Timeline for Explaining non-attachment to the very attached
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| Jul 29, 2015 at 7:04 | comment | added | Buddho | (contd.) I respect this person a lot, she's taught me a lot of things, and I can see how if I were more skilled I'd handle this relationship with less conflict. Sometimes it feels like I'm learning to ride a bicycle in communicating with her, I have frequent falls, but it's teaching us both a lot - though if she's in a bad mood she'd disagree that I've taught her much :-) I've read MTCTB, what ancient text did you have in mind? | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 6:47 | comment | added | Buddho | For some years one of my spiritual practices is to get close to extremely difficult people in my life that normally common sense & psychiatry would say should be avoided. I don't seek them out, but I don't avoid them if they enter my life. This is one such person who has in the past threatened self harm and suicide to get her way. I see it as arising from a deep fear and insecurity, because the genuine heart behind these actions is very apparent to me. Yet, I've had to take harsh actions to protect myself from too much damage in the past. I'm always looking for better ways to handle myself. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 2:11 | comment | added | Med | Yes I have. The five faculties can be applied in analyzing ones own ideologies and making sure the cart is going the right way. When one can do this for oneself, one can easily do this for other people, listening to them and seeing what they are lacking and suggesting they develop the relevant faculty specifically "wisdom" faculty which is akin to studying in whatever particular religion, including esoteric texts. In islams extremist case this would mean studying the Sufi texts which explain and expound the Koran.. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 2:02 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | Have you had any experience like the one described in the OP? If so can you describe lessons learned from that? | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 1:55 | comment | added | Med | First two paragraphd | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 1:53 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | -1 Sorry but I think it's safe to assume that the OP has studied some Dhamma. This answer seems to say little more than "read more, have faith, and understand", which isn't a specific answer to the question. | |
| Jul 29, 2015 at 1:28 | history | answered | Med | CC BY-SA 3.0 |