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If phenomena are fleeting then what are we attache

If phenomena are fleeting then what are we attached to? We are attached to concepts. They are abstractions. They are not concrete. We believe they are concrete

- James Low
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Relax
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Impulse is the compulsion to take action on the ba

Impulse is the compulsion to take action on the basis of your feelings of desire and aversion, thus accumulating karma; impulse is therefore the architect of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa.

Completely enslaved by impulse, you have been wandering from one life to the next since beginningless time. Yet if you realise that the nature of impulse is void, and that your endless impulses are in truth the myriad facets of wisdom, you will no longer be subject to their dominion.

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Relax #meditation #mindfulness #thevalleyretreat #

Relax
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Our intelligence makes us stupid. We are dazzled b

Our intelligence makes us stupid. We are dazzled by our own mind

- James Low
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The thought arises due to causes and conditions an

The thought arises due to causes and conditions and one of the conditions that helps it to arise is your belief in it when it does arise. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, it is a repetition compulsion. By believing that the thought is true you experience the truth of the thought. That is to say that the truth of the thought is the belief. Belief is the power, the energy which makes things seem real

- James Low
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Its already happened, its already too late, life h

Its already happened, its already too late, life has already happened. This is it. So your opinion of whether it is good or bad or right or wrong is irrelevant

- James Low
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A thought doesn't have intrinsic value. A feeling

A thought doesn't have intrinsic value. A feeling doesn't have intrinsic value. We give it value

- James Low
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Relax #meditation #mindfulness #thevalleyretreat #

Relax
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The term trekcho itself literally means something

The term trekcho itself literally means something like 'letting a bundle of sticks fall apart', which is a metaphor for 'breakthrough', 'breakout', or 'break-open', and the imputed meaning is to relax the tight hold that consciousness has on objects of perception, inside or outside, so that the nature of mind - in which consciousness flourishes - can shine through. The tightness of perception that produces the dualistic consciousness of subject and object, 'I' and 'it', is released by trekcho nonmeditation; mental relaxation allows nondual awareness to flood the mind and take its primal place. Trekcho meditation provides precisely that allowance, and since nothing can be done consciously or manipulatively to induce that allowance it is called 'nonmeditation'.

- Keith Dowman
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Start to look at and relate to everything and ever

Start to look at and relate to everything and everyone around you as if you were seeing them for the last time

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Relax #meditation #mindfulness #thevalleyretreat #

Relax
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Emptiness is the one great medicine that cures the

Emptiness is the one great medicine that cures the sorrows of all beings. The mind inseparable from emptiness is the union of wisdom and compassion. This is the infinite opening in our heart which is the source of all the light and love that we send all beings. It is also the space which can accept and dissolve all the difficulties and sufferings of all beings

- James Low
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It is the very fact of our not being solid, not be

It is the very fact of our not being solid, not being fixed, not being predetermined or overdetermined that allows us to function in our responsive way

- James Low
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It is very important not to feel that you are in c

It is very important not to feel that you are in charge. The worst punishment you can get in life is to feel that 'it is up to me'. That is is a very sad and lonely place. Graveyards are full so-called 'indispensable people'

- James Low
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The more you are open the less and less there is t

The more you are open the less and less there is to do. The less there is to do the less important the doer becomes

- James Low
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Letting go of that which is not self-existing is n

Letting go of that which is not self-existing is not such a big problem

- James Low
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It appears to be extremely easy to confuse a so-ca

It appears to be extremely easy to confuse a so-called spiritual journey with a shopping trip
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Hi this is a request for help. If anyone has or kn

Hi this is a request for help. If anyone has or knows of someone who has an excess of apples this year please contact me. Can swap for juice. I am happy to travel a few miles around the Truro area. Many thanks
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