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Robert Coady

Essentials of Buddhism - core concepts - 0 views

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  • Four Noble Truths
  • Noble Eightfold Path
  • Three Characteristics of Existence
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  • Hindrances
  • Factors of Enlightenment   1. Mindfulness
  • 2. Investigation   3. Energy   4. Rapture   5. Tranquillity   6. Concentration   7. Equanimity 
  •   1. Sensuous lust   2. Aversion and ill will   3. Sloth and torpor   4. Restlessness and worry   5. Sceptical doubt
  • 2. Sorrow (dukkha)
  •    3. Selflessness (anatta)
  •    1. Transiency (anicca)
  • 1. Suffering exists   2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires   3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases   4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Robert Coady

Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth | Guardian Sustainable Busin... - 0 views

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  • addiction to consumerism
  • stress we are putting on Earth
  • we all suffer and the way to overcome that pain is to directly confront it
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  • Move beyond concept of the "environment"
  • Change is possible only if there is a recognition that people and planet are ultimately one and the same.
  • You carry Mother Earth within you
  • Mother Earth is not just your environment
  • Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the earth are two separate entities
  • Putting an economic value on nature is not enough
  • We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love, to be at one. When you love someone you want to say I need you, I take refuge in you. You do anything for the benefit of the Earth and the Earth will do anything for your wellbeing
  • When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born
  • Looking deeply, we see that it's possible to work in the corporate world in a way that brings a lot of happiness both to other people and to us ... our work has meaning
  • How mindfulness can reconnect people to
  • Mother Earth
  • Many people suffer deeply and they do not know they suffer
  • They try to cover up the suffering by being busy. Many people get sick today because they get alienated from Mother Earth.
  • The practice of mindfulness helps us to touch Mother Earth inside of the body and this practice can help heal people
  • be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger
  • Every moment can be a happy moment.
  • Need to deal with ones own anger to be an effective social activist
  • Only if people discover compassion for themselves will they be able to confront those they hold accountable for polluting our seas and cutting down our forests
  • Sometimes something wrong is going on in the world and we think it is the other people who are doing it and we are not doing it.
  • . If you are burdened with anger, fear, ignorance and you suffer too much, you cannot help another person.
  • Touching the "ultimate dimension"
  • We know that we do not have to look for the ultimate outside of ourselves – it is available within us, in this very moment
  • there is a very real risk that we will continue on our destructive path and that civilisation may collapse.
  • When the need to survive is replaced with greed and pride, there is violence, which always brings about unnecessary devastation.
  • If we are able to touch deeply the historical dimension – through a leaf, a flower, a pebble, a beam of light, a mountain, a river, a bird, or our own body – we touch at the same time the ultimate dimension.
  • Remaining optimistic despite risk of impending catastrophe
  • maintaining optimism is essential if we are to find a way of avoiding devastating climate change and the enormous social upheavals that will result.
  • We have constructed a system we can't control. It imposes itself on us, and we become its slaves and victims.
  • In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over a few seeds of grain, unaware that in a few hours they will all be killed
Paul Brahan

Is long-term solitary confinement torture? : The New Yorker - 0 views

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      This article suggests that social interaction is necessary for humans. Explains devastating effects that being isolated had on monkey's.
Paul Brahan

Life lessons from modern day hermits - Telegraph - 0 views

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      This article describes a modern day hermit's life. This ancient technique, used by religious people to become closer to God, is being used by people today. Hermit's describe finding peace with the world and themselves. This is a strategy used to practice mindfulness that has not been mentioned yet in this course.
Robert Coady

7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness | Brain Pickings - 0 views

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      I find it interesting that some of the greatest minds in history all came to a somewhat similar conclusion about happiness, and that it took so much longer to realize the trend in achieving happiness
Paul Brahan

10 Ways to Eliminate Distractions - 0 views

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      Article which gives tips to eliminating unwanted distractions in your life.
Paul Brahan

Minimizing Distractions - Online Time Management Training From MindTools.com - 0 views

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      Good article describing how much distractions in our life's affect us.
Paul Brahan

▶ The Sensory Deprivation Tank - Joe Rogan - YouTube - 0 views

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      Joe Rogan describes his experience being inside a sensory deprivation tank.
Paul Brahan

SENSORY DEPRIVATION CHAMBER | As My World Turns - 0 views

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      Another site with information on Sensory Deprivation Chambers. This is site gives more details about the actual tanks. 
Paul Brahan

Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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      This article further explores the idea that surprises will make you happier, similar to Brother David Steindl-Rast's rainbow conecpt.  
Tara Picudella

Gratefulness - 0 views

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      Music to me is a gift. Therefore being mindful allows me to accept music as a gift and appreciate everything that it has to offer.
Tara Picudella

Practising Day-to-Day, Informal Mindfulness - For Dummies - 0 views

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mindfulness music listening

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  • simply listen
  • gently guide your mindful attention back to the sounds of the music. Be aware of both the sounds and the silence between the sounds. Notice how all sounds arise and fall back into the ever-present silence.
Tara Picudella

Dr Ian Ellis-Jones ... Living Mindfully Now: LISTENING TO MUSIC MINDFULLY - 0 views

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living listening music mindfulness

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  • It’s about the presence of the choiceless awareness of, and bare attention to, the action of, among other things, one’s body and mind ... for never forget that Mindfulness is a whole-body-and-mind awareness of the present moment
  • ultivation of awareness, bringing one's attention to the moment over and over. So, music therapy and Mindfulness involve no passive listening to music but a state of awareness.
Tara Picudella

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mindfulness listening music difficulties

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  • Even before actually listening to music, I have found that the act of choosing the music I want to hear to varies considerably depending upon the degree to which I’ve been present in the moment.
  • judgment tests
  • put me more at ease and I started to perceive the music in a much more dimensional way.
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  • t is as if the simple act of being present in the moment can make everything seem just right.
  • completely different a song I have already heard many times has sounded depending on my mental space.
  • proceed to not really allow the sound in—but to just register each portion of it as familiar.
  • present and in the moment, I have heard some very familiar songs almost as if they were new to me, and I have also found that I can hear many different things I never was aware of before in them. It actually has seemed to create new feelings or impressions for me when I have really listened to older music in the present moment.
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