Thought for the Day

[sexual_chocolate]

"And if I know what is happening to me in the here and now, I don't need to ask the question, "What will happen to me after this body disintegrates?" There is no "before" and "after", just as there is no birth and death. We can be free of these notions in this very moment, filled with the great joyful silence of all that is."

[pink]

and a river runs through it.......

[billcoe]

"And if I know what is happening to me in the here and now, I don't need to ask the question, "What will happen to me after this body disintegrates?" There is no "before" and "after", just as there is no birth and death. We can be free of these notions in this very moment, filled with the great joyful silence of all that is."

 

Sounds like you need to get on the Denali Expedition. They'll straighten your ass out in no time.

 

Helping the confused

 

You're welcome.

[minx]

i didn't know i was supposed to have a thought for today! i didn't get the memo

[Bug]

"And if I know what is happening to me in the here and now, I don't need to ask the question, "What will happen to me after this body disintegrates?" There is no "before" and "after", just as there is no birth and death. We can be free of these notions in this very moment, filled with the great joyful silence of all that is."

Living "in the moment" is a path to enlightenment in most if not all traditions. But it does not presupose a single reality.

[sexual_chocolate]

no, i don't think it does (although i cannot imagine what a "single reality" might be).

[tvashtarkatena]

"Sometimes a Light Surprises"

[TREETOAD]

I already had one thought today, more than enough.

 

[catbirdseat]

Here's the more of the quote:

 

I don’t care at all what happens to me when I die. That’s why I have a lot of time to care about what is happening to me in the here and the now. When I walk, I want to enjoy every step I take. I want freedom and peace and joy in every step. So joy and peace and lightness are what I produce in that moment. I have inherited it and I pass it on to other people. If someone sees me walking this way and decides to walk mindfully for him or herself, then I am reborn in him or in her right away—that’s my continuation. That’s what is happening to me in the here and the now. And if I know what is happening to me in the here and the now, I don’t need to ask the question, “What will happen to me after this body disintegrates?” There is no “before” and “after,” just as there is no birth and death. We can be free of these notions in this very moment, filled with the great joyful silence of all that is.

 

Excerpted from: This Silence is Called Great Joy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala Sun, September 2007.

 

[TREETOAD]

Now that is a good thought, one certainly worth having every day.

[catbirdseat]

The above quote gybe with what Arlo was saying in his Rock Warrior book. He advised to live in the moment and focus on what you are doing right now. Concentrate only on the moves you are making now and are about to make and not on reaching the top of the route or getting the redpoint.

 

Your enjoyment of the climb with be enhanced, as will your ability to learn. Your performance will improve at the same time.

[sexual_chocolate]

ever read The Power of Now? cool read, methinks. lots of similarities to what thich nhat hanh and arno both write and speak of.

[TREETOAD]

The above quote gybe with what Arlo was saying in his Rock Warrior book. He advised to live in the moment and focus on what you are doing right now. Concentrate only on the moves you are making now and are about to make and not on reaching the top of the route or getting the redpoint.

 

Your enjoyment of the climb with be enhanced, as will your ability to learn. Your performance will improve at the same time.

 

I sort of learned this in my sailing life. It is a shame that it is so easy to forget the important shit you learn in life. It seems that you usually learn the best things when you are not looking.

[minx]

wow, i have such an inner calm after reading this

[pink]

wow, i have such an inner calm after reading this

 

 

minx, i never experienced your inner calm but i'm quite familiar with your inner bitch.

Edited December 18, 2007 by pink

[pink]

don't you think that you have tormented me enough.

[TREETOAD]

perhaps you just had an orgasm

 

[pink]

perhaps you just had an orgasm

 

whatever you say, sailor boy.....

[minx]

pink, my inner calm only grows the more tormented you are.

[minx]

perhaps you just had an orgasm

 

well at least he's speedy even if he's not good

[pink]

i seem to bring out the inner bitch in every chick, some say it's a gift.

[minx]

i seem to bring out the inner bitch in every chick, some say it's a gift.

 

and some say it's why your right hand is your usual date

[pink]

how would you know? maybe you were my right hand in a previous life.

[minx]

how would you know? maybe you were my right hand in a previous life.

 

only a serial killer of small children and puppies has karma that bad

[Hugh Conway]

I :heart: big floppy donkey dicks