The Zen Within

As the black sheep of the family, it leads to being alone often. This has caused a response that, as an adult, has me alone more than I like. Can I overcome my trauma response to no longer be alone with my mind so much?

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Are we driven by luck and chance or more? Is every left to the dice, I hope not that would suck! I want to know that I have at least some influence on my own life. So I find that I focus on the causes and conditions.

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Why do I feel like I keep making, what feels like, the same mistake over and over? I feel like I am doing what is right. Right Effort and Right Intent can clash. Leading to an uncontrollable combustion we did not see. Effort and intent after the view are clear. Am I getting ahead of myself again?

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So this happened and it has never in 18 years of marriage. My partner and I were in the middle of a disagreement and while proving her point for her I heard it and stopped! That was it, that was her entire point. I heard it I just didn’t like it. That change in perspective allowed me the opportunity the see what she needed and connect deeper with my partner than ever before.

The ego is often seen as either a necessary evil or a good thing to nurture. But what if both are wrong?

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I have found that it is extremely difficult to be able to truly see another’s perspective. However, not impossible! It just feels that way. My wife and I have been approaching stuff in our life, relationship, and even work from very different places. This can and has caused us to have misunderstandings more than we like. Growth only comes from pain, or so I've been told.

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Balance is the word of the month for November. Don't we all strive for this? But what does it mean to have balance? I thought I knew. After talking with a friend I find I was so wrong. Now I am looking at a symbol I thought I understood in a different, more complex way.

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Growth is never easy. It can take years of back-and-forth, two steps forward ten steps back at times. Our goal is to find joy in our daily lives but once we do it can slip away.

After a weekend filled with growth, a new insight emerged. Pain and fear fill so many people. How can we fight against this and help others? Can we take a moment to be kind? I think when you see how much pain we are all in the need to harm seems to fade.

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The Buddha taught about loving-kindness. It was a way to learn to see past people to the person. I have spent so much time contemplating Metta. Then like a bolt I had this thought, what is he really trying to teach?

To me, all I hear is a way to start with care and compassion for people close and move out to everyone. This seems simple enough, so why did I struggle so much?

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Often I feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of things that go on in a day. I know that all the self-help gurus tell us to “slow down and take in the whole picture.”

Realizing I am a spec in an enormous universe somehow doesn't make me feel better. I have wrestled with this idea for years. Who am I? What is consciousness? How can there be “no-self” if I am right here? If there really is not a self why does it matter if I live a specific lifestyle?

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