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Posted by Lian Dao on 1/16/2008, 9:26 am, in reply to "Re: pop recognition of ancient wisdom"
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: The matter of using mind to settle
: mind...heh, fun to try and wrap one's mind
: around that baby.
: The awareness you seek either comes or it
: does not. I don't think this is
: predestination or karmic destiny; it's more
: subtle than that. With powerful biological
: influences and ramifications.
Steve, "Powerful biological influences and ramifications"? Oh you mean Karma?
:
: That at some point in your past, josef, you
: alighted on meditative practice was no
: accident. Your mind was already on a path
: toward achieving something you understood to
: be desirable, and you gravitated toward a
: means to achieve your goal.
Oh you mean karma?
:
: You cannot put yourself, or be put, on the
: path. Useless, for example, to say to
: someone "You should meditate" or
: "You should seek clarity" or even
: "You should seek peace." Either
: it happens or it does not.
:
Imo, you are quite possibly right.
Amitofo!
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