Know this.
These bodies that are given to us at birth are impermanent. One day they will cease to function, and we will die. Some of us are fortunate that our bodies will work almost until the last minute. Some of us, like myself (heart attack, cancer), are not so fortunate and we are reminded of our own mortality much earlier.
Still, all bodies are impermanent.
Reflect upon the above.
#zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #impermanence #body
I feel today is going to be a struggle mentally.
Still, I'm ready to be #surprised. I've been surprised before. Maybe this willingness to be surprised is one of the gifts of #Zen.
#disability #MentalHealth #anxiety #depression #autism #ActuallyAutistic #wildfires #AirQuality #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation #meditation #surprise #KitchenSink
#surprised #zen #disability #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #autism #actuallyautistic #wildfires #airquality #zenbuddhism #zenmeditation #meditation #surprise #kitchensink
I wrote this before joining Mastodon. It is about the funeral of my dearest cat Willow. Pretty Impala was talking about getting a cat and I impressed upon her the responsibilities it entails. Then I told her about Willow's funeral and sent her the poem:
https://medium.com/weeds-wildflowers/willow-186dc608f759
#poetry #Buddhism #funeral #euthanasia #death #cat #daddysgirl #ZenBuddhism #Zen #KwanSeUmBosal #JiJangBosal #SogamuniBul #MettaSutta #Metta
#poetry #buddhism #funeral #euthanasia #death #cat #daddysgirl #zenbuddhism #zen #kwanseumbosal #jijangbosal #sogamunibul #mettasutta #metta
It would be nice if I remembered to announce my articles here.
I explain how BDSM done with the right intent and kindness can be positive for all involved.
https://medium.com/face-first-into-bdsm/zen-kindness-and-the-art-of-bdsm-65f6cf9a75a
#BDSM #Zen #self #Buddhism #kindness #ZenBuddhism #KarmicShaming #Karma #enlightenment #spirituality #psychology #WritersOfMedium #WritersOfMastodon
#bdsm #zen #self #buddhism #kindness #zenbuddhism #karmicshaming #karma #enlightenment #spirituality #psychology #writersofmedium #writersofmastodon
Ngl, I've been talking to a 45yo woman on #KinkD and it ain't going super well. She tends to assume rather than let me reveal myself.
I am human too so I do #assume too sometimes, but I'm also a #Zen #Buddhist. I let people reveal themselves to me.
I find that the young people I've dated tend to do the same as I do. Maybe because they have "beginner's mind?" I tell them something and then they ask, rather than assume they know the answer.
#kinkd #assume #zen #buddhist #dating #zenbuddhism
I was thinking about going to a 7-day retreat at my #Zen center, a few states away from where I live.
I also also thinking about how I'd present this to Pretty Impala, seeing as our relationship is just starting.
Then I remembered that I'm tapering off the keppra that keeps my seizures at bay. If I were to have a seizure while #driving or at the Zen center I'd be in deep #shit because most states want you off the road when you have #seizures.
No seizures so far. ๐
#zen #driving #shit #seizures #zenbuddhism #meditation
"Beware of #God!"
"No, no, no! Beware of #orgasmized #religion."
๐ค Come to think of it, orgasmized religion does not sound so bad.
Maybe that's what I give my subs.
GIRLS: A #meditation! A meditation! There is going to be a meditation tonight!
DINGO: And after the meditation, the oral sex.
#OralSex #MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail #MontyPython #OrgasmizedReligion #sex #Zen #ZenMeditation #ZenBuddhism #Buddhism
#god #orgasmized #religion #meditation #oralsex #montypythonandtheholygrail #montypython #orgasmizedreligion #sex #zen #zenmeditation #zenbuddhism #buddhism
There's nothing like accidentally seeing a #nude of Pretty Impala before #meditation.
#Boner all the way!
#nude #meditation #boner #zenmeditation #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism
Wow wow wow wow wow!
So Pretty Impala asks me how the #meditation went yesterday and we talk about it, and she says she's done meditation before and wants to get back into it.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes!
I told her she's welcome to join me. I think I might just get her to sit with me.
OMG! I love her so much! ๐
#Zen #ZenBuddhism #ZenMeditation #Buddhism #love #relationships
#meditation #zen #zenbuddhism #zenmeditation #buddhism #love #relationships
#Meditation is over. I'm going to get so #krunked that #kava is going to #shoot out of my #ears!
I wonder if it is going to do anything for my #pain. ๐ค
#meditation #krunked #kava #shoot #ears #pain #zen #zenbuddhism #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression
I'm not going to be on #Mastodon much today. I'm going to be #meditating in a day-long #Zen #retreat that my group is holding through #Zoom.
We've been doing #Zoom retreats since the start of the #pandemic. I don't think they are ever going to go away. However, we've restarted going retreats in person too.
#mastodon #meditating #zen #retreat #zoom #pandemic #zenretreat #buddhism #zenbuddhism
@SpockResists So true. You may be interested in this #audiobook sale of several of #ThichNhatHanh books.
https://www.chirpbooks.com/search?q=Thich&filter=authors
#zenbuddhism
#audiobook #thichnhathanh #zenbuddhism
Filmmaker Max Pughโs new documentary I Have Arrived, I Am Home marks the first anniversary of the passing of #ThichNhatHanh. Watch it now
#thichnhathanh #buddhism #zenbuddhism #mindfulness
My new little #comic is live!
Going back to that late 2000s #webcomic strip vibe to share bits of my practice, humor, and meditations on life.
Comics for Monks: https://monks.bone.blue
#pagan #polytheism #animism #ZenBuddhism #mexicayotl #spirituality #meditation #religion #theology #Vancouver #chicano
#chicano #vancouver #theology #religion #meditation #spirituality #mexicayotl #zenbuddhism #animism #polytheism #pagan #webcomic #comic
@Krisss
Oh, which form of #Gratitude ?
I have studied and followed #Buddhism #ZenBuddhism #Taoism etc. Also #psychology and #science
#Gratitude works. Research backs it up.
I did the #3GoodThings kind of practice for awhile, and still do sometimes. But now, it's ingrained and I pretty much am #Mindful on and off all the time, and am able to appreciate and be thankful for so many things.
#gratitude #buddhism #zenbuddhism #taoism #psychology #science #3goodthings #mindful
I've been reading and truly enjoying the book, "The Issue At Hand: Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice" by Gil Fronsdal. It's very good. It's short and very accessible.
#Buddhism #mindfulness #meditation #Buddhist #Zen #ZenBuddhism
Here is a link where you can download the book for free:
https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/the-issue-at-hand/
#buddhism #mindfulness #meditation #buddhist #zen #zenbuddhism
A teacher said, โYou should cultivate your virtue. You should accumulate your merit. If you give others the good part of a pickle, then you will accumulate merit. That is why you should take the worst part of the pickle.โ And I thought, then I would rather take the best part to let others [laughs, laughter] accumulate more merit. I didn't want to accumulate merit for myself.
#zen #buddhism #soto #zenbuddhism
- Shunryu Suzuki lecture 1967-12-06, shunryusuzuki.com
#zen #buddhism #soto #zenbuddhism
#zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #meditation
Nyogen Senzaki, Eloquent Silence (2008)
#meditation #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism
Book 13 of this year
Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life โ Thich Nhat Hanh
#thichnhathanh #buddhism #zenbuddhism #bookstodon