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by Kenshou
Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:10 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Dropping head, drooling and swallowing reflex in meditation
Replies: 24
Views: 15850

Re: Dropping head, drooling and swallowing reflex in meditat

I definitely deal with too much saliva/annoying need to swallow as well. I seem to simply generate a lot of the stuff. So I can give you a couple suggestions. First, which relates to head-drooping, watch your posture. Not letting your posture slump forward will better prevent saliva pooling in your ...
by Kenshou
Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:18 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: A logical reasoning that maybe proves there is a self
Replies: 74
Views: 16185

Re: A logical reasoning that maybe proves there is a self

Samyutta Nikaya III 144: "Bhikkhus [monks, the Buddha said, holding a fleck of dung on his fingernail], if even if that much of permanent, everlasting, eternal individual selfhood, not inseparable from the idea of change, could be found, then this living the holy life could not be taught by me....
by Kenshou
Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:42 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Scripture that is well known to those raised Buddhist
Replies: 13
Views: 3664

Re: Scripture that is well known to those raised Buddhist

My impression as an American is that the majority of claimed Christians haven't really read the bible either, at least not in any exhaustive way. Just sayin'.
by Kenshou
Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:52 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Any relation between Jannah and Jhana?
Replies: 5
Views: 3331

Re: Any relation between Jannah and Jhana?

This kind of thing happens by coincidence all the time in language. The verbal root for "cut" in Japanese and the Australian language Lardil are both something like "kir" but that doesn't actually indicate anything. There are only so many possible combinations of the frequent hum...
by Kenshou
Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:03 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: I'd rather be reborn
Replies: 188
Views: 30701

Re: I'd rather be reborn

I think the funny thing is that, the conditions for the end of continuance are the same as the conditions for ending any fear of non-continuance. Not being reborn requires destruction of the 3 roots, which is also the condition for the end of dukkha. But the reduction of those factors is demonstrabl...
by Kenshou
Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Deep listening (dadirri)
Replies: 8
Views: 2865

Re: Deep listening (dadirri)

Didn't we do this this as children?
Not me, I was a whiny and annoyed creature right from the start. My poor parents, gosh.
by Kenshou
Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: judgment-free awareness
Replies: 95
Views: 21953

Re: judgment-free awareness

I think that this approach actually automatically satisfies right effort, because that kind of attitude is really just the sort of thing that feeds good qualities and starves bad ones, settles the mind, and allows clear comprehension, in an nearly (but not entirely) effortless way. It is a very refi...
by Kenshou
Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:50 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Sankhara-paccaya Vinnanam: How?
Replies: 23
Views: 6444

Re: Sankhara-paccaya Vinnanam: How?

As if those two concepts are utterly unrelated.
by Kenshou
Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Share meditation tips here
Replies: 26
Views: 7009

Re: Share meditation tips here

If I had to name one thing, it would be maranasati. Which has been said, but still. Just that recollection can be the antidote to every hindrance, and a great motivator.

You will die, maybe soon, do you have any time to waste?
by Kenshou
Mon May 06, 2013 2:06 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Reason Caused the Holocaust
Replies: 10
Views: 3281

Re: Reason Caused the Holocaust

Insert snark here. Gosh.
by Kenshou
Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:55 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Anyone ever fallen asleep and witnessed it?
Replies: 13
Views: 4547

Re: Anyone ever fallen asleep and witnessed it?

I believe this happens to me occasionally, moreso during random daytime naps, rather than bedtime, for some reason. I feel like my experience is similar to what you described in the OP. A gradual loss of embodiedness and loss of perception, which can lead to that feeling of dissolving into gentle bl...
by Kenshou
Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:33 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Magick and Buddhism
Replies: 94
Views: 26735

Re: Magick and Buddhism

danieLion wrote:I'm not a Crowley apologist.
Sure fooled me.
by Kenshou
Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Unpleaseant Breath...
Replies: 7
Views: 3254

Re: Unpleaseant Breath...

If it is just cold, that's an asava to be endured. Kayagatasati is prescribed for this: Ugh, the cold. There are things that I can deal with like this, but the cold is not one of them. In the middle of winter, it's all I can do to keep my constant mantra of "**** you nature" from blurting...