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my name was Ella i know call myself MAXUK the reason i have changed my name as i am Transgender / Gender queer For the last few years av had mental health problems like voices seeing things and OCD and depression i also have PTSD because of trauma in my past
i am a newish Buddhist even thought i have been here for a number of years i have gone from Buddhism -Christianity-Islam- Christianity-Hinduism- back to Buddhism during this time i lost my step dad to suicide my mum got cancer and lived through it but she has became bitter and i hardly see her in happier news i have became a great aunt/Uncle have had therapy i did see a therapist but because of NHS funding i am only allowed 6 blocks of treatment
i tried to follow meditation and understand Buddhism but am not very well educated i find things hard to understand i feel like am too stupid ( i also have poor self esteem too)to join in on discussions in these types of forums i hope its ok for me to re join
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Welcome back! I hope you find what you are looking for here.
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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- BB
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Welcome.
(Sorry to hear of so many difficulties -- I think it would great if you could find an experienced live-and-in-person, Buddhist meditation teacher to help guide you -- unless of course you already have one.)
(Sorry to hear of so many difficulties -- I think it would great if you could find an experienced live-and-in-person, Buddhist meditation teacher to help guide you -- unless of course you already have one.)
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Hi Maxuk,
You are definitely not stupid.
Thank you for your re-introduction.
May the Dhamma be your anchor.
Ben
You are definitely not stupid.
Thank you for your re-introduction.
May the Dhamma be your anchor.
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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Hello MAXUK, welcome back! I definitely agree with others here that based on your post you're clearly not stupid. Daily Buddhist meditation helps me a ton in my own life and I know it would help you as well, just need to find a good teacher.
With metta,
Jim
With metta,
Jim
"He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana." Buddha
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Hi MAXUK - welcome back
You might get something out of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFEj7wKrnM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
metta
You might get something out of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFEj7wKrnM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
metta
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Hi MAXUK!
I agree with Ben, you should not feel Stupid at all.
After all, Dhamma is not precisely the easiest thing to learn in the world, but it worths to learn it, even if at a slow pace.
As long as you get the basic idea, finer details will be learned later naturally.
So don't feel bad!
Also, don't struggle too much with getting things 'right'.
Meditation techniques can be a bit hard sometimes, so don't push things beyond your possibilities.
And welcome back, hope you will feel at home, this is a very nice and warm forum.
My best wishes for you.
I agree with Ben, you should not feel Stupid at all.
After all, Dhamma is not precisely the easiest thing to learn in the world, but it worths to learn it, even if at a slow pace.
As long as you get the basic idea, finer details will be learned later naturally.
So don't feel bad!
Also, don't struggle too much with getting things 'right'.
Meditation techniques can be a bit hard sometimes, so don't push things beyond your possibilities.
And welcome back, hope you will feel at home, this is a very nice and warm forum.
My best wishes for you.
'may all beings be happy at heart.' - Karaniya Metta Sutta
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thank you all welcomes and for the video it was very good and helpful
i know i have found love from my cats and they help me feel better about myself
i know i have found love from my cats and they help me feel better about myself
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Welcome! You will find many great resources here.
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Sorry av not been around
i have changed my gender to demigirl ( meaning am more female than male )
I changed my name to AvaLily am sorry if i keep going back and forward to the forums
i keep going back and forward with this ...my family will not be happy that i have chosen Buddhism .
But oh well
I hope you are all well
i have changed my gender to demigirl ( meaning am more female than male )
I changed my name to AvaLily am sorry if i keep going back and forward to the forums
i keep going back and forward with this ...my family will not be happy that i have chosen Buddhism .
But oh well
I hope you are all well
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Hello
"Watch your heart, observe. Be the observer, be the knower, not the condition" Ajahn Sumedho volume5 - The Wheel Of Truth
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Hello AvaLily,
It's nice to meet you. I look forward to any contributions you choose to make to the forum.
It's nice to meet you. I look forward to any contributions you choose to make to the forum.
Namo buddhaya