flute lessons for the blind

The very purpose of religion

“If you really take an interest in Buddhism, then the most important thing is implementation-practice.

To study Buddhism and then use it as a weapon in order to criticize others' theories or ideologies is wrong. The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.”

~ 14th Dalai Lama

“Suffering is just an idea forged in the mind.”  -Anon I mus

Suffering becomes your reality when the wounded mind becomes the translator (lens) of your experience. Your feelings are generated by what you believe to be true (via the stories of the mind). Stop getting in your own way by allowing self-sabotaging beliefs to unconsciously run your life. The old identity was built around layers of fear, memory, protection and pain. You are not lost, your authentic self must outgrow the old familiar pattern (cage) your nervous system once called home.  

You must not go against the grain of your inner peace, stillness and freedom. Fear, anxiety, over-thinking, anger, regret, lack, complaining and ruminating are not caused by your thoughts but by your reactions to them. When you internalize these thoughts, you are at the mercy of them. The is old version of you learned to call limitation safety, when your nervous system was trained inside the pattern of suffering (captivity). They have a pull on your attention that make you falsely believe that those thoughts and conditioning are who you are. 

“Do not hold onto turbulent, negative emotions or beliefs that cause you to easily get triggered by people, places or situations. They do not in anyway serve your personal growth, peace of mind and well being. Suffering begins the moment your mind resists the way life is unfolding (a person, situation or truth) and believing that it should be different. 

The old programming of the subconscious mind by default moves toward what is familiar, not better. You may create a problem just to return to the feeling your nervous system recognizes. It is because the unhealed part of you mistakes familiarity with safety. Our emotional suffering exists primarily in the internal dialogues we have about our circumstances, rather than in the circumstances itself. 

You are not trapped by your circumstances, you’re only trapped by the stories your mind tells about it. Healing begins when you stop identifying with the unhealed pattern and start to see it as simply ‘programming’. Stop allowing yourself to be trapped in the loop by calling the old wound home. The unfamiliar doesn’t always mean unsafe, it can be your doorway to freedom. Stop living in reaction mode to internal/external stimuli by personalizing thoughts and feelings that are not in energetic alignment with observing awareness, inner stillness, gratitude, coherence, joy and freedom.”     ~Anon I mus (Spiritually Anonymous)