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  1. The only idea that comes to my mind about that, could be that all those "achievements, personality, etc" are like energy that can be transferred to a consciousness and it will have to overcome that personality to come back to consciousness again. That's the only thing I can think of... (so far... )
  3. I was in a Christian Church and in some ways they do the same thing. The problem is when someone wants or try to push their beliefs on you. In my opinion they have a wrong interpretation of the scriptures due to their distortion of reality. That's what happens with most of the religions. They try to impose their reality on you, but for them their reality is the only truth. Good to know you are beginning to walk with your own feet.

  4. Lifestyle Minimalist Or Laziness?

    abrakamowse replied to Oneness's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Less is more... Einstein did that... look http://calnewport.com/blog/2007/10/10/the-einstein-principle-accomplish-more-by-doing-less/ A quote from the article: "We are most productive when we focus on a very small number of projects on which we can devote a large amount of attention."

  5. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Cool @All_Around_Me thanks, that's great help. Nice. This is the place I am going today, I'll meet @Neill there if everything goes as planned. http://www.daibosatsu.org/newyorkzendo.html

  6. My Struggles With "self Contemplation"

    abrakamowse replied to GigaWiser78's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    First thing you should do is understand that your thoughts are not real most of the time. If you think you are bad at something, you will be bad at that something. The thing that helped me more to get detached from thoughts and inner critics was mindful meditation. It seems not related at all, but after observing your thoughts without judging them as if they were not your thoughts work wonderfully. You will dominate your thoughts and you won't be dominated by them. This is the meditation:
  7. @Leo Gura That's why I think sometimes is better not to ask so many questions. It's like one of those question Buddha say to put it aside. The main focus should be to get enlightened, then we will know what we need to know. IMO
  8. In that case, what do we mean in this school by ‘to practice Zen’? In this school, by ‘to practice,’ we mean not to be obstructed by anything and externally not to give rise to thoughts about objective states. And by ‘Zen,’ we mean to see our nature without being confused. And what do we mean by ‘Zen meditation’? Externally to be free of form is ‘Zen.’ And internally not to be confused is ‘meditation.’ Exter- nally, if you are attached to form, internally, your mind will be confused. But if you are free of form externally, internally your nature will not be confused. Your nature itself is pure and focused. It is just that you come into contact with objects, and as you come into contact, you become con- fused. When you are free of form and not confused, you are focused. To be free of form externally is ‘Zen.’ Not to be confused internally is ‘meditation.’ External Zen and internal meditation, this is what we mean by ‘Zen meditation.’ The Vimalakirti Sutra says, ‘Suddenly all at once, we return to our original mind.’ And the Bodhisattva Precept Sutra says, ‘Our original nature is pure.’ Good friends, see the fundamental purity of your own nature. Cultivate and put to work for yourselves the dharma body of your own nature. Practice for yourselves the practices of a buddha. Begin and complete for yourselves the path to buddhahood.

  9. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    @All_Around_Me Thanks!!! When I do self inquiry I just ask "who am I", I don't know if there's more methods to do it. Did you see any interesting method in youtube or read on a book? I am going on thursday to a zen meditation center, I will ask them about it. Thanks for your encouraging words!!!! @All_Around_Me and @Natasha

  10. How Can I Get A Girlfriend?

    abrakamowse replied to HGGabrielF's topic in Dating, Sexuality, Relationships, Family

    Invite her to eat some pizza!!! That will do! You get the heart of a woman with pizza...

  11. How Can I Get A Girlfriend?

    abrakamowse replied to HGGabrielF's topic in Dating, Sexuality, Relationships, Family

    Tell her you like her and wait for her reaction... then invite her out and kiss her, that's all...

  12. Lie

    abrakamowse replied to Neph's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Most of the time we lie without knowing we are lying.
  13. So, the concept of reincarnation is taken in the broadest meaning? I mean, while there's still process of being born and dead there's reincarnation? I have to read about that, I know... hehehe...

  14. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thanks @Natasha, I am reading a pdf file I found on a forum from the implicate technology center in England and is helping me a lot. I think the problem is that the process is slow and my ego gets anxious. Lol. Thanks again!!!!! P.S.: You can check the pdf files here, they seem pretty good and very practical. http://theimplicatetechnologycentre.co.uk/

  15. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    I need to post the rest of the story but I am getting busy on my new design company (freelance). Yesterday I was sad because I felt I was far from enlightened and I had a lot of negative thoughts about not being enlightened. And at some point I felt like an insight saying "Stop feeding the beast!!!"
  16. I agree with this but I don't think they will do it. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/17/trump-hillary-or-sanders-seven-reasons-why-our-next-president-should-meditate.html
  18. KYOGEN'S MAN HANGING IN THE TREE Kyogen said, "It (Zen) is like a man (monk) hanging by his teeth in a tree over a precipice. His hands grasp no branch, his feet rest on no limb, and under the tree another man asks him, 'Why did Bodhidharma come to China from the West (India)?' If the man in the tree does not answer, he misses the question, and if he answers, he falls and loses his life. Now what shall he do?"
  19. We can make a movie about it

  22. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

  23. My Path To Somewhere, I Hope...

    abrakamowse replied to abrakamowse's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    @All_Around_Me Yes, the crazy part begins after that Lol... I will be posting it soon. Maybe on Sunday. I am working on it. I'm thinking in adapting it into a comic hehehe... and thanks for reading it.
  24. No Paul, the only way is through insights of our true self. And we understand it while we have the experience but when you want to explain it there's no words to explain it because it transcends law of physics or our senses. That's why is so difficult to prove, only personal experience can achieve that. And not through thinking or empirical methods. In fact, there's no methods.
  25. I really like that point of view, It's close to what I think right now.