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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Thought I would use my time efficiently and share a few thoughts about this crazy world while I had my lunch here at the retreat.
#spiritualjourney #awakening
I see the point of samsara being pointless. And yet we have to take care of this world and the beings in it that need provisions. So maybe it's about using technology in a way that is helpful. Not being fooled by a belief that it can bring redemption. But also with thankfulness that it can be used as a means to help others. How about imagining a world in which no one starves and everyone has all needs met - while people are established on a path leading to true inner transformation.
The Buddha taught the solution. It is quite simple. Develop the altruistic mind set, and everything else flows from that ❤
So true, you could live in a forest and just use what is available to you and with your hands and mind create, or create and use all manner of technological capabilities, I think it just boils down to intention and if all intention was a better world of abundance for All, to share with that intent then all aspire ascend rise together in betterment.
@@paulbendall1238 Sadly we are swept along by our negative emotions like a leaf in the storm! So lead by example and be a rock for sentient beings to anchor their ship ♥♥♥
Old taoist story I can't remember where I read it:
A life of 80 years, 10 years as a child not knowing, 10 as a teen thinking you know, 40 years an adult working 8 hours a day, sleeping 8, 20 years of old age, sickness. Of the free time amongst it all, how much is spent with your mind full of anxiety for the future, regret for the past. Forgetting all that exists is the present moment.
Thank you for sharing your story. We have a very similar saying in the Tibetan language 🙏🙏🙏
This channel is becoming my refuge. It’s sooo refreshing to hear someone finally make some fucking sense in this insane mundane world
Thank you Cody for your support- We all need refuge, that's for sure, but as the Buddha taught:
"You are your own protector, you are your own enemy, by excellent deeds and inferior, you are a testament to yourself"
These videos are beautiful. It’s part darma talk, part spiritual biography, part pep talk. Thank you ❤
Thanks Jim, that is kind of you to say so ♥♥♥
You forgot...and I don't know how...part egg eating. Actually, good to listen to but hard to watch. The bowl of eggs, presumably, is more of a prop. The chopping and stiring of the food helps keep the thought process going. I just hope he actually tastes and enjoys tasting the food. Seems unlikely, however. Too in his head for that.
Legend has it, he’s still eating that bowl of eggs
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OMG you beat me to this comment. 😂 That bowl is magical.
I enjoy these videos. He always has some practical advice.
The bowl of eggs isn't magical, the video was my made over several mornings. You can see the editing glitches periodically. Anyway, to do the whole video over one bowl of eggs would be rushing it. He's about taking his time.
@@howardrobinson4938 The video was made over one lunch time and in a hurry as well because I was busy working in the retreat, but it is common to make assumptions, right? In fact I only ever stay at the retreat one night at a time because I am caring for my elderly parents at home.
Better luck next time Sherlock! 🤣😆🤣
@@TheChainsawLama It goes with this "venue" that assumptions can be made, especially for comedic purposes. And people fortunately know, I hope, to take such assumptions with a grain of salt. Thanks for sharing with us out here your thinking. It is, I'm sure, predominantly very well received.
I am a retired computer scientist and game developer, from California - 60 years old. I sold and gave away everything away, built a camp kit on a garden cart, and me and my two working K9s live quite comfortable out of it here in northern California. We 3 are quite happy. Some "westerners" might surprise you.
Wow! Amazing story, that is inspiring! 🙏🙏🙏
@@ultimatemeaning Lol, and a true one. Our life is hard, but rewarding. Its gorgeous here today, will try and post you a video.
Not sure if this will even work. As an old school content creator, might even be rude. But yeah...simple as this spoiled American is probably going to get in this lifetime.
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If this works, I'll post another quick short as an intro.
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@@AzmialPrime Northern California is stunning! The weather is a lot better than in Canada too! Look forward to you video, will it be on your channel? 🙏🙏🙏
@@ultimatemeaning I rarely look at my channel anymore, but they should be there now. Just a wee intro to your wonderful channel community.
Yes, virtually paradise here for the next 6 months. A wee damp and chilly in the fall and winter. It snowed last year for a whole 5 minutes! The dogs loved it.
Thank you, this really made me feel understood and made me feel “enough”to start my spritual journey. I am 21 and I don’t know much about this. For now. Hopefully it brings me peace.
Well you are young and have your life before you. Take careful steps and remain honest to your self and do no be coerced into belief. The truth is undeniable and self evident and so it isn't something you need to be convinced about. At the same time keep an open mind as that truth can appear counter intuitive at times!
