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"I FEEL devastated."
Those were the words of a pub landlord who has been forced to leave his Winchester home and business, just eight months after uprooting his family to work there.
Mark Vincent, 42, along with his wife Jo, 44, and son Sam, 11, lived and worked at The Ship Inn, in Wales Street, but have been booted out after Marston's sold it to Hampshire-based nursery firm Yellow Dot.
The couple closed the doors for the last time last Friday night after a leaving party, and said that their regulars were in tears about the closure.
Mr Vincent said: "I'm gutted really. I feel devastated for everybody – they found a safe pub where they could drink and now it's gone. Loads of them were crying, a lot of people have grown up with the pub and it has been around for 40 years."
Mrs Vincent said that work men had virtually destroyed the interior before they had left on Monday.
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She added: "The worst part is that they have the keys until May 16, so I said 'why couldn't they have waited until we had left?' There is no reason to put us through that."
Winchester City Council registered a planning application on April 29 for a change of use for the building, which could see it transformed into a nursery catering for up to 70 children.
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Wow, glad to see someone else sees him for what he really is. Everyone gets all excited about his (big hits) on small to medium sized guys but you really don't see him targeting guys like Lucic (whom we NEED guys to hit because he runs OUR guys). Plus Zach is an absolute idiot when it comes to the game of hockey. He has no hockey sense. He can't read a play to save his life. He just runs around the ice like a chicken with his head cut off looking for smaller guys to hit. Oh sure, every once in a while he's in the right place at the right time to make a sweet scoring play but hell, you know what they say right, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.
Zach is like a class clown in the league. He's no different than Carcillo or Eager. He's easily replaceable and a bottom feeder in the league. Lets not get carried away with the praise or expectations for him okay?
What about these guys? Too small? Not good enough? In terms of actually hitting guys Rinaldo isn't afraid of anybody; he might not fight the bigger guys but to say he just goes after smaller players is unfair.
He was a different player this year. He controlled his emotions, played right up next to the line, and right now off the top of my head I can't even think about a classic stupid Rinaldo play. He is never going to be an offensive threat, but he is a great skater and his production on the 4th line for us is amazing. If he continues what he started this season he could even grow into a decent penalty killer in my opinion.
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Space shuttle Atlantis ... was never intended to push the boundaries of space exploration. Photo: AFP/NASA
The landing of the space shuttle Atlantis yesterday brings the final curtain down on the space-shuttle program.
Practically, it doesn't mean that much. Despite 30 years of service, the shuttle was never intended to push the boundaries of human space exploration. It was designed to be a cheap, reliable, reusable cargo-hauler.
Instead, each shuttle mission cost an estimated $450 million. And tragically for their crews, only three of five shuttles actually survived.
So, sentimentality aside, probably more than a few NASA administrators are quietly relieved at no longer having the shuttle albatross around the agency's neck.
But as a symbol, the program's closure is huge. It means the US, the world's pre-eminent space-faring nation, now has no sovereign means to get its people into space. For enthusiasts, this is not how it was meant to be. By now we should have been taking holidays to the moon, not seeing US astronauts hitchhiking aboard Russia's 1960s-origin Soyuz rockets just to get into orbit.
NASA is proposing to have new launchers in service within three years. But commentators are suggesting we may be at the end of the space age. If true, it would be a shame.
When the NASA Pathfinder landed on Mars in 1997, the mission website clocked 100million hits in four days and went on to set new popularity records. Ditto for the Spirit Rover in 2004, which drew 109 million hits in 24 hours, forcing NASA to string together 1300 servers around the world to cope with demand.
The 2008 Senate inquiry into Australia's space policy found the same thing. Submissions from educators told of the power of space to inspire students to study maths, science and engineering. Even in this age of cynicism and short-termism, clearly we are fascinated by exploration.
But it doesn't have to be this way. This can instead be a perfect time to consider a new paradigm – a truly international effort. Calling for an international space agency might see me accused of having watched too many episodes of Star Trek, but there are actually compelling practical reasons for doing so.
Right now, space exploration is the domain of a few wealthy nations.
This is not only morally questionable but also self-defeating. Even at the best of times, an ambitious exploration program is beyond any nation working alone. With the US and Europe both mired in debt, it is hard to see any nation stumping up the cash to conduct exploration in earnest any time soon.
What's more, an international space agency may have a direct benefit here on Earth. We face interesting times. Power is shifting from West to East, and there is likely to be increased competition on issues such as climate-change action, access to resources and regional influence.
Space exploration is an inspirational goal and not a matter of life or death for any country. This makes it a perfect subject to bring nations together on a positive project to offset that heightened strategic competition.
