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**serius_06** · 04-03-2012, 01:59 AM

Bless you all. And didn't this Gotama chap know his onions and parsnips? Big brave me went back to his ABC Of Dhamma and through it got 'loving kindness' and understanding back from someone who thinks Buddhism is 'just more rules', simply by using painful, total honesty.

I'm sure you veteran meditators can get through the grim bits of reality and can manage to meditate but whilst in my own little world of pain, shame, stupidity and guilt I couldn't quite get down to it. Practice of Dhamma as a Living Philosophy certainly helped, but bloody hell, it's still some kind of magic trick to me to actually meditate when your mind is the conquereor.

aloka- mindfulness of walking 6 miles helped massively, although I've yet to come across any 'Mindfulness of Barbed Wire' and 'Mindfulness of Sliding Through Cow Plop'!

I'm aware my mind is still master of me.... but flipping heck, this Dhamma business helps. So does any form of Sangha. Thanks chaps.

Fellow newbies---- hope all good with you.

04-03-2012, 01:59 AM	#31
serius_06 Join Date Oct 2005 Age 50 Posts 506 Senior Member	Bless you all. And didn't this Gotama chap know his onions and parsnips? Big brave me went back to his ABC Of Dhamma and through it got 'loving kindness' and understanding back from someone who thinks Buddhism is 'just more rules', simply by using painful, total honesty. I'm sure you veteran meditators can get through the grim bits of reality and can manage to meditate but whilst in my own little world of pain, shame, stupidity and guilt I couldn't quite get down to it. Practice of Dhamma as a Living Philosophy certainly helped, but bloody hell, it's still some kind of magic trick to me to actually meditate when your mind is the conquereor. aloka- mindfulness of walking 6 miles helped massively, although I've yet to come across any 'Mindfulness of Barbed Wire' and 'Mindfulness of Sliding Through Cow Plop'! I'm aware my mind is still master of me.... but flipping heck, this Dhamma business helps. So does any form of Sangha. Thanks chaps. Fellow newbies---- hope all good with you.
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