Revoked: Aug 13, 2024

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Via FB // The 10 Rules of Being Human

A few decades ago, Chérie Carter-Scott devised a list of 10 Rules for Being Human, which was published in her 1998 book If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules.

These rules are often presented on social media as being “handed down from ancient Sanskrit” but these are more recent of origin

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Via +Dhamma Wheel ; Cultivating Compassion

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RIGHT INTENTION
Cultivating Compassion

Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis upon which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on compassion, for when you develop meditation on compassion, any cruelty will be abandoned. (MN 62)

The far enemy of compassion is cruelty. (Vm 9.99)

Reflection

In a moment of compassion, cruelty is impossible, and when cruelty is present there is no room for compassion. As opposite emotions, these two always compete for a spot in the mind. Whichever is raised into conscious awareness from its unconscious latency will have the greatest impact on the mind stream that follows. When we are able to cultivate compassion over cruelty, we can train our minds toward healthy and happy states.

Daily Practice

Put aside some time each day to think of the suffering of others, perhaps just before or just after meditating, and allow yourself to feel compassion in your heart rather than pity or despair. Also, any time you catch yourself feeling mean-spirited or hurtful, immediately take note of that and see if you can replace the incipient cruelty with its antidote, authentic compassion. In these ways you guide your mind in a noble direction.

Tomorrow: Refraining from Malicious Speech
One week from today: Cultivating Appreciative Joy

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Relaxing into Openness

The practice is not to become enlightened in the future. The practice is full, vulnerable, intimate, open participation in our immediate experience, which is all we ever have anyway.

Bruce Tift, “Relaxing into Freedom”

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