An international agency based on the European Space Agency would be flexible – open to a wide membership but able to start with only a small number of nations. In focusing on exploration, it would avoid the troublesome sovereignty issues to be found in Earth's orbit. It would require only a relatively small contribution from member-nations to achieve game-changing resource levels.
Of course, there is a little idealism in this. Critics say we should not put money into space while there are problems here on Earth, as if grand human endeavour should be the first place to look for savings. Others say countries pursue space for nationalistic reasons, or that international agencies can be cumbersome and bureaucratic.
True, but against the limping progress of the last few decades, or the alternative of not doing anything at all, an international agency is at least worth a shot. This is an idea that Australia, as a creative middle power, is well-placed to put forward. It would take only a small team of diplomats to gauge international interest to potentially change the world.
With Atlantis touching down at the Kennedy Space Centre for the final time, human space flight is at a crossroads. It's time to take a new direction.
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Not that I wish to be seen as supporting microsoft here, but, I think you are blaming the wrong company.
ATi brought out hardware with extended dx10 features and microsoft chose to support them as DX revision/extension. Its not the first time ATi's done it either (R200 and DX8).
Not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but, imo if you are going to do it then you need to give the spec a worthwhile bump, like nvidia did with SM3.0 & nv40, otherwise I wouldn't bother and its more hassle than its worth to developers (ends up like the SM2.x situtation with DX9 pretty much ignored until SM3.0 was released).
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Hey there, I have a project where I have to draw a master drawing. I chose Raphael's "Christ in Glory". So my teacher wants us to print out the pic and use a pencil to make a grid of it so we can scale it into a larger image on a larger paper. Anybody know how to do it?
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Just draw a grid on top of the printout where each square is 1cm/inch/whatever and draw a grid on your drawing paper where each square is 2cm/inch/whatever, or something different. Really easy.
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oh awesome! i was thinking that but wasn't sure. thanks a ton bro.
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It's a pretty easy technique, so chill.
Remember though, in order for it to work, your large image must have the same aspect ratio/ proportions as the smaller, or you have to crop the large one.
Basically, if you kept the proportions identical, if the tip of the nose is halfway up the 6 inch photo, the tip of the nose is exactly half way up the 6 foot version, repeat.
You can probably Google detailed instructions (you should be able to, dudes have been doing this for 400 years..), if you can't I'll post more detail in the morning but it's 2am here and I must sleep..
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Welcome to the discussion group. I wish you all a Happy New Year. While you are reading my latest book, Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind, I invite you to practice the meditations in the videos that will be posted here in the weeks to come, and to share your experiences, questions, and comments with me and with each other.
The book contains a lot of information about how to enter through the three doorways of body, speech and mind. Some of it may not be easy for people new to Tibetan Bön and Buddhism to understand, some of it will be easier. But if I can condense all the information of the book into one simple message, it is that the doorways to a lighter, more joyful sense of being are always with you. At any given moment, you can use the challenges of daily life as a reminder to connect to the stillness of the body, the silence of the speech, and the spaciousness of the mind. These "three pills" of stillness, silence, and spaciousness are the best medicine one can take for healing pain at all levels of the physical body, energy/emotions, and mind. They are always available to you, and they are free of charge.
I hope everybody who participates here will see this discussion group as an opportunity to gain a deeper, more experiential understanding of what is talked about in the book. If you want, you can make it a New Year's resolution to commit to doing the video meditations and to "taking the three pills" at least three to five times each day during this month and for the year to come. There is a real possibility you can make a very positive, lasting change in your life as a result.
My wish is that this discussion group will be not only an opportunity to read and learn, but also to reflect within and to try to connect deeply with the stillness, silence, and spaciousness. The videos themselves contain a lot of practical information on how to do the meditation practice, so I suggest that you view them over and over.
With all my best wishes,
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha Institute. Recognized as one of the few Bön masters now living in the West, he is known for his clear, engaging style and his ability to bring the ancient Tibetan teachings into a contemporary format that is relevant for Westerners.
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Dear discussion group participants,
We have come to the end of our month-long discussion group. I send my greetings from Lima, Peru, where I am teaching a retreat on dream yoga. There is limited access to the Internet here, so I have not had opportunity to answer the most recent questions. However, I will try to post answers in the next few days.
If you wish, you may visit https://www.ligmincha.org/ to learn more about Bon Buddhism and its teachings. You can also subscribe to Ligmincha's free e-newsletter at http://voiceofclearlight.org/ to get updates about the upcoming live webcasts, online workshops, and retreats.
I have enjoyed this opportunity to share and answer questions, and appreciate the excellent job Tricycle Magazine is doing in promoting the Dharma in the West. Thank you Sam as well for moderating this discussion and posting the videos and excerpts.
