Posted by: almaas
in Diamond Approach on Jul 30, 2010
Is inquiry with another student significantly more effective than inquiry while alone?
Usually, but in time we might be able to develop our alone inquiry greatly. Inquiry with others is usually more effective, but doing it alone is ultimately what makes the difference, because we have all the time alone. To do it continually means we have to be able to do it alone. It is the sustained inquiry, whether alone or with others, that will ultimately transform our lives, not the occasional highs of inquiry we do in sessions and with others.
Posted by: Jordan Gray
in Spiritual Practice on Jun 11, 2010
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Posted by: almaas
in Diamond Approach on May 30, 2010
How can daily practice support inquiry?
Hameed: Daily practice supports inquiry, by providing it with the skills of concentration, mindful awareness, steadfast focus and so on. Inquiry is not a daily practice but a continual one. We can do it as a daily practice but we need to be always ready to engage it, even within our daily activities. In time it happens spontaneously whenever we are aware of an area of no clarity or understanding. It is then the function of the transparent clarity and guidance of true nature.
Posted by: haj1155
in Soap Box on May 20, 2010
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No one is an island
We live in an interdependent environment. Our planet's biosphere is an interdependent network of forces in constant flux. Our planet's stability relies on the interdependence of forces in our solar system and galaxy.
It seems that the only place the idea of independence lives is in the human egoic mind. The independence I'm addressing is the false notion that - I don't need others; I can go it alone; I can resist being influenced from without.
Posted by: almaas
in Diamond Approach on Apr 17, 2010
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Why is sensing our physical bodies the easiest way to understand our soul?
Our soul is our sensitivity, the expression of our innate awareness. How can we become awake to this sensitivity if we are not sensitive in our bodies! The sensitivity of our body is the expression of the soul’s consciousness, and hence by sensing we awaken and deepen this consciousness. Also, by sensitizing the body we can live our realization in an embodied way, instead of having it as an isolated and dissociated experience.
Posted by: haj1155
in Soap Box on Apr 17, 2010
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Much enthusiasm has been curbed by arrested development
enthusiasm (en-th!?ze-az?em) noun 1. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause. 2. A source or cause of great excitement or interest. 3. Archaic. a. Ecstasy arising from supposed possession by a god. b. Religious fanaticism. Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein, to be inspired by a god, from entheos, possessed : en-, in + theos, god.
Posted by: Scott
in Uncategorized on Mar 24, 2010
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Come spend a week in Hawaii from June 2-9, 2010. Relax, rejuvinate, swim with wild spinner dolphins and visit sacred sights. For more information go to www.dolphinsmile.org.
Posted by: haj1155
in Soap Box on Mar 12, 2010
Elders’ Inquiry and Reflection Group Forming in Berkeley
A group for Ridhwan students aged 60 and older is forming now in Berkeley. We will be meeting to inquire and reflect on our experiences related to aging. There are so many stories and assumptions about what it means to grow old, so many unexamined fears and beliefs. We’ll look at those, of course. But also we want to explore the ripening into maturity that comes with age, the poignancy that accompanies endings, how our sense of time changes, what relationships become, what kind of wisdom becomes available and the mystery and subtlety of development during this time in our lives.
Our intention is to raise questions and issues, provide opportunities to inquire into them in dyads and triads, and explore these questions further in a small group. We will be working with the group dialectic as well as with individual inquiry.
Posted by: anndebaldo
in Uncategorized on Feb 20, 2010
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Don't you wonder some time?
Posted by: haj1155
in Today's Inquiry on Feb 17, 2010
Working on the Soul
Whenever we do any work on ourselves, or engage in any way in the inner journey, we are invariably working with our soul. - A.H. Almaas
Mostly the path leading us to make the decision to "work" on ourselves is littered with frustration, heartbreak and suffering. Many will say the motivation lies in more altruistic spheres, but observation will show that happy, content minds and personalities are not that motivated to change. What the personality wants is to maximize pleasure while minimizing its involvement with pain or suffering.
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