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    Ed Rock

    Catching the Essence of Our Honey Dreams

    We think high and low, we think we know! We think, we think, we think. But can we catch the one who thinks, oh, catcher can you do it? And then, again, the catcher slides Into her honey...

    Ed Rock 14th-May-2012 01:17 AM
    James Taeza

    Conditioning

    Buddham, Dhammam, Sangham namassami. I am very thankful for this opportunity to be able to share my thoughts. Dedicated to Visakha Puja Day this previous weekend. Being acknowledged by...

    James Taeza 8th-May-2012 03:48 PM
    Kendra Jory

    The Rain

    It is raining today and I just love it. I love the rain. It's grey and dark outside but everyone's lights are shining. It is a day where you can give yourself a break and just read or do art all...

    Kendra Jory 7th-May-2012 02:00 AM
    Jonas Rydell

    The entertaining battle

    I have been a devoted listener to Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Brahmalis Dhamma talks since last year, and it has made it so clear how to progress on the Buddhist path, and also the mindset that is most...

    Jonas Rydell 29th-April-2012 07:57 PM
    Andria Armstrong

    The hopes and needs of a transgender woman

    Hi everyone, hope you are all feeling well. :) I wanted to share something personal, in the hopes that something good can come of it. As I've mentioned at various times and places here on the...

    Andria Armstrong 27th-April-2012 05:34 PM
    Ed Rock

    What Are We?

    What are we beyond the changes and flux that is a fundamental truth within this vast universe of ours, an undeniable fact that affects all matter. What is there? What is the basic principle?...

    Ed Rock 20th-April-2012 10:10 PM
    Jerrod Lopes

    I just remembered something very important.

    There is no suffering. It's only there if you want it. It's an imaginary friend. No suffering. It's a word. Nothing can be adequately described with words. Something as serious as suffering surely...

    Jerrod Lopes 12th-April-2012 01:37 PM
    Ed Rock

    What’s Story Do We Believe?

    What religious story do we believe? Do we believe the story that was burned into our hearts when we were young? Or the story that sounded better than all the rest when we began searching? Or the...

    Ed Rock 12th-April-2012 05:15 AM

  • Blog Comments

    Kendra Jory

    The Rain

    Melbourne sounds very nice :)

    Kendra Jory 16th-May-2012 12:01 AM
    Mark Perrett

    The Rain

    When it's raining I like to turn everything in the house off. Total silence. Nothing but the sweet sounds of nature all around me. I close my eyes and just listen. The rain bouncing off the tin...

    Mark Perrett 15th-May-2012 10:03 AM
    Daniel Ionita

    The Rain

    I love the rain and I love storms as well (as long as they don't cause real damage). Rain makes me feel safer. When I was a kid I lived between a pair of "bad" neighborhoods, whenever it rained I...

    Daniel Ionita 14th-May-2012 01:41 PM
    Kendra Jory

    The Rain

    Thank you Stuart.

    Kendra Jory 11th-May-2012 09:50 PM
    Stuart Corner

    The entertaining battle

    if you hang around for another 20-30-40-50 years lust will diminish noticeably whether you practice meditation or not - it's really is that fickle that it only likes youth and it will only leave you...

    Stuart Corner 10th-May-2012 05:05 PM
    Stuart Corner

    The Rain

    I like being a Buddhist too ... even, 'I am' is an attachment to existence, I guess ... maybe 'there is'??? ... anyway, out of all my many, many attachments, I think I'll leave my attachment to...

    Stuart Corner 10th-May-2012 04:21 PM

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  • Tapping Away the Fear of Spiders

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    Rachel Green
    Published on 26th-February-2011 05:09 AM
    One of our members recently wrote: "I am terrified of big hairy spiders ... I could never get close enough to a large spider to catch it and put it outside myself and would be extremely uneasy if I did not know where it was while I was in the House. I know it's pathetic, but I can't help it and would love any brilliant suggestions as to how I can get rid of this fear."

    Here are some tips:

    1. Observe your mind. The problem is not with the spiders but with your fear in your mind. See the fear for what it is, it's just fear, let it arise and fade away.

    2. Send the spider(s) loving kindness. You could even incorporate this into a regular metta practice.

    3. See each spider as an individual, rather than grouping all spiders into one nasty group. Observe the features of each one, some have beautiful patterns, others have beautiful colours, some have amazing legs, others dazzling eyes, look for the individual features and recognise each one for the beauty it has

    4. Realise they have far more to fear from you than you do from them. After all you are huge relative to them and with one squash they are dead. In contrast few (Australian ones) are harmful at all to a human.

    If you have a phobia I hear from several people that the tapping method can cure phobias. I have interviewed someone about it on youtube if you need to know more:



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