I wish all of you a successful journey in your path.
Heartfelt gratitude for these precious teachings!
I've tried to save the video talks but while my computer tells me that I've saved them on the computer's clipboard, they don't seem to be there.
Are they available by any other means?
And, might there be a video demonstration of the tsa lung exercises that can be downloaded or purchased as a dvd?
I want to be able to work with this wonderful information for some time to come......
Again, many thanks and tashi delek!
As Miriam said, I too have experienced some very strong emotions during and after doing these exercises. They seem very worthwhile, but a bit of a roller-coaster.
May I ask, also, if there are special Bön ways of praying for, or blessing, other beings and situations?
Thanks for being available for this month!
Dear Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, I would also like to thank you so much for your teachings, your books, this opportunity to participate in this discussion, and for the possibility to watch all the podcasts online. Your teachings have been somewhat of a revolution in my practice, I was only first introduced to them when I started reading Awakening the sacred body just a month and a half ago. Since then I have been practicing the 9 breathings and 5 tsa lung every day and I am able to connect with and rest with this spacious awareness in a way I never have before.
I am wondering if you could say something about what happens when old pain surfaces. You write in Awakening the sacred body (p. 25 that "Through stillness, silence and spacious awareness, everything comes to the surface and becomes very clear in order for you to breathe it out'. After I started doing the 9 breathings and 5 tsa lung exercises I first felt a very strong sense of connectedness and joy, and after that went straight into some of the most painful emotions I've ever felt. Could you say something about what happens when this pain comes up and some way to look at it that makes it easier to not get so caught up in it (since it seems to come up with the old persuasive storylines)?
Sincerely, Miriam
Miriam, for the benefit of our group, I will first mention that the tsa lung practice is also described in some detail in the book we are discussing here, Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech and Mind, beginning on page 163.
As the tsa lung breathing practices open the channels and chakras, allowing freer flow of the wind, deeply blocked emotions can surface. When these emotions come, it's important how you deal with them. To understand the best way, imagine that a dear friend of yours is in trouble and in pain and comes to you seeking help. How would you treat that friend? You would not judge or analyze. You would simply be there for your friend, be open, hold the person in your arms, give them a spacious and warm hug. Your friend would feel helped and healed as a result. If you can deal openly with your own pain as it arises in exactly the same way, your pain will feel like it, too, is being held and healed by you.
But if you look at your pain critically when it surfaces, thinking to yourself "Something is wrong with you, I don't like this feeling" and trying to reject it, then your pain is going to be in more pain — just as your friend would be saddened by being judged by you. So, it is important to be there for your pain with openness and warmth, just as you would for a friend who is in pain.
P.S. Thank you also for the unique way you teach the Tsa Lung. It is the most powerful practice I have ever encountered in my eight years of study and practice (especially when done in combination with your special Refuge Prayer, with its beautifully wise composition). Even during those times when I have just 20 minutes to practice formally, it has been amazingly effective in so many ways.
Jillian, thank you for your words of appreciation. The tsa lung is definitely a powerful and transformative practice, and I have experienced this personally myself. You asked about being too open. When one is truly open, the decisions that are made from that place of openness, awareness, warmth and joy are going to be wiser, clearer, more real, and will give you more happiness than decisions that come from a place of pain, ego, or fear.
But when one says "too open" and "too much in the flow," with a sense that moving with the flow might affect one's life adversely, this does not sound very open. It sounds like it is associated with a lack of discriminating wisdom, a lack of clarity, a lack of connectedness. It seems like there is fear and expectation in those words, so this is not true openness. If it is truly openness, then you can trust it.
Thank you Rinpoche, I do hear what you are saying, and it is true that when occasionally the thought about being too open comes up, it is indeed related with a temporary panic about the risks that one takes in following a path that is different from the norm in modern society -- perhaps a bubbling up of an underlying fear or anxiety about what might happen to one's career/family/income if one prioritizes the path and takes it all the way. I am grateful for the practices you teach in this book and others, which help so much in transforming fears and finding clarity.
When first raising this question during one of your retreats, your initial response about whether it's possible to be too open referred to the need to learn how to "focus in space." Later, I realized I didn't fully understand what you meant by that, and as I read and practice more of your teachings, it seems increasingly important to understand. Could you kindly explain a little more about focusing within space, what it means and how to practice and integrate that capacity? Gratefully, Jillian
Thank you, Rinpoche, for the profound wisdom and clear teachings in this wonderfully helpful new book. I am so grateful for your presence and accessibility here, on the Internet, and in general. Could you please clarify what it means to be able to "focus within space" in one's life, and how one does that, practically speaking? As a long-term practitioner who has been able to increasingly integrate practice of the dharma in everyday life -- which has involved some major career, home, and relationship transformations -- I sometimes wonder about possibly being too open (especially with regard to work, given the conditions of modern life) or somehow too much in the flow (e.g. in relationships, in light of one's biological clock) while learning to trust the universe and allow the path to unfold. With gratitude, Jillian
Suggestions for Week 4
This week, I invite everybody to try the simple "exhaustion practice" described in the excerpt below as a way to enter even more deeply into the stillness of the body, the silence of speech, or the spaciousness of the mind.
