From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 13:00:56 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new fortune. X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~993 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=adbf0c9a7e358a51a7a65bd1ecbd4397178dae89;p=feisty_meow.git new fortune. --- diff --git a/database/fortunes.dat b/database/fortunes.dat index 7e6380fd..8bc2dccc 100644 --- a/database/fortunes.dat +++ b/database/fortunes.dat @@ -39173,3 +39173,18 @@ enlightened mindstreams [of all the sages]: Failing to lead others to liberation is not the sangha. -- from The Epic of Gesar of Ling, "Gesar’s Birth and Childhood" +~ +When we meditate I encourage all of us to have the attitude that we are +meditating to dissolve the self. That’s why we meditate. Hold this +perspective in your awareness and let your dualistic mind dissolve for at +least a half hour, or at least for ten minutes every day. When you allow +yourself to witness that unexpected glimpse of the truth, where the self is +dissolved, it’s like drinking nectar. It’s inexpressible. We often use +the word bliss to describe that state. Bliss is a good word, but it can be +misunderstood. The bliss that I am speaking about has nothing to do with +ordinary bliss. It’s not like the bliss of having great food or other +sensual pleasure. This is nonconceptual bliss that is not based on emotions +but is based on awareness. We often say that realizing the true nature of who +we are is like drinking the nectar of ultimate bliss. The more we drink, the +more we are going to be addicted, which is very good. + -- Anam Thubten, "No Self, No Problem: Awakening to Our True Nature"