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An Independent Nature... Success or Suffering?

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As a result of being forced to make many choices too early, children can become over stimulated and learn positive associations with feelings of separation from their family before it is safe enough for them to be on their own. A sign of completion of this, is when the young person no longer wishes to have anything to do with their family, because their choices take them into further separation. As an adult, choices you might have already made during your own childhood might mean that you have deliberately cultivated more differences than similarities with others choices. Individuality becomes the goal rather than being an expression of unique qualities. Major problems encountered later, could be a lack of trust of others, unresolved issues of security or aggressively held personal views. Buddhism needs new methods to help overcome these disabling suffering attitudes so prevalent in Western modern culture. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ ""Kinder, die gezwungen werden, zu viele Ent...

Courage is not the Antidote to Fear

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Courage is not the antidote to fear and will result in aggression rather than a desired quality of alert endurance. A therapy of experiencing deliberate comfort and simplifying is needed. If we seek comfort without simplifying, stress increases by the need to protect our position and possessions. If we seek simplifying ... without comfort, it will increase fear. We need long term healing of fear and other disturbing feelings in transformative Buddhist practice. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Mut ist nicht das Gegenmittel für Angst und wird eher in Aggression enden, als die gewünschte Qualität der wachsamen Ausdauer hervorzurufen. Was als Therapie benötigt wird, ist das Erlebnis wohlbedachten Komforts und der Vereinfachung. Wenn wir nach Komfort ohne Vereinfachung streben, vergrößern wir unseren Stress durch das Bedürfnis unsere Position und unsere Besitztümer zu beschützen. Wenn wir Vereinfachung ohne Komfort anstreben wird unsere Angst zunehmen. In der transformativen ...