See if this helps you to find more stability in the experience.
Finding Stillness (From Part 1, "Introduction to Body")
One of the closest experiences you can have through your body of self-realization is when you are able to reach a deep place of stillness, like the stillness of a mountain. Being in this deep place of stillness can be no different from abiding in the inseparable state of the essence and nature of mind.
Exhaustion can bring you to this kind of stillness. After working a long, hard day of physical labor, you arrive home feeling utterly depleted, fall back into a comfortable chair, and relax fully into that sense of stillness. The body is still, the speech is still, the mind is still. There is a deep sense of release, of connection, of completion, of whole- ness. This is a clear example of how the pain body itself may be used as a doorway. Without practice, this experience of stillness will remain only until a distracting movement occurs. Even a simple hand gesture can lead to a loss of connection, drawing your mind back into its habitual patterns.
The distraction comes not from the movement but from your relation to the movement. This is the point of regular meditation practice—even when your body is not literally exhausted, through meditation you can bring yourself to that same deep place of release. You can relax into the stillness, abide in it, familiarize yourself with it, and over time stabilize it. Once the experience is fully stabilized, no physical movement will disturb it.
There is a specific dzogchen meditation practice in which we bring ourselves to the place of stillness by closing the eyes and contemplating all of the body's physical actions over a lifetime, action by action, day by day, year by year. Although we can't review our entire life in a single meditation session, we can elicit enough physical memories to bring ourselves to the point of exhaustion. The instant we arrive at this point, we release all the actions into the stillness of the moment and abide without changing. "Abide without changing" means that as our thoughts and experiences continue to arise and dissolve, we continue to rest in our own nature and simply observe without elaborating. We try not to follow the past, plan the future, or change the present. We "leave it as it is."
This type of exhaustion practice is not limited to the body; it can be used also with the speech and with the mind. One reflects on a lifetime of speech, then releases all the speech into the silence—a deep silence, like the silence of someone who has awakened from a dream and has no words to describe it. With the mind practice, one contemplates all the thinking one has done over a lifetime and on arriving at the place of exhaustion, one releases all the thoughts into the space of pure, thought-free awareness, like a clear sky.
The stillness of the body, the silence of speech, and the spacious awareness of mind are the true three doors to enlightenment. Ultimately, one aims to connect with, appreciate, and rest in the fullness and pure potentiality of the nature of mind.
Rinpoche -
Might I ask how one comes to perceive space inside of situations (thoughts, or our body, or sounds) as well as around them?
Birrell, to understand how one can perceive space inside of situations, first consider how the pain mind looks within a situation and is able to find a problem there. The pain mind perceives pain. Similarly, if you can connect with and feel the spaciousness of your mind and look from that space into the situation, you can find space within the situation.
If you can hold that space long enough, rest enough in that space, feel comfortable enough in that space, gradually more light of awareness will emerge, from which a sense of warmth will spontaneously arise. That warmth then can actually clear whatever issues surround the situation, even strong issues. That warmth is the medicine.
Thank you...
Might I ask if the light is experienced as light (with qualities like visibility, brightness and so on), or is it an expression for the experience of awareness? A lot of my experience comes kinesthetically, as body feeling. I was wondering if the visualness of the "light of awareness" is a necessary part of it.
Birrell, first of all, it's not a question of what is necessary or unnecessary, it is more a question of what *is*. When we speak of the light of awareness, we are talking about something that illuminates darkness, that gives life to low or dead energy. When people have experiences of this light, it's a sense of awareness, knowingness, alertness, wakefulness. These are qualities that do give light: We see life as more vibrant. So it's not like torchlight, but more a sense of vibrancy.
Heartfelt Greetings, Rinpoche!
The A Li Ka Li Mantra Healing Practice beginning on page 123 speaks to me and is one I would like to practice with. However, an issue I come up against in doing so, not only with this mantra but with others too, is how to properly ennunciate. It feels important to me to know the proper ennunciation along with its melody in order fully benefit from the mantra. Is there a place I could go to that has a recording of this mantra? (BTW, I appreciated the phonetic spelling of the seed syllables of the 'Ten Sounds That Heal' !)
