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“It is imperative for the sincere meditator to unwaveringly witness the functions of desire, aversion, restlessness, and doubt, witness these forces arising—but without acting them out, without buying into them.
See them arise as empty thoughts, and see them pass just as quickly.
If they are not seen clearly, these mental states can obstruct progress in concentration.
Doubt can assail the mind with indecision, worry, or chronic judgment.
Unabated, the momentum of uncertainty can paralyze spiritual progress.
Yet doubt is nothing more than a thought.
Through examining the experience of doubt, you will come to understand doubt, rather than be consumed by it.
Doubt is a category of thought that you can definitively set aside.
The very instant you realize you are thinking you have an opportunity to affect the patterns of mind.
Thoughts of self can clutter attention with a plethora of diversified tales—preventing composure, stillness, and unification.
Concentration abandons this diffusing activity.
When you clearly perceive a thought, natural disinterest replaces identification with the stories.
As the mind calms, mental seclusion is established.”
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Posted by rudid96 on August 15, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Mindful Marty, can you explain in a little more detail what you mean by “spiritual progress”? Having long since departed from traditional religion, I’m curious about how you define this phrase.
Posted by Marty on August 15, 2021 at 3:45 pm
Spiritual progress
Meditation has changed my life, given me the moments of feeling at peace
My healing goes through mindfulness or the spiritual part of me.
There is no way of cognitively explaining or justifying our childhood, our abuse and our suffering
Meditating I uncovered or found my true self
He is perfect
When I can suppress my ego long enough, he comes out to play
While meditating Redid96, I go to a place where ptsd does not exist
When I can bring that space into walking life, my soul fills with hope
The ying and yang of life
In baseball as a hitter, I have to hit the outside pitch, or demonstrate to the pitcher I can hit that pitch to ever see an inside pitch
Or if I can not hit a slider, I will never see anything else
In our ptsd life if I can not survive its onslaught, I will never find peace
We have to stand up the bully
The spiritual path is the only way I can stand up
I have not been able to keep my perfect self in charge recently
Therapy is not going to fix us Redid96
Hopefully that is obvious after all our work
We have to think outside the box
The more we get below the ego the more clarity and healing comes available
I keep trying
I will keep,trying to my last breath
Effort and attitude is all we have
Posted by Marty on August 15, 2021 at 3:48 pm
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