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by RopeNL
Sun Sep 28, 2014 1:18 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and fears (mental illness)
Replies: 13
Views: 3576

Re: Meditation and fears (mental illness)

Well.. Here I am 1 month later and I did it again. I went out last night and I over did it again. I just tried meditating and again I started hearing people talk about me, having sensations on the top of my head (like a tapping of a small hammer). While I was at the club I already felt really out of...
by RopeNL
Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:50 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Today I told a lie
Replies: 14
Views: 4856

Re: Today I told a lie

Hmm.. That's a good idea :). I'll get them some fruit and apologize at the same time. I've been getting fruit for the team for some time now, so I guess that would be a good way to do it :).
by RopeNL
Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:02 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Today I told a lie
Replies: 14
Views: 4856

Re: Today I told a lie

If you use this off-time productivity, to plan how you can be less tired in the future, then you can look at this day as a "mending day" which you needed to take... lest you find yourself in the same situation soon again. Do you think you lied because you were tired, and, didn't have the ...
by RopeNL
Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:57 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Today I told a lie
Replies: 14
Views: 4856

Today I told a lie

Hello everyone, I have a question. Pertaining to one of the precepts, that of false speech. Today I called in sick at work because I have been tired for a really long time. During the holiday I used my time to study to get accepted to a Master's degree. Which has happened for me. Ever since I've not...
by RopeNL
Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:46 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and your breath
Replies: 21
Views: 7236

Re: Meditation and your breath

Hi greg,

Could you explain how I do that? I seem to continue concentrating and not being aware. I tend to do that with every kind of breathing technique. I focus on a certain thing and than I tend to concentrate not be aware.
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:42 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and fears (mental illness)
Replies: 13
Views: 3576

Re: Meditation and fears (mental illness)

Hmm.. I dont know about totally stopping with drinking. But I will stop overusing it. Its not like an addiction to me at all, I never have any alcohol in my house what so ever. It's just that I went to far that time, and that won't happen again. I'm back meditating again. Started yesterday for 5 min...
by RopeNL
Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:47 am
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and fears (mental illness)
Replies: 13
Views: 3576

Re: Meditation and fears (mental illness)

Hi everyone! I can not thank you enough for responding! The things you've said make a lot of sense to me. I've tried to not drink alcohol for some time but I always failed. I stopped using drugs almost right after I had the psychosis and have not touched it since (although I did take one puff of MJ ...
by RopeNL
Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:22 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and fears (mental illness)
Replies: 13
Views: 3576

Meditation and fears (mental illness)

Hi everyone, I have a question about meditation and fears, or more specifically mental illness. I have been meditating for about a month now, but a week ago I stopped because something happened which hasn't happened to me for a long time. First I'll tell you a little bit about me, so it makes sense....
by RopeNL
Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:08 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and your breath
Replies: 21
Views: 7236

Re: Meditation and your breath

Hi everyone! Sorry I didn't respond for such a long time! I've been busy studying to get accepted to University to do a master's degree (For which I got accepted! With a lot of help from lessons learned in the past few months, and thus this forum :D!). Anyway, I haven't been meditating for maybe a w...
by RopeNL
Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:57 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Meditation and your breath
Replies: 21
Views: 7236

Meditation and your breath

Hi all, As you may have noticed by some posts in the Lounge forum I've recently started practicing (or at least I think I am) Buddhism. I'm trying to rearrange my life around the precepts and the eightfold path.I'm also trying to meditate to quiet my mind. Now I have a question about meditating and ...
by RopeNL
Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:49 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Buddhism and precognitive dreams?
Replies: 5
Views: 2104

Re: Buddhism and precognitive dreams?

Hi, I'm beginning to feel as if Buddhim should be my path and hence I've got some questions. For the longest time (since I was about 10 or 11) I've had "Deja-vu's" only with the extra sensation that I knew the Deja-vu I had was something I had dreamt before. I'll try to explain this. Most...
by RopeNL
Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:46 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Buddhism and precognitive dreams?
Replies: 5
Views: 2104

Re: Buddhism and precognitive dreams?

It depends on the tradition. I wouldn't try figuring out yourself or from the internet though, find a teacher you trust to explain it to you. Also don't start Buddhist practice with the motivation to figure out the dream stuff only. If the "boring" basics don't appeal to you, or you haven...
by RopeNL
Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:49 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Buddhism and precognitive dreams?
Replies: 5
Views: 2104

Buddhism and precognitive dreams?

Hi, I'm beginning to feel as if Buddhim should be my path and hence I've got some questions. For the longest time (since I was about 10 or 11) I've had "Deja-vu's" only with the extra sensation that I knew the Deja-vu I had was something I had dreamt before. I'll try to explain this. Most ...
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

yan kong wrote:Let it go, it's nature is transient. The pain comes and fades away yet you cling to it. Watch it rise, say hello then let it go.
I will try. Probably won't succeed all the time. But it's worth a shot.
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:14 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

If you ask her the questions that still cloud your thoughts then she'll get a pretty good idea of your true feelings for her. I don't really have any questions left. Thanks to you and the other people on here, my family and friends and myself I've figured out that I'll just let things be, and handl...
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:00 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

The idea I had was... Garudha says some good stuff here. On a more mundane level, ending a relationship is tough and about the only thing that makes the emotional pain go away is time. I believe this to be true. Yet this was my first long relationship which is why it stings so bad. This took me by ...
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:10 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

The idea I had was... Garudha says some good stuff here. On a more mundane level, ending a relationship is tough and about the only thing that makes the emotional pain go away is time. This took me by surprise, as I had said to her "We need to talk" and I let her go first, I never really ...
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:53 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

The idea I had was; when there is a relationship there is a dynamic of some kind. We might say something like "The only relationship one can have is with oneself & all exists in mind", but in general terms (generally accepted reality) relationships do exist and there is a dynamic. Wel...
by RopeNL
Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:42 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

All human have a pure heart... so I think you'll be okay. You very much seem like a reasonable & well balanced person. I'm sorry that I didn't properly read about the parents in the OP. Thank you for the compliment. Don't sweat the parents thing. I could have been clearer. I find it very intere...
by RopeNL
Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?
Replies: 20
Views: 6672

Re: How to handle a recent break-up the budhist way?

I thank you for your answer. It seems brutally honest and I can appreciate that. Try to consider what she needs to move on and live happily... Can you give her that? Think of it like a gift. When I read this I actually cried, because I want nothing more for her to be happy. I'm just really sad that ...

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