I was initially introduced to the mantra in Tummo, and with the coming back again in this new application in your book, I want to be able to recite the mantra properly. It's presentation in Tummo was fast and it unfortunately didn't stick with me.
Lastly in regards to healing sounds in general, I completely connected with what you mentioned on page 120 that reciting a tone with a lower bass to it connects more strongly to one's self and the base of all--does that apply to the recitation of all the seed syllables discussed in this section? I find that to be my personal experience with bass tones in general.
Eternal Thanks and Blessings to you,
Jenny (and Steve)
Portland, OR
Jenny, at one time we did have a recording of the A Li Ka Li mantra available, but right now I don't have one. In the future there might be one. Regarding sounding the seed syllables with a deeper tone, a sound's pitch clearly seems to bring different effects. A deeper pitch in particular feels more connected to the base of all. That's my feeling.
All my best wishes,
Thank You, Rinpoche! I am reminded of the message on page 141 about trusting in being guided in the skill of knowing what meditation practices are best for me presently. I am and feel so enriched and filled with gratitude on a daily basis for these Sacred Teachings and will continue working more diligently, more focused in the 3 Doors, and the few others mentioned in this book that clearly speak to me.
More Eternal gratitude for you, in teaching us How...... for providing the "bridge" on the most accessible levels. ,~j
Suggestions for Week 3
The more you practice connecting with the stillness, silence and spaciousness, the more stable you can become in the experience, and the more you can start to notice positive, enriching qualities arising from the meditative state.
This week I recommend viewing the 90-minute recorded live webcast "Nourishing Your Inner Being" (below). A clip containing just the 25-minute guided meditation from that webcast is also available here, for those who don't have time to watch the entire recording, or for those who would like to listen to it as a daily meditation practice.
Doreen, thank you for sharing your nice experience. I send my blessings.
Dear Rinpoche,
I had a dream this morning/image of the words of my friend dissolving into space like prayers from a prayer flag dissolving into space. All I had to do is watch his "sounds" and watch them dissolve, and "be" warm, look into his eyes, and see the space there..and something clicked!!! It was a wonderful dream and I am going to "do" this, which is actually doing nothing in a very specific way....I think I finally got some insight as to how to hear the space and silence. Thank you. There is no way I could even dream this without your teachings and your retreats!!
Could you say something about becoming comfortable with spaciousness?
Birrell, generally speaking, experiences of space and openness can be very empowering and strengthening for some people. For others these experiences can be very comforting, peaceful and blissful. For still others, connecting with a sense of spaciousness can feel threatening at times, because it requires letting go of the pain body, of one's limited, conditional identity. During meditation practice you can ease this discomfort by progressively letting go of things, allowing yourself to connect and find comfort with whatever small amount of spaciousness you are experiencing, so you are gradually opening to the space, rather than immediately going fully into it.
Nooks and crannies, then patios, then the back yard... maybe then the sky? OK, thank you - that seems doable!
I just want to say a huge Thank You for asking about being comfortable with spaciousness (what I've been working on)and for this perfect 'doable' progression image! I got my much-needed message very clearly!
Dear Rinpoche, Thank you for your new book and for this wonderful opportunity to connect with you in this manner. Gratitude from my heart. Rinpoche, thank you for how you taught us about Stillness/Silence/Spaciousness. It has changed my experience of this beautiful world entirely, over the past 6 months. I love how your teachings are such that when I meet challenges, that's when they are there for me. And in between challenges, I get to enjoy so much. I love how you teach to listen to the Silence within and around everything, even the noise, even the noise in my head; to feel the Unbounded Space within and around my anger and my pain, and all these beautiful objects around me. I never knew they were so beautiful before. To just be in that Stillness underlying everything. Life is so marvelous.
Rinpoche, could you please say a little about why you have prescribed the white pill of Stillness for pain body. Personally, I have been working mostly with pain mind and pain speech. With pain identity (pain body), I used the Tsa Lung exercise. But sometime ago, I had a little muscle cramp and I took the Space pill, experiencing great Space within and without the cramp. And I connected with 'that place' ( Clear Light). Can we use the Space pill if the 'door' is a muscle cramp?
Thank you Rinpoche. Respectfully, Selina (greeting you from Singapore).
Selina, I appreciate your words of gratitude. This ancient wisdom has benefited countless people, and it always makes me very happy to learn that someone's life is being affected positively. The main reason for relating the pain body to the white pill is that in the Tibetan Bön tradition, enlightened body is associated with the white syllable A; enlightened speech with the red syllable OM; and enlightened mind with the blue syllable HUNG. It is fine to connect with the spaciousness for physical pain as you have described.
Dear Rinpoche, Thank you for your reply.
I have a question about the 'Inner Sound' practice described in your book. It's really, really interesting. I used to call it 'physiological sound' and never paid attention.
