notes on
The Practice of Not Thinking
- when anger arises, put it between brackets. (i think i'm irritated) this helps not fueling the negative feeling
- practise observing your emotions as you focus on your breathing during meditation and your breathing in every day life will adjust so that it will become in sync with your mind
- when a person is angry, focus with your senses on the pain that person is going through, helps not to react from your ego
- think of joy (of recognition) as manifestation of pleasure in response to the pain of wanting recognition
- the apparent hatred we express while pretending to be someone else (online presence) is an expression of the true self inside us that we keep tucked away in a deep corner of our mind
- pleasure is something that doesn't exist physically. it is an illusion that we experience when our pain decreases and the brain misinterprets the elimination of pain as pleasure
- in buddhism, the best thing to do both for ourselves and for someone who has passed away is not to grieve endlessly, but to have a mind of compassion. praying that they are in a calm state as we meditate for compassion (loving-kindness meditation)
- Zenyu refers to an irreplaceable friend with whom we can develop our minds in a manner that is mutually beneficial
- the first thing to do is to say goodbye to the pride that comes from the klesha of arrogance— not wanting to be defeated by others and avoiding showing people the distortions within us
- receiving information, believing it bo a script and breaking away from that perception, which then turns out to be another part of the script— understanding that constant repetition will be a blow to our sense of self
last updated: 27-sep-2026 19:46