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Within the Contemplative Order of Compassion, we do not necessarily embrace the notion of having to follow an archaic monastic system, or culturally irrelevant and misunderstood "rules", but consider the essential teaching of the Enlightened & Anointed Ones to be far more relevant and important. Some have asked what precepts we live by then, and I thought I would share them here: One of the primal fears of humankind seems to be a fear of the dark. One can imagine that the primitive humans faced all sorts of unknown terrors, predators and dangers in the dark, and for that reason, a sort of imprinting has occurred in which we find the seeds of this oftentimes irrational fear. One cannot be afraid of something that does not exist. Darkness is not a thing. It has neither form nor substance. It is (like all phenomena) inherently empty, but more than this, it is simply a des... read full post Not much to add. I'm always wary of something for nothing. But maybe here my suspicion is that meditation sounds boring while meta-cognition sounds like geeky fun  This also reminds me of the concept of the sacred or semantic pause - the ability to take that extra moment to run self-diagnostics before you make a decision or react. That's a geek ninja skill to conjure with. Liked by Gisela Jönsson
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Nice! I totally believe this. I feel like my degree & interest in psychology has helped me a lot with understanding myself and my reactions. It has enabled me to observe my thoughts and feelings without immediatly being too caught up in them, which is especially good for unpleasant thoughts & feelings like jealousy.