When I listen, I hear it. it can be rather loud and I hear it inside and outside (same sound). When I leave the sound, I don't hear it.
My question is: In the modified listening experience of the sound, can I listen to it without blocking my ears? Listening to it the way I do, without blocking my ears, after a while, I sometimes hear the sound as coming directly from The Space and I hear the other sounds, like motorcycle or building sounds, as coming directly from The Space. This is after reading your book and making the connection. I would love to do it more :)
Thank you, Rinpoche.
Selina, yes, I suppose you can do this modified inner-sound practice without blocking the ears. The point is that listening to the inner sound serves as a doorway to abiding in the silence and the nature of mind. If one is able to do this without pressing the ears closed, then that's fine.
Hi Rinpoche. I completely LOVE your new book. Your voice speaks through the text so clearly and completely. My question is regarding page 125. I have recited the Al LI Ka Li mantra as part of the ngondro I did but it was with slightly different directions. Now i am practicing as you indicated in the book, however I am unclear about one point. When you generate the lotus on your tongue with the yidam and recite Ali Kali in the morning, do you maintain the visualization all day without dissolving? Then at night do you dissolve the lotus? Or at night do you regenerate the lotus, and then just dissolve after the mantra?
Patricia, it's wonderful you are able to put this into practice. It is not possible to maintain the visualization all day without a break; but every now and then throughout the day, when you remember to you can try to recall the image to keep it alive in your awareness. Then in the evening, just recall the visualization before allowing the seed syllables to dissolve into light.
Suggestions for Week 2
The 90-minute video "Finding Refuge Within" (a recorded live webcast - below) offers more depth about how to connect with the three pills of stillness, silence and spaciousness, and includes a 22-minute guided meditation. If you would like to make it a daily practice, you can view just the meditation practice at the link here.
I recommend that you continue working with the same issue related to pain body, pain speech, or pain mind in your formal and informal practice throughout this week and the weeks to come, until you are able to see some real changes manifesting in your life. As you connect with the stillness, silence and spaciousness, bring your issue into awareness and host it there. Be aware of the space around you and within you, draw attention to the space, feel the space. The deeper you can feel that opening, the more you are taking refuge in that indestructible, unbounded space, which is the source of confidence and the greatest protection you can have.
Throughout day, whenever something challenges you, try to remember to take the three pills.
Thank you Tenzin Wangyal. This is a beneficial and healing teaching that I can sense will complement mahamudra practice, I look forward to learning and working with you during this session. I am grateful that you are doing this, as it coincides with my just having bought Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech and Mind
Week 1: I recommend that you read the excerpts from the book here, and then watch the 17-minute video, "The Three Pills" (below). The video gives a simple overview of stillness, silence, and spaciousness. Take some time to reflect on this information. Importantly, consider bringing it into your formal meditation practice as well as into informal practice in your daily life. Some questions you might ask yourself this week are:
• Which seems most active in your experience these days: pain body, pain speech, or pain mind?
• When do you most notice this pain becoming activated? What triggers it?
• Are you able to remember one or more of the "three pills" at least three to five times a day?
• What happens when you do so?
To achieve a goal as big as this – recognizing your source in every experience – you need to start small. For example, if you look at the places where you feel stuck in life, you will notice that some problems seem to be completely external and separate from you – you really believe those problems are out there, that they exist in and of themselves. Then, there may be other problems that you believe have been partially created by your own mind. And finally, there may be some problems that you realize are entirely projections of your own mind. If you start with the first problems that seem so real, where you feel most stuck, you will have a hard time of it. Instead, you can start with the ones in the third category that are easier to work with. Then you move to the second kind of problems. Eventually, with practice you will come to recognize that the problems that you had first thought were completely separate and external are equally a projection of your own mind.
We spend so much time believing our problems are "out there" and invest so much psychological energy in trying to deal with those problems. We can benefit from spending more time instead reflecting on the fact that "I am part of my problem," and spending even more time self-reflecting in the last category, where we clearly know we are responsible. The more time we spend in self-reflection like this, the less likely we will have to repeat the cycle of delusion.
Wow, you are so good at getting to the heart of the matter. Thank, you Rinpoche, for the very practical advice. Maria in Fort Lauderdale
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem as we used to say in the radical '60's ;-)
Rinpoche, I love this book. I love all of your books, but in this one you give an overview of a collection of really central teachings and practices.
I have a question from Chapter 3, "The Body of Light", p. 43: "If you recognize that every experience you have is nothing more than the pure energy of the inseparable state of space and light, experiences disturb you less...As long as you do not recognize your source and continue to see appearances as independent, separate entities, then you remain trapped in the cycle of samsara."
