From: Chris Koeritz Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:32:32 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~865 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38bbc57ccda45335e4a192267a5f858f3499b563;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 1967fe01..e0e45f87 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -39737,4 +39737,22 @@ principle: The unexamined life is not worth living, because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world. -- Linda Elder, September, 2007 - +~ +In philosophical terms, Tibetan scriptures refer to neurotic mind as the +impure or afflicted mind. But within the context of wind energy, neurotic +mind is not just caused by self-attachment. The mind is also propelled by the +movement of wind energy. The Tibetan language describes this relationship +between the wind and the mind as the wind-mind (Tib. rlung sems). This +compound word describes the wind energy and the conceptual mind as always +intertwined and moving together—a singular motion. Again, a metaphor is +helpful to understand how the mind and the wind work together. The Tibetan +Buddhist teachings compare the mind and the breath to a rider and its mount. +In this metaphor, the wind energy is the mount and the mind is the rider. +This metaphor illustrates how it is the wind energy that carries the mind and +that influences and shapes the mind’s energy. The wind energy is the root +of all of our experience, since it provides energy for the mind’s movement. +So, wind energy training is a powerful tool for purifying, calming, taming, +and relaxing the wind energy to impact the expression of neurotic mind. + -- Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo, from "The Tibetan Yoga of + Breath: Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom", + published by Shambhala Publications and Snow Lion Publications.