The road to freedom

January 26, 2016

Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent.
On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind
through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment,
and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.

~Kathleen McDonald

 

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  10. Reply  

    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    Morning sister +Patricia E.F. I just came to g+ a while ago, haven't seen yet. Let me check in a bit okay. What happens to your profile picture?

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    Patricia E.F.

    January 28, 2013

    I closed my account. I can't handle too many people and circles, I got tired. This is my old account that was still active  sister +Jendhamuni Sos I won't change my profile icon because I feel better this way.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    Sister +Patricia E.F. I understand. Try to limit some times on g+ then, you won't be too tire.  G+ is secondary. If you don't feel like using your own photo for the icon it's fine, but I'm sure you will replace it some day when you are not too tired.

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    Mario BRUNO

    January 28, 2013

    And that it truly is a beautiful place !

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    Charles van Dijk

    January 28, 2013

    Beautiful photo.That would be relaxation behind the computer thinking how to create something like this.

  22. Reply  

    YELDI . R

    January 28, 2013

    This is for someone very special in my life. They know who they are. I could not get through the day without them.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    +YELDI . R You think too much about the past,  but not about the present. You are just hurting yourself. You need to wake up! I said this to you because you are one of my friends. Present is the mother of tomorrow. The past is gone. Don't love someone too much, a lot more than yourself.

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    YELDI . R

    January 28, 2013

    that is why ur my inspiration,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    but reality is reality after all,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    I am very happy to hear that +Reginald Young Wishing you the best. The more we practice, the more we'll lbe at peace, even if we have very little money to live by.

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    Reginald Young

    January 28, 2013

    Yes practice is what it takes,one must take the time to get to know them self.For most of us we spent a life time trying to be what other people wanted us to be until we lose who we are.

  34. Reply  

    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    I agree +Reginald Young I always put the quotes I like into practice, otherwise, they mean nothing for our lives. I never ever want to be someone else other than myself, whether ones like it or not.

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    Osvaldo de Aguiar

    January 28, 2013

    Infelizmente nem todas as pessoas que vencem continuam humildes, a maioria torna-se arrogante, olhando seus semelhantes com desdem!

  38. Reply  

    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    I agree with you 100% +Mark Moshchinsky 
    My mother already got angry at me for letting go too much! She has no idea how peaceful it is:))))

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 28, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I wish, I could let go some things that I did not in the past, my Life would have been much smoother. Well, but nobody is perfect.  Rome was not build in one day and Buddha did not reach enlightenment in one day either 🙂

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    That is very true +Mark Moshchinsky As for the past, we cannot change. However we can change tomorrow by being mindfulness during this present moment. No one is perfect. I got rid of almost all my belongings, my house is very empty. Almost nothing inside. I don't want anything because when I die I can never take them with me, not even one penny. I just want to have enough to live. Only good deed can come along.

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 28, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos That is a very powerful action.
    "Only a monk has nothing to loose. He has no material possessions and his souls belongs to God." DO not remember who said that.
    I used to meditate 2 x a day and stopped watching tv, associate with people  All I cared was meditation, because at that time, I could go pretty deep and a lot of tings were opening up to me. It may sound crazy, but I felt I could reach enlightenment and it was up to me.  I cut myself pretty much from many social activities at that time and then I started getting a bit lonely and a bit depressed, because did not associate myself with anybody in NYC.  (Surprisingly meditation did not surfer at all) 

    I still practice daily, but now not as  much and chose a more middle of the road path.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    +Mark Moshchinsky It's very hard to associate with people when you meditate, unless you reach the high level. If you meditate and still feel lonely, that means you are not practicing it correctly — meaning you have not reached the peaceful level yet. A person who has reached some sort of wisdom throughout meditation never ever feel lonely, no matter where they are, they are always at peace andh happy and hardly get mad or upset at anything.

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 28, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I am not lonely now. I did reach reasonable level, but was not ready to be on my own. I cut off communications with most people. Now I dance Tango and do Martial Arts etc.  Right now it is the way to do, but I also realized theoretical knowledge is essential, meditation along is NOT going to do it.  

    Anybody can reach great levels of spirituality when no one steps on his/her feet. But being peaceful in the moment of insult etc. is not easy. Only a true master can do it.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    +Mark Moshchinsky I could see your point. No one says, being peaceful in the moment of insults is easy at all. It's very difficult to control the mind. That's why we have to practice cleansing our mind everyday, just like cleaning our house. If we don't clean, the dust or dirts will get thicker and thicker and will eventually draw many attention from all kinds of insects that can harm us. However it's not even healthy inhaling dirts and dusts. But if we clean the house everyday, we can bring positive changes to our health condidtion.

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    Rene Sidler

    January 28, 2013

    To view at the picture of this landcape makes one feel very quiet.
    +Jendhamuni Sos . Could be a nice wallpaper on my PC for a while. Concerning the quote I must confess I can understand, but … well…
    I'm not that good Jendha :))

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    Mario BRUNO

    January 28, 2013

    Even if it is a wallpaper ; I Still Love it !

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    Dietrich Lombarde

    January 28, 2013

    Wonderful ,beautiful image.
    Your quote is so true,but I think can only be archived if older.

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    Mario BRUNO

    January 28, 2013

    Thank you kindly always for your comments!) !

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    Thank you very much +Mark Moshchinsky I will read that as soon as my g+ working. I'm having a hard time loading the page on my end. Keep showing error messages. Not sure it has something to do with the snow storm here.

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 28, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos When I remember this and other images like this, I don't want to complain about life. Someone always has it worse.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    I agree +Mark Moshchinsky I study Buddhism right after finished High School. Not complaining about life is the first thing I learned. So I always accept the situation with a smile, no matter how bad it is. I never pray to god to help me or anything, I just learn how to accept it because nothing is permanent. Happiness is not permanent. Sorrow is also not permanent. These things come and go.

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 28, 2013

    Yes, I saw the image of the boy washing dishes. Very inspiring +Mark Moshchinsky I went to my country and saw many people in the worst situation then us. Even my uncle. I was shocked when I first met him sleeping in the hut. When I returned to my hotel that same night, I couldn't sleep on bed, kept thinking about how poor he is, that he has no shelter, and how could I sleep in a beautiful place like this.

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 28, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I once watched a martial art movie. And a woman said this: "Noting very,very bad and nothing very, very good – last very very long."
    She was talking to a child, but it's kind of very simple way to explain life in once sentence.

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 29, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos There were some Yogis who were wealthy, and they used their money to help the poor and they were not attached to the money, but not easy.  I personally don't think it is a requirement to be completely penniless to feel spiritual if you are able to detach from it.  (yes, Buddha gave up his wealth, but the middle path may work too)

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    Mark Moshchinsky

    January 29, 2013

    +Jendhamuni Sos I missed about your post about "cleaning the mind like cleaning the house"
    I usually use same analogy when talk to my patients. I tell them mind is like a vacuum cleaner it collects dust, you need to empty the garbage in it 🙂

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    Jendhamuni Sos

    January 29, 2013

    +Mark Moshchinsky Of course we do not need to go penniless at all. Money is important, when we spend them wisely. In Buddhism we have options to choose from: You can go for the five precepts, where you can live a normal life; and eight precepts, where it is more strict than normal life; the ten, even more strict, this one you are not allow to possess money, or the the monkhood, where you cannot have any possession of money at all. So you have plenty of options to choose from without having to violate the Buddhist rules. I just born that way. Even since I was a little girl, I never wanted anything. Only want to live a simple life and help others.

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