Intellectually, I believe this, I even understand it. But what is it going to take for me to actualize this concept, to realize it, to actually be liberated?


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Simplifying an interface does not necessarily mean a game has been put into easy mode, but it is a good indicator of that happening.
I have had players who are healers tell my that they can hardly remember what the dungeons we have been in looked like as they spent all their time looking at coloured bars. In this example making the interface easier reduced both their enjoyment of playing in new areas and made it easier to heal. But I doubt all players who play healers would feel the same way.
But I do not think difficult controls are needed for challenging game play, it is just that we are moving to era in gaming where there are only easy controls and easy game play.
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Originally posted by biofellis
In post #155. You seem talk about how the interface simplifies gameplay, but ignore the fact that the simplification makes the process more complicated than it needs to be. It can be argued either way here since RPGs are derived from wargames which can be either tactical or logistical. WoW apparently went for the straight logistical route, but a more tactical approach would be easier from an interface perspective. It's the implication of absolutism that is the problem here. Sometime streamlining adds depth, sometimes it just generates cruft and other times it just eliminates needless repitition while leaving everything intact. But making all inclusive statements, which is what you seem to be doing with this paragragh, ignores the reall issue. Humans have an intuitive understanding of line of sight. It's the way that we interact with our environment. What you introduced in the following passage is a simpler, more accessible way to play which seems to be the opposite of what you've been advocating for. I'm sure that the same 7 year old would have no problem understanding how to heal people with a line of sight system. Whether or not she would be as effective is another matter. I'm assuming that she could be with enough practice, kids pick things up quicker than adults do, but she'd still be able to sit down and figure out exactly what to do with no explaination.
2. Streamlining as dumbing down.
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Be Brief, Be Bright... Be Gone.
Originally posted by Cecropia
This is not a good comparison at all. I can look at one of the old tall ships and see how it turns, I can follow the ropes and guidelines and see what connects to what. With a basic understanding of mechanics, physics and how wind and water forces act on the ship, all the mechanics for operating the ship are visible to see and therefore I can learn how it works.
If I were to look at a modern frigate I would see row after row of dials and buttons and scans. None of which may be labelled, I wouldn't have a clue as to which button does which so I wouldn't be able to run it.
So in answer to your question the frigate would be harder for me to navigate.
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Logic be damned!
"Dumbed down" is a term used by bored forum trolls who have no logical base for their arguments, they just like to use buzz words.
Other examples include - WoW clone, casual vs. hardcore, sandbox, theme park...
The greatest goal of innovation is either:
A) to do something no one else has ever done before
B) to do something better
Option B is more loosely defined, but when it comes to the MMO genre I like to think of it to mean simply that:
You take what "works" and refine it, trim off the fat so to speak, clean it up and re-present it in a way that is more appealing to the end user.
By this argument, would some then agree that Windows 7 is simply a "dumbed down" version of the Windows 98 operating system? I'd say that argument is completely illogical as Windows 7 contains functionality not present in 98, as well as a more refined, cleaned up, and polished presentation then most any previous Microsoft operating system release.
Would some then agree that modern 3G cell phones are simply a "dumbed down" version of their predaccesors? Despite the fact they are vastly more reliable, powerful, and contain complex functionality including internet and streaming video SIMPLY because they have a more refined, visually and asethetically appealing interface?
I think my point is made...
"Dumbed down" is ACTUALLY a term used by forum trolls who are themselves too dumb to understand the evolution of the MMORPG genre.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
LOL I've Captained a Tall ship, as well as my own personal modern computerized Cabin Cruiser (wish it was Frigate). You can say whatever you want, but I know first hand which is more of a challenge. They aren't even in the same realm of difficulty.
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Originally posted by Cecropia
You have experience in both. You need to step away and look as if you have experience in neither and see which one would be easier. I doubt you have the same experience in flying planes so use the analogy of flying one of the first planes ever (basically just a stick) and a modern day jet. Now which one do you think you would have more of a chance of flying?
Originally posted by Lazerou
I'm looking at this from the point of view of being new at both, you know because at one point I was. It was light years easier to figure out all of the electronic/computerized systems on my boat (amongst other things) than it was to learn everything involved with captaining an actual Tall ship. It was another thing entirely to get good at it. Also the Tall ship legally required a full crew whereas my boat does not. Note: they are virtaully the same size vessel.
When specific operations are already done for you and so much of the vessel is automated, yes it's far less of a challenge. Modern Tank operators/Pilots also agree that their WWI counterparts had to have far greater skills to accomplish the same tasks.
Even for these forums, I'm kinda surprised this isn't common knowledge.
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Be Brief, Be Bright... Be Gone.