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Im there with you regarding watching people you love age and deteriorate. My parents are both doing poorly and not taking care of themselves properly. Hard to watch. I wish you and your family wellness and peace.thank you for your teachings
Thank you so much friend for your kind words and thought! I wish you and your family peace and love! ♥♥♥
Thank you for sharing your wisdom! I don’t have a local sangha so your talks help me feel connected to other practitioners. Peace to you brother🙏
You make my life feel worthwhile friend 🙏
Great message. Your right people do think your crazy if you don't want to be "mainstream". I finally got off the crazy train. I am VERY lucky to be able to do this, everyday I am grateful for my life in the mountains. I am no stranger to tree work, be safe with your chainsaw.🌄🎆
Hi again friend. Here is my first time aloft 50 feet up:
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Many thanks for sharing the precious dharma during this difficult period. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you for this Choga.
Your working hard
And i pray that you see your efforts bring great results.
My wife and I were just discussing this very subject about the urgency of the "now" just before I watched this.
There is one point of contact and that is right now..
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There is no coincidence! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your wisdom. Your comments on samsara reminded me of a quote from Shantideva:
"To cover all the earth with sheets of leather-
Where could such amounts of skin be found?
But with the leather soles of just my shoes
It is as though I cover all the earth!
And thus the outer course of things
I myself cannot restrain.
But let me just restrain my mind,
And what is left to be restrained?"
What a wonderful scripture! Thank you for sharing that! 🙏🙏🙏
My family lives on a small farm from which we grow most of our own food, mostly using hand tools and manure from the animals we raise. This has allowed me to spend most of my time at home tending the farm and not out in "the world" chasing "samsara". Now "she" chases after me. Besides a prayer and meditation routine (I am a Christian), I find the physical labor demanding and engaging enough to allow any poisonous thoughts and feelings to come and go (for the most part). I came across your youtube channel as I am taking a day of rest. I really enjoy the content, but what really peaked my interest was seeing you at work in the forest. There's not many of us left (at least in the west). Carry on, Brother. Our farm is just south of the border of you in coastal western Washington.
Thank you for sharing your story, it brings to mind wonderful and wholesome images. I aspire to a retreat that has the vibe of your natural home. ♥☮🙏
I agree, ultimately Samsara can’t be fixed. I thought about this a lot when I was younger and had my special needs son. There is no place for him in a capitalist society, but his value is immeasurable.
Thank you for sharing your story Gala! 🙏🙏🙏
I wish for the love of god that before I die people would stop blaming capitalism on everything.
Capitalism definition is the citizens owns and operates commerce.
Socialism and communism is the state owns and operates commerce.
Anything you add to those definitions is a projection. People blame everything on capitalism.
@@Westcoastrocksduh I think the point is that all systems have their problems. We had samsara in feudalism, socialism, communism, capitalism, and always. There is always birth, sickness, death, sorrow…it is inevitable.
@@Westcoastrocksduh The notion that the (average) citizen is in charge of commerce is to me somewhat naive. That might be the principle but in practice this is clearly not the case.
At any rate what I am pointing out here is that there is a paradox for the spiritual practitioner. For the worldly minded then capitalism is great.
I am no economist but as far as I can see in practice capitalism necessitates growth markets. If this sounds untue then just imagine what would happen to capitalism if markets stopped growing. As resources are finite then ultimately this is untenable.
But the point here again is about spiritual practitioners, and to them desire is poison, and our markets depend on stoking the flames of desire.
Thank you for sharing
@@ultimatemeaning Correct the average citizen isn’t in charge of commerce nor is smart enough to be.
That still doesn’t change the definition of Capitalism.
Thank you again, I’m grateful for your words 🌿
And thank you for participating! ♥♥♥
This was very motivating. Thank you.
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Very good talk , thankyou .
And thank you for participating !♥♥♥
The joy of doing has no thing to do with time, time only arises the faster you "need" to achieve! the joy of the moment and the skillfull endeavour is always in your hand for as long as you wish. The world of money is the illogical endeavour and timecbecomes money. Creativity is lost the faster and more mechanised it becomes. Our old world around us the buildings, ancient structures etc are our testament to endeavours we created when time was not apparent.❤
Thanks Paul! It is so true, the only thing we have is the present moment and yet we throw it away for hopes and fears of what might come ♥♥♥
Very true. I am an American who has lived in Nepal for the last 16 years. People are happier, but western materialism is creeping in.
Well Bibi I see you know exactly what I am talking about. And a sign of the West creeping in is the appearance of JCB mechanical diggers in the villages instead of workers with Kodalos. A sign of progress (backwards)! ♥♥♥
We spend our lives working so we can afford labour saving devices. Then we become unfit because we overuse labour saving devices, so we pay more money to go to the gym or buy exercise machines to stress our muscles that were too flabby from the labour saving machines! 😅✌🏻🧡
This is so true I always wondered why people would pay so much money to go to the Gym when going for a walk on the beach or working in the garden is free and so much healthier for the body and mind. Especially when we go to the Gym and then pay someone else to do the odd jobs. The pioneers had a much more wholesome and healthy lifestyle I imagine?
