Hi there, everyone.
I'm posting a request of critique or criticism of myself, and would welcome comments via PM or left in this thread.
When I joined DW I was looking for a good place to hang out and read the thoughts of other Buddhists. For that I have found the right place, and really appreciate that it exists at all. On occasion I try to contribute, and so I share what I have. My interest is in knowing how often I am wrong, or unclear, and how I might be more helpful. So, if you have ever felt that I am wrong or unclear, or anything else, let me know - so I might improve.
Thanks.
Critique or Criticism
Re: Critique or Criticism
Hi thereductor
I am touched by your humility.
Keep in mind that none of us are perfect - not yet.
Ignorance conditions our views here as well as our perceptions of others.
Self-reflection and the acute awareness of our own falibility is testament, I believe, to progress on the path.
There is nothing that you have written that immediately comes to mind as requiring 'correction'.
Personally, I think you're a fine member of our little community!
Though I do have one question...
I am intrigued by your nick 'thereductor' - does it have a special meaning for you? If so, do you feel comfortable talking about it?
metta
Ben
I am touched by your humility.
Keep in mind that none of us are perfect - not yet.
Ignorance conditions our views here as well as our perceptions of others.
Self-reflection and the acute awareness of our own falibility is testament, I believe, to progress on the path.
There is nothing that you have written that immediately comes to mind as requiring 'correction'.
Personally, I think you're a fine member of our little community!
Though I do have one question...
I am intrigued by your nick 'thereductor' - does it have a special meaning for you? If so, do you feel comfortable talking about it?
metta
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
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Re: Critique or Criticism
Greetings thereductor,
I like your posts, and thank you for contributing to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
I like your posts, and thank you for contributing to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Hello thereductor,
No critique or criticism necessary, I agree with Ben and Retro, it is good to have you in the DhammaWheel community.
With Metta,
Guy
No critique or criticism necessary, I agree with Ben and Retro, it is good to have you in the DhammaWheel community.
With Metta,
Guy
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1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
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Ditto...retrofuturist wrote:I like your posts, and thank you for contributing to Dhamma Wheel.
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Re: Critique or Criticism
If ever it would seem to me that you are unclear, I would happily ask you to elaborate, but would never presume that the 'fault' lies with you. Rather, my immediate assumption would be that my understanding is flawed.thereductor wrote:Hi there, everyone.
I'm posting a request of critique or criticism of myself, and would welcome comments via PM or left in this thread.
When I joined DW I was looking for a good place to hang out and read the thoughts of other Buddhists. For that I have found the right place, and really appreciate that it exists at all. On occasion I try to contribute, and so I share what I have. My interest is in knowing how often I am wrong, or unclear, and how I might be more helpful. So, if you have ever felt that I am wrong or unclear, or anything else, let me know - so I might improve.
Thanks.
Similarly, I, most certainly, would never presume to state you are 'wrong' about anything, because this is something allied to perception, understanding, knowledge or experience. Should you ever be factually incorrect, others would be happy, no doubt to discuss the matter, but in ways which I believe you mean.....nope.... can't say I would find fault, when so much more lies here in my lap......but this is how interesting discussions come about. Through an exchange of views, perceptions and ideas.....
As Ben rightly points out, part of the process is that we're all walking together, all tripping up, faltering, fumbling and finding our way. the key operative word though, is 'together'.
It's a wonderful journey, made all the better by sharing it with like-minded travellers and friends.
And remember what they say.
The dumbest question is the one you decide to not ask.
So contribute as you always have.
I see no fault, not any reason to criticise.
Personally.
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Re: Critique or Criticism
Thank you all for your kind responses.
It was not long ago at all that I was as deeply mired in grief as any person could be, and all because of my own poor conduct and ignorance. Well, since then I have managed to become a decent person, on most accounts. But it seems prudent to keep an eye on my own understanding as well as any potential pitfalls that might arise from my participation here on DW (like over confidence in my interpretation).
So, if I have been helpful, than I am glad, but do not hesitate to set me straight or ask me to clarify my statements. It would be of the greatest help to me.
And Ben, I don't mind telling you about my nick. The name refers to the idea that I am 'the reductor' or my own craving and misery, and ignorance (although that credit rightly belongs with the triple gem). Not long before joining this forum I had realized that, to reach the goal, I would have to actively reduce every form of accumulation, and so it would be easier to analyze what was left over.
Bye.
It was not long ago at all that I was as deeply mired in grief as any person could be, and all because of my own poor conduct and ignorance. Well, since then I have managed to become a decent person, on most accounts. But it seems prudent to keep an eye on my own understanding as well as any potential pitfalls that might arise from my participation here on DW (like over confidence in my interpretation).
So, if I have been helpful, than I am glad, but do not hesitate to set me straight or ask me to clarify my statements. It would be of the greatest help to me.
And Ben, I don't mind telling you about my nick. The name refers to the idea that I am 'the reductor' or my own craving and misery, and ignorance (although that credit rightly belongs with the triple gem). Not long before joining this forum I had realized that, to reach the goal, I would have to actively reduce every form of accumulation, and so it would be easier to analyze what was left over.
Bye.