Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13k – January 22, 2019

4. Deconstructing Dharmas In this section and in some previous sections I have used the term dis-ease and in those cases I am speaking about mostly the ramifications of illness that causes us to be not at ease in our present condition.  Because there is separate classification of illness for mental illness and physical illness I use dis-ease to speak about the upset in our mental state caused by illnesses of either body or mind. …

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Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13f – January 17, 2019

The point here is that by understanding this by seeking to understand this dependent origination as we live with and through disease can be the cause for our entering the realm of pratyekabuddhahood.   As I have been studying this and thinking deeply on the subject it is easy to see that these very same principles can be applied to any and every aspect of our lives.  What condition or realm of the Ten Worlds…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Requests – November 18, 2018

Today our Dharma Talk covered the fourth part of the four part Nonviolent Communication, NVC formula.  Requests may seem as if they should be simple yet when done according to the NVC way they are indeed challenging.  Some my think they are not workable, I challenge that because with skill and practice every part of the NVC approach is possible and beneficial to engaging in connecting conversations.  Mostly it is a matter of practice and…

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