Lama, if i could post fotos. . i can show jou this exact vieuw on the works done here on a forrestproject in the netherlands. . live in the forrest, simpley is what make us, working in the little forrest all very very happy. . . I enjoi AL jour videos. . . im sitting a bit further away. . .seee me? my spirit traveled. . . . ha ha ha a orange workoutfit, i could not find THAT jet! enjoi. . . .jou give me a big thumbs up here with jour direct communications on what IS IMPORTANT. . . .
I agree. So what do we do?
Now people are getting rich by telling you how to get rich, but these type of ideas show theres better things than wealth
Well said John! Happiness (spiritual well being) is more important than wealth 🙏🙏🙏
Funny how the dharma reveals itself in the right moment, or perhaps it's just self indulgent, but I just happen to be sharpening my plane blade while I listen, as I do woodworking with only traditional tools my thoughts are very similar haha
I get you- I too love traditional tools! Sadly I am getting old and also working alone, so I have to make a lot of compromises these days @TheChainsawlama
@@ultimatemeaning lol, yes, Chainsawlama indeed, a striking sight in the woods.
DUDE, I gotta share this... I was just in a hypnagogic state and half-dreaming that you were telling me a story from your path. In your story, you said you once were in a doubtful state about spiritual progress, so you asked the Buddha for a sign of encouragement. You said that the Buddha came to you and told you, "Is the dust under your fingernails not a sign enough?"
I thought that was SO cool and then came out of the "dream" and realized I wasn't talking to you, I was lying in bed, haha. For what it's worth, I'm not Buddhist and have only been watching your videos for one day. Thanks for the dream story!
Very interesting John, the Buddha did say "The problem with samsara is there is just too much dust" I think the point is the same 🙏🙏🙏
@@ultimatemeaning Yes, too much dust! Wow, thank you for adding that. The use of the word "dust" instead of "dirt" was the striking part of the dream-teaching to me, along with the metaphor because they felt transpersonal. Outside of my lineage, if you will... and yet universal in wisdom.
@@jonmustang Yes the term "dust" refers to the quantum particles that make up matter in the universe. The basis for external phenomena
My mother died last month. So i know what you mean when you talk about the intensification of the human condition. Best wishes to you and your mother during this transition
Hi Middy I wish you mom a swift and trouble-free journey through the bardo and an auspicious rebirth on the other side! 🙏🙏🙏
Whenever I have a thought-question after a statement you make, you answer the question in the next statement. How do you do that!?! 😅
We must be on a similar train of thought Eden!
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"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time."
It seems that attaining the totally open spirit of a child, free from the wants and worries of the material world, is the challenge that faces us here - but somehow reaching it with the full mature awareness of an adult. But if we already started as that, why exactly are we going through this experience? When we die, all this data gets basically "cloud-stored", inaccessible to future incarnations. Only subtleties seem to pass on, in the form of wisdom, intuition perhaps? Some kind of upward growth, I hope. Which likely need some extremely specific genetic counterpart to be properly expressed. But how are they passed on exactly, how can we maximize the amount of this growth, and can we break the cycle altogether. And if so, how exactly does that work? =)
I think an important element may be that "I", the person you think of as yourself in your waking state, is not the totality of you. It's likely a fragment of a larger conscious tapestry which is spanning multiple dimensions at once. The "I" that holds awareness in one state of mind could be watching a movie while a higher aspect of yourself, one you may have only experienced in a psychedelic state of mind or perhaps never, is having a conversation with your spirit guides, plotting future courses for yourself, etc.
Love you thoughts! In the Buddhist perspective it is about conditioning or habituation. And it is this that passes from life to life. Accomplished masters are said to be able to access information from previous lives but this is extremely rare.
But the most important thing is the here and now and how we relate to it.
thanks for sharing!
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Yes, the music industry is very worldly. And concept-based. I played jazz music. Sometimes I wonder how did this ''modern'' music became so mental-concept based, so intellectual ? To be honest little by little I'm leaving it all, for me it was a source of mental attachments, and a lot of inner stress. 6 hours of daily practice, 7 days a week, falling asleep while memorizing, visualizing chord progressions, standards, scales, modes, patterns, arpeggios, chord inversions and what not...
There is no more fun left in it... music for me completely lost its meaning.. Jazz musicians call garbage everything that is simple, yet I have a very different opinion about it now...
And sometimes I still have this mixed feeling within for leaving it behind.. I never felt so free for a long time, but I also feel some guilt for having spent so many years practicing these mental constructs and now throwing everything out, forgetting... feeling some kind of pain for ''loosing'' everything I've learned, you know ?
