If you fantasise committing an unskillful action, such as violence towards someone, imagine enjoying the action and feel satisfied that it has been enjoyable, then you have patterned your perception - Illusory Advice

 

If you fantasise committing an unskillful action, such as violence towards someone, imagine enjoying the action and feel satisfied that it has been enjoyable, then you have patterned your perception to some extent though not as strongly as if you had actually committed the act. It may be that you are not aware of deciding to have the fantasy because it is too fast – phhhtt! You are just in there. Try to engage with the energy of the fantasy, rather than the conceptual content of the fantasy – stare at it in the same way that you would stare at an emotion. Then interesting things may start to happen, and the compulsion of fantasy creation will begin to lose its power. As with dreams, the content is ultimately irrelevant. It is the energy of the experience, and what we do with that energy that is pertinent.

page 97, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

 

As a practitioner you can learn to dwell in the emptiness and form of each new moment - Illusory Advice

 

Each aspect of experience has its qualities to be discovered and appreciated. As a practitioner you can learn to dwell in the emptiness and form of each new moment of every day, so that nothing is ever experienced as mundane or mediocre. Through yearning for what might be, fretting about what isn’t, and worrying about what is, there is the risk of missing the vibrant, sparkling possibility of each moment.

page 95, Illusory Advice, Ngakma Nor’dzin & Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, Aro Books Worldwide, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-898185-37-6

 

Slogan 23 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Slogan 23 of ‘Battlecry of Freedom’ is now available to view on Aro Ling Cardiff’s YouTube channel: https://youtube/KiB48be8gCc

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’.
Everyone is welcome.

To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to:
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Monday Meditations

 

Many apologies for putting up a cancellation screen last night. Monday Meditations was not cancelled! - and thank you to those who stayed till starting time anyway. We will be continuing as usual Mondays 7 to 8:30 on Zoom.

 

Details here: http://aro-ling-cardiff.blogspot.com/p/meditation.html

 

Practice details for Monday Meditations here: http://aro-ling-cardiff.blogspot.com/p/practices-monday-meditations.html

Alert presence - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Opportunities to practise transformation can suddenly arise, such as an unexpected disturbance to the mind. Unexpected occurrences can evoke surprise, amazement, shock, fear, apprehension, wonder, disbelief, laughter – all of which offer the possibility of alert presence in the moment. Such opportunities should not be wasted.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8 Part II - the slogans, p. 97

 

Slogan 22 - Battlecry of Freedom

 

Slogan 22 of ‘Battlecry of Freedom’ is now available to view on Aro Ling Cardiff’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/KiB48be8gCc

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.
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a slogan from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.
Everyone is welcome.

To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to:
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Slogan 21 -- Battlecry of Freedom

 

Slogan 21 of ‘Battlecry of Freedom’ is now available to view on Aro Ling Cardiff’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/KiB48be8gCc

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.
Zoom Meeting ID: 85249620913
Passcode: 640389
Silent sitting and yogic song, finishing with a slogan from ‘Battlecry of Freedom’.
Everyone is welcome.

To see all videos with Ngakma Nor’dzin and Ngakpa ’ö-Dzin, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AroLingCardiff