Posts by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
(DIR) Post #9l6a4NwYQ2f0GNFiO8 by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-22T10:33:39Z
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@tim I’m not sure, but it was just a feeling of deep peace and fulfillment inside. A cessation of wanting and craving, agitation and anger. There was a deep place within me that I could go to that was safe. And a feeling of oneness with everyone and everything around me.
(DIR) Post #9l6dg5zzssj3TZXJOS by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-22T11:14:05Z
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@tim Yes, the cessation of craving, agitation and anger seems to be pretty much permanent, as is the sense of peace and contentment. The sense of 'oneness' with everything seems to come and go in waves. I don't seek it, but I experience it frequently enough.
(DIR) Post #9l6e5iBb2hZ99PAzwW by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-22T11:18:42Z
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I am posting music for meditation that I have discovered, curated by The Slow Music Movement and found on BandCamp. I don't think there's anything 'wrong' or 'inferior' about meditating with music. It's not a substitute for silent meditation, but an adjunct. I like to start with either music or guided meditation, and then go into silent meditation. To discover it yourself, go to https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org All Other Voices Gone, Only Yours Remainshttps://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/all-other-voices-gone-only-yours-remains
(DIR) Post #9l6f2IeZcEod32fQMC by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-22T11:29:18Z
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And now, The Quiet Temple:https://thequiettemple.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-temple
(DIR) Post #9l7di3ywY4hSxQwQuO by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-22T22:49:09Z
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Tonight’s meditation: listening to the rain cool down this overheated city.
(DIR) Post #9lG4ohnKEWko3piNmK by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-27T00:30:32Z
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If I had to create a shrine for Buddhist Naturalism, it would be a potted tree. There might not even be a Buddha figure underneath. I would meditate in front of it, contemplating the interconnectedness of life on earth, and my ethical obligation to care for it.
(DIR) Post #9lH0HKFwWRreqJt8Ua by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-27T11:14:26Z
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It took Galileo and Newton to replace God in Christianity. It took Quantum Field Theory to replace Buddhism. That's a remarkable achievement all around. https://engagedharma.net/2019/07/26/toward-a-unified-field-theory-of-self-and-world-part-3/
(DIR) Post #9lLSa9arxpNEcnHZZo by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-29T14:50:24Z
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@reto Good luck to you. I hope someday you let us know how it went.
(DIR) Post #9lOVO7Rd0joboynDIu by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-07-31T02:06:00Z
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I've noticed a change in my meditation lately. I'm starting to feel a fairly strong sense of empowerment as my mind stays clear, still and stable. Now my meditation is not about calming my mind/body, although it does that. It's now about experiencing stillness and stability of mind, and the sense of power and strength that it generates.
(DIR) Post #9lTcMBgLxKBpr0VQSe by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-02T13:17:37Z
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@scribe Yes, a bit. I feel a stronger sense of concentration and focused energy. Culadasa’s The Mind Illuminated calls this the 5th & 6th stages of meditation. Calming ‘dullness’ is replaced by an increasing sense of focused energy. I never expected to reach this stage of meditation. I wasn’t even trying.
(DIR) Post #9lczRoutjKZylSmh1s by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-07T01:48:43Z
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Buddhism-as-a-religion is no longer necessary. If you're looking for answers for your life or a 'path' to perfect enlightenment, yes, Buddhism offers that. But I've become disenchanted with both answers and enlightenment. I've had enough of both. Buddhism is not about answers anymore, it's about questions; answers in the form of questions. It's about asking strange and non-intuitive questions; questions that give the vaguest answers which only provoke more questions.
(DIR) Post #9lhwszWl8HJ3PX4y00 by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-09T11:13:33Z
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@scribe Delivery as a service is not new. We used to get farm dairy products delivered by milk trucks. Grocery stores delivered groceries as a courtesy. I use Instacart for goods from the supermarket because it reduces the number of trips I have to make in a week. I stopped driving because I have cataracts. Instacart keeps me out of a car so I don’t hurt myself or someone else. Lots of elderly people would really appreciate having their groceries delivered and would gladly pay for it.
(DIR) Post #9liz6gCACSh8Zd3nqi by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-09T23:13:13Z
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Hi Folks: I'm letting you know that I can't keep paying the $5 EU a month to masto.host for the Dharma Realm. It's really that bad. I have to end all monthly payments. So if someone or a group of people wants to take over the Dharma Realm, ganesha.masto.host, please let me know and we'll make the transfer. Otherwise, this instance will shut down in September.
(DIR) Post #9lmFsSYsNGPevkMw2C by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-11T13:05:14Z
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So the bill was paid (today) for August to keep the lights on. But I'm notifying masto.host that its the last payment. Unless someone else takes over this instance, it will shut down on Sept. 11. So perhaps it's time to say our goodbyes and farewells.
(DIR) Post #9lnCQlx0aQigFhirwm by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-12T00:01:21Z
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"To find a buddha, all you have to do is see your nature. Your nature is the buddha. And the buddha is the person who's free, free of plans, free of cares. If you don't see your nature and run around all day looking somewhere else, you'll never find a buddha." — Bodhidharma
(DIR) Post #9lnClZ4hebmAOqEiOm by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-12T00:05:06Z
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@tim @scribe Sure. I need someone to take over responsibility for this instance. I can't come up with the $5 Euro on a monthly basis. I would be happy to contribute, but someone else needs to hold the account.I have already told Hugo (masto.host) that I will either transfer ownership or shut down. He has scheduled shut down for Sept. 10. All data will be erased 24 hrs later.
(DIR) Post #9lrVhyMYw9NKgo0OkS by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-14T01:56:12Z
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@slapula @tim @scribe Sounds great! Sign me up.
(DIR) Post #9m1vC6slnVHDXV04QK by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-19T02:28:49Z
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@slapula @tbeckett @tim @scribe Can you post a link and some directions for logging in?
(DIR) Post #9m1vMUkttPdSTaGsZE by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-19T02:30:46Z
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Today I led a discussion with Buddhists on ‘Ditching the Raft’, i.e. letting go of Buddhist dharma when we no longer need it, esp. when modern science and social science does a better job of explaining things than ancient texts do. Evolution, modern psychology, quantum field theory, ecology and systems theory all do a better job of explaining cosmology than the dharma does. I don’t need Iron Age explanations of how the world is.
(DIR) Post #9m1vRSFgczfw9y2Ifw by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
2019-08-19T02:31:39Z
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What Buddhism does is provide me as a practitioner with a personal experience of the interconnectedness, an experience that can be connected to a spiritual sense of connectedness and an ethics for actualizing that connectedness in the world. So that’s what I want from Buddhism. I just want to keep that awareness and experience of one-ness and connectedness.