Asheville Sangha2024-03-29T09:37:12ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrulehttp://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/profiles/gfx/defaults/profile-336600.png?xn_version=431723162&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1&xj_user_default=1http://www.ashevillesangha.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0p4kh6fga2uxz&feed=yes&xn_auth=noACIM Healing Concert with Neda Bointag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2022-06-27:2779523:Topic:1937442022-06-27T22:37:30.864ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p>Hey Friends!</p>
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<p>Just wanting to invite you to a house concert with Neda Boin.</p>
<p>If you follow David Hoffmeister you may know who she is.</p>
<p>Neda has composed beautiful music set to the text/workbook of the Course.…</p>
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<p>Hey Friends!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Just wanting to invite you to a house concert with Neda Boin.</p>
<p>If you follow David Hoffmeister you may know who she is.</p>
<p>Neda has composed beautiful music set to the text/workbook of the Course.</p>
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<p>I have felt a pull or calling to road or woods or trails or something. I am playing with perspective of that I. </p>
<p>Playing or witness or...</p>
<p>Any way. The word Pilgrimage seems to heavy or taboo maybe. I think its just from lack of reference.</p>
<p>Regardless, I am liking idea of RV style tour of chosen centers, retreats, occurances, happenings..</p>
<p>I would love any suggestions or recommendations, ideas, input in general, lol. Just putting it out there.</p>
<p>I have felt a pull or calling to road or woods or trails or something. I am playing with perspective of that I. </p>
<p>Playing or witness or...</p>
<p>Any way. The word Pilgrimage seems to heavy or taboo maybe. I think its just from lack of reference.</p>
<p>Regardless, I am liking idea of RV style tour of chosen centers, retreats, occurances, happenings..</p>
<p>I would love any suggestions or recommendations, ideas, input in general, lol. Just putting it out there.</p> Letting go of the "rememberer?"tag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2020-11-06:2779523:Topic:1260282020-11-06T16:51:05.528ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p>Greetings all! I'm thrilled to be a part of the community and appreciate your patience as I learn norms and what all is already available (so please forgive me if I engage in a way that is out of place or begin by asking questions that have been answered in detail elsewhere).</p>
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<p>An inquiry that I'm particularly interested to connect with others on or learn more about is an experience I had two nights ago (which prompted me to join this community after months/years of dragging my…</p>
<p>Greetings all! I'm thrilled to be a part of the community and appreciate your patience as I learn norms and what all is already available (so please forgive me if I engage in a way that is out of place or begin by asking questions that have been answered in detail elsewhere).</p>
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<p>An inquiry that I'm particularly interested to connect with others on or learn more about is an experience I had two nights ago (which prompted me to join this community after months/years of dragging my feet). I was in a fairly deep meditation after a few bouts of what I call "running down the staircase"<strong>*</strong> when I started laughing because I realized that there was a very subtle part of the mind still hanging on that I'd call the "rememberer." It seems to think its job is to keep track of all that is being witnessed so that it can be written about or told to someone (usually me) later. As that element was just about to be cast away, a sudden realization came forward that if I do that, I will have to trust that I can come back from stepping away from that which remembers. In other words, if I'm about to step across a transom (that may very well be illusory) that I may not remember because the part of the mind that remembers lets go, will I <em>remember</em> to come back from that transom and feed the cats? Or, more concerningly, <em>can</em> I?</p>
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<p>I started walking down the staircase after that thinking to myself: this is probably the area in which it may be helpful to understand whether this is a Known Thing and if there is guidance that would be helpful to have encountered before crossing that transom (at least a gentle "don't worry, keep going" (or at the very least not a "dear heavens no DON'T DO <em>THAT</em>")). I realized I hadn't set a timer, so next time, that seems advisable to do.</p>
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<p>Thoughts anyone?</p>
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<p><strong>*</strong>An analogy of my experience of deeper meditations has been one of climbing a spiral staircase lined with treasures. I often come across some great insight and am so excited to capture it that I grab a hold of the treasure and run back down the staircase so that I can have it (usually by writing it down). This analogy is, as I view it at least, one such helpful treasure that I grabbed and ran back down the staircase. I have been embarking on a more intentional Samatha practice which has helped lessen the pull/distraction of those treasures when there are still many more steps to climb.</p> Books to Dinatetag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-09-30:2779523:Topic:876442019-09-30T21:51:04.715ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
I have a number of Sufi Books to donate. If you are interested please email shechooseslove2@gmail.com Ann
I have a number of Sufi Books to donate. If you are interested please email shechooseslove2@gmail.com Ann MOOJI: Don’t Let Your Ego (Person) Block Your Freedomtag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-16:2779523:Topic:860462019-03-16T13:44:25.798ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1854">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1854</a></p>
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1854">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1854</a></p> Mooji Moment: Every Cell of Your Body Rejoices in the Truthtag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-14:2779523:Topic:857772019-03-14T18:57:31.904ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1852">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1852</a></p>
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1852">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1852</a></p> Mooji Video: The Nectar of Immortalitytag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-13:2779523:Topic:857412019-03-13T14:08:39.920ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1850">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1850</a></p>
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1850">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1850</a></p> Mooji: Remain as you aretag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-11:2779523:Topic:855832019-03-11T21:04:05.201ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1848">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1848</a></p>
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1848">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1848</a></p> Mooji Video: Don’t Let Yourself Be Molested by Your Mindtag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-10:2779523:Topic:857232019-03-10T19:58:53.908ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1839">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1839</a></p>
<p><a href="http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1839">http://online-satsang.com/hp_wordpress/?p=1839</a></p> Alan Watts quoted music video on Overthinkingtag:www.ashevillesangha.com,2019-03-08:2779523:Topic:857472019-03-08T23:15:45.145ZAnn Dubrulehttp://www.ashevillesangha.com/profile/AnnDubrule
<p>Such truth here to, ah, not ponder ;-)<br></br> Transcript:</p>
<p><br></br> A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So.. he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusions. By thoughts I mean specifically, chatter in the skull. Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating.<br></br> I'm not saying that thinking is bad. Like everything else, It's useful in moderation. A good servant, but a bad master. And all so-called…</p>
<p>Such truth here to, ah, not ponder ;-)<br/> Transcript:</p>
<p><br/> A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So.. he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusions. By thoughts I mean specifically, chatter in the skull. Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words, of reckoning and calculating.<br/> I'm not saying that thinking is bad. Like everything else, It's useful in moderation. A good servant, but a bad master. And all so-called civilized peoples have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive. Because through excessive thinking they have lost touch with reality. That's to say... We confuse science, with the real world...</p>
<p>(This is the beginning of meditation.)<br/> <br/> Most of us would have, rather, money than tangible wealth. And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed. And to read about it the next day in the newspaper, is oddly more fun for us than the original event. This is a disaster... For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs, we are destroying nature. We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Time to wake up.</span></p>
<p><br/> What is reality? Obviously... no one can say. Because it isn't words. It isn't material, that's just an idea. <strong>Reality is</strong>...<br/> The point cannot be explained in words.<br/>
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I'm not trying to put you down. It's an expression of you as you are. One must live... We need to survive to go on... We must go on.<br/>
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<em>-Alan Watts</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQSQuCHtcI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQSQuCHtcI -- INZO - Overthinker</a></p>