Dude, I just want to plant some tomatoes, lay some bricks, cut a tree or something and have a free, empty mind.. It's such a relief after all...
As a musician, have you experienced something similar ?
Hi my friend. My experience is similar. There is huge attachment to the life and work of a musician, and it was far more difficult to give that up then to give up drugs and alcohol. In the end it was only through necessity and the well-being of my children that I was able to leave it all behind.
I have to say I am very inspired by the notion of free jazz, and some of the musicians that embodied what I see to be Jazz principles, but in practice I have found most Jazz practitioners to be hyper technical and parochial about their craft. Not much different from the classical scene.
I also long for freedom, but I am wary of my own tendencies for escapism. I hope to use some of what I have learnt on the spiritual path to benefit other in what ever small way I can.
Thanks for sharing!
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I know very little about music but this sounds eerily familiar in my field (computer science). The fun and playful exploration of simple and powerful ideas has been replaced by towers of concepts, forever abstracting on top of each other. The worst part is that there are entire software industries that have ossified on top of these jenga-like abstraction towers and they are continuing to build on top of the fragile system, pointlessly and exponentially compounding the effort needed for newcomers to get up to speed.
Long rant, sorry haha. Just meant to say that I feel like I relate to your feeling.
@@SisypheanRoller "jenga-like abstraction towers" love it the good old inverted pyramid structure! 😆🤣😆
I find that the talks so far, always focus on money. I think you can have as much as you want as long as that is not the main focus. I am still fascinated so I will keep listening
Yeah Linda there are quite a few videos, but I have compiled some playlists that cover specific topics if that helps ♥♥♥
The universe is a perpetual motion machine ?😊
Yes we do say that Samsara is perpetual suffering, but there is a way out! ♥♥♥
I’m still trying to catch up with some of your talks
Oh! Hello Linda, its you! How did your holiday on the Island go? Thanks for messaging me. It is a small world isn't it? 🙏🙏🙏
by any chance have you ever attended an international school
Um, no dude. Ain't gonna watch and listen to you eat. Bye. Edit: Not to mention the orange prison jump suit. But alas...I just did. Edit again: So I just wanted to read some other comments and while doing so I cheated and watched a little more of the talk. Then read another comment or two followed by watching a few more minutes. Then, low and behold, I ended up watching the whole breakfast...or lunch as it were. Fantastic! Haven't enjoyed anything ad much since my Alan Watts days! But unlike Watts, this fine lad don't seem to drink much nor toke much. I understand that he chops his fair share of wood abd carries his fair share of water...but please, friend, find a way to laugh occassionally. It's healthy.
It was lunch (leftover pasta reheated and burnt in the oven because I was busy milling lumber) 😆🤣😆
Capitalism is a form of capital punishment.
😆🤣😆 Especially for the planet! Why can't we find a way to be more content? Thanks for sharing!
@@ultimatemeaning Hey brother, are you on Vancouver Island? I'm on the other side of the Salish Sea up the Skagit River below the peaks of Sauk Mountain. I grew up in Vancouver, now attempt to live simpler and simpler each day. I visit my friend in Parkesville sometimes, maybe we'll see around!
@@reversefulfillment9189 Yes my friend I am on Vancouver Island. Not wanting to Dox myself but if you would like to meet up then please contact me at one of the links on the channel home page and we can chat. 🙏🙏🙏
what is bro eating
I think it was some baked past and olives (leftovers) so it was a bit crunchy 😆😆😆
Well I'm more interest in what you eat than what you're saying
Yes Gampopa had the same idea about Palmo drukpa (here it is baked leftover pasta) 😆🤣😆
@@ultimatemeaning I might be the reincarnation of Gampopa, who knows? Well "The Four Dharmas of Gampopa" kinda give an overview on stuffs that similar to the process of my enlightenment. Maybe it's fate that it's come to this. With your reply here, I learnt that my understandings are quite similar to Tibetan Buddhism in a sense. It's like yoga + buddhism, but also Taoism.
There is a scene in a movie I love.
It's
The man from lamancha
Seeing the world as it should be not as it is.
Great scene. 🪷
I'll have to look that up. I'm dying to know what it should be! 😂
@@ultimatemeaning I live it .
It's give yourself a quest
Get a book full of ink a book full of blank pages the mission
Put all the ink in the book
But you can't do it yourself
Then get people from all over the world with something positive in it , if they write in Japanese or German whatever tell them don't translate go walk untill you find someone who can, it teaches how to be open minded welcome stranger's and get out of
Hell
Just add O
But it's so simple few know how or are willing to try or continue
I have seven books I won't have eight.
My lamps
@@ultimatemeaning poets and made men
Select from life .
@@ultimatemeaning a pen full of ink a book full of blank pages
@@ultimatemeaning poets and mad Men