When you focus on appreciating then you are nourished by your appreciation - Illusory Advice

Apprentice: I find that my partner is irritating me a lot at the moment and this is creating a lot of tension. I’m not sure the relationship is working out ... Teachers: When you focus on the aspects of your partner that irritate you, that seem inconsiderate, that fail to meet your desires, or that you do not understand or like, you starve yourself and allow the relationship to wither a little. However when you focus on appreciating what you find desirable, pleasurable, interesting, exciting, and enjoyable about your partner, then you are nourished by your appreciation and the relationship can bloom. If you do observe aspects of your relationship about which you feel unhappy, it can be helpful to try to take yourself out of the focus of the feeling of dissatisfaction so that you can be more objective about the situation. When you respond with irritation it is helpful to bear in mind that the stimulus is in fact neutral. You have to own the irritation response, rather than blaming your partner.

page 88, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

Slogan 14 - Battlecry of Freedom

Slogan 14 of ‘Battlecry of Freedom’ is now available to view on Aro Ling Cardiff’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/qKaDGUu-DMg

For live commentary on these slogans of Buddhist Mind Training, join us for Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time) on Zoom, Monday evenings.
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Silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a slogan from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.
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You cannot make the possibility of bad things happening go away by worrying about them - Illusory Advice

You cannot make the possibility of bad things happening go away by worrying about them. Facing fantasy projections does not prepare you or help should such unfortunate events come to pass. You cannot control a future in which you may not be alive by living in a state of anxiety in the present. There is also the very real danger of adversely affecting the time you do have with your family by worrying about a possible projected future. It is sharing and enjoying being with your family in each and every moment of your life that is important. It is who you are for them and who you enable them to be by your presence and influence in their lives that will make the greatest difference.

page 84, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

Slogan 13 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin read from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.

‘Battlecry of Freedom’ by Ngakma Nor’dzin, published by Aro Books worldwide in 2019, explores the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong, Mind Training, as presented by Chekhawa Yeshé Dorje in the 12th century. His Seven Points of Mind Training offer a complete approach to daily practice in 59 slogans.

This video is Slogan 13.

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Emotions arise in the moment, abide, and then dissolve - Illusory Advice

Emotions arise in the moment, abide, and then dissolve. Each and every emotion that arises is a fresh experience, so it is not possible to learn how to deal with that. Trying to learn how to ‘tolerate emotions’ can only ever be intellectual because actual experience is direct and real in the moment. Trying to work with emotion intellectually will not function. The most useful practice to help cope with emotion when it arises is … yes you guessed … silent sitting. Recognising the movement of mind is all that can help: something arises, abides, and dissolves. You get used to the emptiness of dissolution and this makes your relationship with change more comfortable. Gradually this enables you to be more present in the moment.

page 82, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

Slogan 12 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

 

Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin read from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.

‘Battlecry of Freedom’ by Ngakma Nor’dzin, published by Aro Books worldwide in 2019, explores the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong, Mind Training, as presented by Chekhawa Yeshé Dorje in the 12th century. His Seven Points of Mind Training offer a complete approach to daily practice in 59 slogans.

This video is Slogan 12.

Monday Meditations: 7 - 8:30 pm (UK time) on Zoom Monday evenings.
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Do join us for silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a reading from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’. Everyone is welcome.

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Emptiness is the Key - Battlecry of Freedom

Emptiness is the key, because emptiness is the sphere which is denied. Form is easily recognised and there is experience with manipulating form, but there is a disconnection and lack of experience of the sphere of emptiness. This disconnection can be overcome through meditation practices that introduce the experience of emptiness, either through analysis or examination. Emptiness can also be discovered through both happy and sad life experiences. The sphere of emptiness can become available through devoted relationship with a teacher.

Emptiness is protection from delusion, because it corrects the relationship with form. It reunites that which delusion attempts to split. Emptiness makes it possible to awaken to the realisation of the nonduality of emptiness and form. Then the indivisibility of emptiness, energy, and form can be realised.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p.93