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Author: anagarika eddie rock
Company: Dhammabucha Rocksprings Meditation Rereat Sanctua
Residence: Barksdale, Texas
Website: www.dhammarocksprings.org/
Memorable Quote 1: We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world
Memorable Quote 2: Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Author Comment / Biography:
Anagarika eddie is a meditation teacher at the Dhammabucha Rocksprings Meditation Retreat Sanctuary and author of A Year to Enlightenment. His 30 years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Thervada Buddhist monk.
He lived at Wat Pah Nanachat under Ajahn Chah, at Wat Pah Baan Taad under Ajahn Maha Boowa, and at Wat Pah Daan Wi Weg under Ajahn Tui. He had been a postulant at Shasta Abbey, a Zen Buddhist monastery in northern California under Roshi Kennett; and a Theravada Buddhist anagarika at both Amaravati Monastery in the UK and Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand, both under Ajahn Sumedho. The author has meditated with the Korean Master Sueng Sahn Sunim; with Bhante Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society in West Virginia; and with the Tibetan Master Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. He has also practiced at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Zen Center in San Francisco.
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1. Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up!
November 20, 2009
"Follow not what wise men say, follow instead in their footsteps." (Old Zen Saying). Meaning that in order to reach the levels of elevated consciousness that these wise men achieved, you must live the life that they did, or, "Follow in their footsteps" in order to reach those lofty plateaus. Only re...
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2. The Less We Have, The Happier We Become
November 15, 2009
Nancy Gibbs of TIME writes, . . . "we stopped buying all the stuff we didn't need that was supposed to make us happier, and we seem to be happier for it. And who would have expected that?"
Nancy's article explores why Americans are becoming cheerier even though they have lost economically, ...
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3. Melt Down!
November 11, 2009
Can you feel it? It's almost palpable, a feeling that permeates everything, hanging in the air like an impeding thunderstorm. Silent, ominous, dangerous, frightening and yet at the same time exciting and alive, and pregnant with possibility.
It all began on a sunny day in 1991. We were just ...
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4. Blind Leading the Blind
November 08, 2009
If we become involved in preaching to others or teaching religion before experiencing Ultimate Truth first hand for ourselves, we teach from ego and not true compassion. Only when we personally touch Ultimate Truth with all its subtleties does universal love replace ambition. Then, our only concern ...
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5. The Curious and Fascinating Process of Dying
November 08, 2009
I have been close, real close to death twice; once in a drowning incident in Lake Erie when I was eighteen and once in a hospital emergency room when I was forty-two. Both times were very scary, but only up to a point before the most incredible peace took over, a peace that can only be described as ...
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6. Silent Prayer: Part 3 - How to Pray Silently
November 04, 2009
While we are praying silently, we are going to let go of all the baggage we carry on our shoulders regarding the past and future. When thoughts of the past come up, whether it be who we are, what we have accomplished, what titles we have earned, our childhood, our relatives, our relationships, bad e...
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7. Silent Prayer: Part 2 - What Silent Prayer Is, and Isn't
November 03, 2009
When we think about prayer, what comes to mind is some kind of request or solicitation of God . Maybe we are ill and ask to get better, or ask forgiveness, or maybe a little help with the lottery. These are the kinds of prayers that we mostly engage in.
We might also repeat a mantra, for exa...
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8. Silent Prayer: Part 1 - Why Should We Pray Silently?
November 02, 2009
For two hundred years after Christ died, according to historical documents, many different and diverse gospels and ideas permeated Christianity, all competing for acceptance by the fledgling Church that was then organizing. One of these was the Gospels of Thomas.
After 200 AD, Christianity b...
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9. Why Are Americans So Angry?
October 31, 2009
"All acceptance is the key to the gateless gate." (Old Zen saying). Good advice, especially when it comes to things we can't prevent or fix. And knowing the difference between the two; what we can fix and what we can‘t, is the beginning of wisdom. Without wisdom, I'm afraid that stupidity is all tha...
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10. Waking Up By Yourself
October 29, 2009
We know when it's not working; it's like a slap in the face. We thought that it was working but then something happens to remind us that nothing has fundamentally changed at all, and we find ourselves back at square one after all these years.
We were smug for awhile, even bragging to friends...
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