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:57 pm What is the Pale word fro Choiceless awareness?

I don't believe there is one. I think the term originates from J. Krishnamurthi.

Investigation into school at centre of cat gender row finds ‘no serious concerns’ at school of ‘kindness’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/14/cat-gender-school-row-investigation/ Give it time. Also not forgiving you for making me open PinkNews :tongue: I especially chose that link for you! :tong...

Investigation into school at centre of cat gender row finds ‘no serious concerns’ at school of ‘kindness’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/14/ ... stigation/

I have reported that I had the memory. Do you want to say that the inability to publicly verify a memory means that I am spreading false information, or that the content of the memory puts it at odds with my initial claim? All I want to say is what I wrote: "You haven't reported your memory of...

But I thought whatever I witnessed was rendered irrelevant by you being unable to verify it? No, I'm not. I'm reporting my memory of what I witnessed You haven't reported your memory of what you witnessed. I have reported that I had the memory. Do you want to say that the inability to publicly veri...

No, I'm not. I'm reporting my memory of what I witnessed, and the unsolicited hearsay of what my daughter claims to have witnessed. She could, of course, be lying or mistaken, but then again, so could you. That's the only "information" that I am spreading. But you haven't told us what you...