I'll take your word for it because I haven't done either and so have no knowledge of them. But I do understand mechanics and applied forces and from my point of view (a complete novice) I can understand the tall ship way easier than the modern frigate. With some basic understanding of the computer system I'd probably think differently but right now it's easier to see how the tall ship works because I can literally see a response for each action, whereas on the frigate I flick a switch and trust the engineer that designed it.
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Originally posted by biofellis
Thats par for the course for RPGS. The whole point is that even if you don't live in the world 24/7, your character does. They have knowledge you don't, and you should be able to draw on it. This has been done in PnP for 25ish years. You should have complained about the dumbing down in the 80's when all of this started. LIsting these as dumbing down misses the boat wildly.
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Originally posted by rscott6666
Actually, this is backwards. It is not a case that the character has knowledge we do not, we have knowledge that neither they nor us should have. Some of it may be applicable in modern, near future, or futuristic games; but explain the game mechanics in a fantasy game in regard to satellites triangulating our position, eh? His post was one of the best posts about how it is pretty hard to buy into the illusion and suspend our disbelief.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
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It can mean anything you want it to, basically. Just like "hardcore", "casual", "carebear", "sandbox", "rpg", "fps", "success", etc.
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Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
Hmmm, considering your RL skills you'd probably be a lot of fun to teach with regards to Tall ships.
After thinking about this more carefully, I think the term "dumbed-down" is far too derogatory and inflammatory, it's just insulting really. When I'm on my boat I've never thought to myself "man this is nothing compared to that Tall ship, what a fracking joke, screw this! Anybody want a nice Chris Craft?"
Sure one is much easier to get used to (in my experience), but they're just so different. I guess what I'm saying is I don't look down on anyone who can only operate a modern vessel as opposed to one from the past. How foolish would that be. But nonetheless it is interesting to note the difference in the "learning curve" with respect to both technologies.
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Originally posted by Cecropia
Hmm, as a sailor myself, this is interesting :) I sail in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Texas coast.
The old method was "deduced reckoning", shortened to "dead reckoning", and that required a map, a compass, and thought. You had to actually pay attention and plot your route, taking into account tides, wind, current, etc.
"dumbed down" would be the modern chart plotter, with GPS, and auto-steering. Just point and click LOL.
Originally posted by olepi
Well I'm glad I'm not the only one, and the point and click remark was bloody marvelous.
When I started reading this thread, the comparison of the two types of ships with MMO's that are "dumbed-down" or simplified, seemed to make so much sense to me.
No kidding about the paying more attention part; let's just say the Hull damage that I had to repair on my Chris' Bow 4 years ago wasn't exactly some freak accident. When you're sailing on a big ship and at the wheel, you most likely wouldn't be in the galley making a snack while heading directly for a shoal. I was lucky to have been quick enough to only sustain minor damage. Sometimes you can get too relaxed on these modern boats. Same goes for these games.
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
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Originally posted by VirusDancer
Its not backwards. The characters do indeed have knowledge the players don't. You don't have to like it. But its true. Its always
Of course, it is ALSO true that we have knowledge the character probably lacks, basic math, counting, computers, earth history, tv shows... None of which applies to the game of course.
The bottom line is that our extra knowledge is mostly useless, and the characters extra knowledge is useful.
Theres also the case where the characters eyesight could reasonably have a 160 degree view, whereas we have a 60 degree view due to the monitor size. But most people ignore that. And ignore the hearing differences, and smell, and touch...
The character more than likely knows mores about the world than we do. Now, need it be displayed like a radar? *shrug*, i don't know. No matter how you do it, there could be some innaccuracy. But to treat his post like its anything other than ignorance is wrong.
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Dumbed down ->
Map with player cursor
Map with quest locations highlighted
Raids that are too easy
PvE that relies on clicking addons repeatedly
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Originally posted by Cecropia
But in your analogy I don't think you are taking into account the differences of abilities of the different craft. Todays boats, planes, cars all move at much faster speeds and are required to do a hell of a lot more than the early models. Try sailing a tall ship at the speeds and maneuvers that modern day frigates can achieve and I think sailing a tall ship would be much harder (for that matter try driving a Model T at the speeds a car today can achieve). The increases in technology, having technology do much of the tedious work for us has allowed modern versions of all vehicles to perform far better than anything in the past.
You ignored my plane analogy and I think it fits pretty well. With very minimal training you could probably fly an old tigermoth, you could not do the same with a modern jet. Technology exists to make hard tasks easier. It is called progress. I don't think the astronauts who fly the space shuttle hark back to the good old days of Apollo controls or that they feel that a space shuttle is "dumbed down".
Am I making any sense, I don't know. I think I threw a few too many things in there :)


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