The Art of Looking, a book reviewed extensively in Brain Pickings might at first glance appear a bit off topic in terms of Buddhist practice. However read on, take a look! There is talk of presence and paying attention and noticing. Although I have not had a chance to read all of the article quite yet what I have read resonates.
One of our senior monks will talk about perception from time to time. Our ears know how to hear, our eyes know how to see. What is needed is to loosen our tendency to go out there hunting. Indeed, more and more I am realizing one need not go out there seeking with ones eyes or ears or any of the other senses – what is there comes in!
The Latest Buddhist News website has links to Buddhist related sites, talks, videos and of course….news. I bumped into the site as they linked to yesterdays post which was good of them. Or maybe somebody who knows Jade requested that it be linked. It is possible. If it was you, thank you.
About 4% of the population hear voices. These people literally hear voices in their heads which nobody else can hear. This is not the same as the chatter just about everybody hears in their minds.
In the two videos, found at the bottom of the home page, Rufus May talks about an approach that he and others have developed to support voice hearers. There is much that we can learn for ourselves from these talks as well as become better educated, more understanding and compassionate regarding voice hearers.
We are spoilt for choice! So many images to choose from and all available to be used.
There are over 6,000 photographs of Buddhist archeological sites, pilgrimage centres, and temples in SE Asia, as well as Videos, Maps, Posters, etc. on this website, please feel free to use the photographs to make more works with them, in accordance with the Creative Commons license on the page where you find them. Photo Dharma
To speak or not to speak? How to frame what to say? Is it good to speak anyway. Is nowa good time? That’s a really important question. It necessarily builds in a life saving pause between thought/feeling and action. A cooling moment when the heat is rising and the compulsion to speak, or write, is almost overwhelming. Thankfully there isn’t anything really important or pressing I need to communicate right at this moment.
While going through my bookmarked pages, something I do when looking for blogging inspiration, I came across Marshall Rosenberg talking about the basics of Non Violent Communication. I’ve not always connected so well with NVC as it is commonly passed along. This site makes the whole thing more easily understandable and less, how do we say, verbally stultifying. I’ll return and take a longer look.
In the mean time there is nothing that can replace the simple act of sitting still. A moment to cool, whatever the weather!
Practice Within The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
