Timeline for Desperate for help about intent and my fears
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| Feb 14, 2019 at 1:48 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 I'm sorry for bombarding you with more and more information, but these resources have really helped me along the way. Here are two more short videos about these topics, but seen from a secular (modern) perspective. The first one is about kamma, and the second about the cultivation of the "divine abodes", which include loving-kindness and equaninity: youtu.be/oN5292K60yc youtu.be/LMS37DNxG2A Kind regards! | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 1:44 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 To clean and remove our kamma means to eradicate our unwholesome habitual tendencies in order to stop sustaining the conditions for more future suffering. In modern terms, doing skillful deeds with wholesome underlying intentions will gradually "rewire" your brain and behavior, and you will start to change the way you react towards the stimuli from the outside world and the inside (thoughts, memories, emotions, ideas, etc.) You become more equaninous towards the vicissitudes of life. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 1:39 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 Based in my very limited understanding and interpretation of the buddhist concept of kamma, I'd say yes: if you don't have unwholesome intentions, there would be no dark kamma. But there's something else to keep in mind: kamma (volitional actions) and its vipaka (results and consequences) can should be mainly observed considering its effects on our own minds. If an actions is done with unwholesome intentions, those intentions will be strengthen and more internalized in our minds, and so, the conditions for suffering will keep existing, maybe even more ingrained that before acting. | |
| Feb 14, 2019 at 0:36 | comment | added | jj5828 | @Brian Díaz Flores Wow thank you. I am getting a better understanding now. I am sorry for being annoying but I think I am in distress because of the intentions part since that is what I am scared of. May I ask you to answer this if you want to: Is it correct that intentions are what matter and if my intentions are not bad then there will not be bad karma? Thank you again. | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 11:06 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 I want to share with you five Dhamma talks that helped me through my way of overcoming my fears, traumas and obsessions. I hope you can take something useful from them. They are long, it's good to take your time when hearing this talks. Patience is key to develop a healthy mind. youtu.be/fixvb3s25Uk youtu.be/e7rFsrdtMM8 youtu.be/USC5MJVZLy8 youtu.be/eu0RtEG6V4A youtu.be/hLvU7ppM4vE | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 5:04 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 Intentions, as I said, are the fuel for our actions. But from a single kind of intention, there are infinite courses/possibilities for action. You have to look for the most skillful ways to act, in benefit of your own mind and in benefit of other. And that skill can be developed with patience and reflexion. And the 5 precepts can be a good point to start. Be nice to yourself, and ask for help when needed. I wish you the best for your life. Kind regards! | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 5:01 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 Once you have paid attention to your thoughts and emotions, and once you let them go, you can start to analyse the cause of such ideas. If you find them, accept those causes, and look for measures to cultivate thoughts of compassion, both for yourself and for the people around you. Take one step at a time, and don't be so harsh on yourself. The process for achieving peace of mind can be gradual and progressive, so be happy with every step you give. | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 4:57 | comment | added | Brian Díaz Flores | @jj5828 Hi again! Don't apologize for asking these things. We're here for that very reason. The first step is to be mindful of your intentions, because they are fuel for your actions. But sometimes we do unskillful deeds even with the best intentions. If unwholesome thoughts arise, recognize them, without trying to supress them by force or negate them. If they are there, the wisest thing to do is to know what to do with them (with your thoughts). Maybe you can let them go, while trying to not to feel guilty. | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 4:11 | comment | added | jj5828 | Sorry one more question, do you think I need to always counter the bad things or is that I don't intend/want anything bad to happen enough? Thank you | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 3:53 | comment | added | jj5828 | Thank you for these words. Is it ok if I ask do you think if I do not intend anything bad in my heart that is what matters? | |
| Feb 12, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | Samana Johann | Good to seek for friend, Sadhu: (3) "In four ways, young householder, should one who gives good counsel be understood as a warm-hearted friend: (i) he restrains one from doing evil, (ii) he encourages one to do good, (iii) he informs one of what is unknown to oneself, (iv) he points out the path to heaven. zugangzureinsicht.org/html/tipitaka/dn/dn.31.0.nara_en.html | |
| Feb 12, 2019 at 10:32 | history | answered | Brian Díaz Flores | CC BY-SA 4.0 |