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 Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 10:22:25 AM
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While doing DM this morning, I noticed that I would lose the mantra a lot because thoughts about the two episodes of Doctor Who that I watched last night kept popping up.
Granted, I would always easily favor the mantra when I realized I was off it, but I wondered....if I'm cleaning the window of my nervous system, and thoughts about what I watched last night keep coming up, does that mean that watching TV shows like that is throwing more dirt on my window and stopping me from making more progress than I could be?
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nearoanoke
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Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 12:38:39 PM
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That is a very good and interesting question. I dont know the reason but this is what I feel.
I dont think watching TV shows is throwing more dirt on the window. Yes, thoughts do mean purification is happening. But the content of the thoughts is not significant and it doesnt represent the dirt being removed off.
It is just that somedays you need surface level cleansing and other days you need deep cleansing. It is just one of those days where surface level cleansing has happened and whatever is right at the top (the TV show) is being picked up.
You must be knowing that in the space between thoughts we touch our silence. It is not noticeable in the normal waking state but it is happening anyway. In DM, the mantra is used as a vehicle to go into this silence and as it comes out of the silence it brings out thoughts whatever are there. Sometimes it is deep old memories and other times just surface thoughts.
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Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 1:28:33 PM
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Near,
Awesome! That's just what I needed to know. It makes perfect sense, and come to think of it, reminds me of something similar that Yogani had written.
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But the content of the thoughts is not significant and it doesn't represent the dirt being removed off.
That's important for me to remember.
Thanks a lot!
With Love,
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whippoorwill
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Posted - Jan 30 2012 : 6:55:26 PM
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I wondered the same thing recently. Thanks for bringing this up!  |
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