there is no higher purpose
than being in the here and now
with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity
no one need do more
than need be done to be and let be,
but people do – it’s the culture we live in
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entities are in the mind;
beyond the mind nothing is an entity – no one is
independence is in the mind;
beyond the mind nothing depends on nothing
permanence is in the mind;
beyond the mind nothing is unchanging
beyond the mind nothing exists as an entity,
nothing depends on nothing, and nothing doesn’t change
being beyond the mind is being beyond words,
so no one can say what is beyond the mind
words can only point the way to what is;
just let the mind be still and simply be
anything believed is also thought;
it’s in the mind
this may be hard to see at first
The four stages of acceptance:
— George Atherton (@notrehta) September 1, 2018
1) This is worthless nonsense
2) This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view
3) This is true, but quite unimportant
4) I always said so
—J.B.S. Haldane (Journal of Genetics 1963, Vol. 58, p.464) https://t.co/pzDLqpisB6 via @goodreads pic.twitter.com/uuljs3rz6W
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being well is being whole, being as in the mind
and beyond – as all that is – wanting nothing
being well is
- being aware of being as what is – as all that is – wanting nothing
- doing no more than need be done to be and let be
- living with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity
may all be aware of being as what is – as all that is – wanting nothing
may all do no more than need be done to be and let be
may all live with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity
may all be well, in the mind and beyond
may all be well
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to be wholly aware of being – doing no more than need be done to be and let be with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity – is to be in the realm of the brahmaviharas, beyond wanting purpose or meaning
to be wholly aware of being is to want no more
to want anything is to suffer
cures new and old promise to end the suffering
the purpose of life is to be wholly aware of being and – in light of this awareness – to harm no being: doing no more than need be done to be and let be
— George Atherton (@notrehta) July 13, 2018
the work of life is to cultivate this awareness
and the meaning of life is to live with love, compassion, joy, and equanimity
being well is being aware – being wholly aware of being – wanting nothing
be well, want nothing
want nothing, be well
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“nor are they otherwise” / Lankavatara Sutra
nothing is other than arising and ceasing;
nothing is as it seems, nor is it otherwise
when reality is what it seems to us to be,
dukkha is our wanting it to be otherwise
reality is not as it seems,
nor is it otherwise
wanting anything is dukkha,
and being well is wanting nothing,
letting go of wanting anything
— Jack Kornfield (@JackKornfield) June 12, 2017
being well is being on the eightfold path,
doing no more than need be done
to simply be and let be,
wanting nothing
being well is a fourfold process:
- seeing dukkha as wanting anything
- sensing it as it arises and letting it be
- noticing that it ceases when it is let be
- being on the path where it can be let be
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be well, want nothing
want nothing, be well
May all be well, “pervading the world with a mind imbued with
loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.”
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notes on ***reality, dukkha, and being well*** follow credits and links below
The grand delusion: Why nothing is as it seems https://t.co/jCZokFoORW PDF: https://t.co/P1Z0BcV2Ui via https://t.co/f5oRzY7RsT pic.twitter.com/YKaYzKsxrj
— George Atherton (@notrehta) May 29, 2017
nothing is as it seems
the marks of existence – anicca, dukkha, and anatta – and the interdependent web
anicca [uh-NIK-uh] … no being is not changing
dukkha [DOO-k(h)uh] … no being is not wanting
anatta [un-uh(t)-TAH] … no being is not depending
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nothing is not changing
nothing is not wanting
nothing is not depending
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nothing is other than
the interdependent web
of all being
no one is
identities and entities
are in the mind
only in the mind is anyone
or anything other than
the interdependent web
of all being
only in the mind is anyone
or anything other than
this timeless present:
endless flux and nothing
depending on nothing
nothing is other than this
no one is
nothing is as it seems
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