Maybe bloggers can simplify their original blog posts and have the text written as a post to discuss. It doesn’t seem like a site for discussions but one to list blog posts.
Good point. I'm guilty of doing this, but at the same time I also have a wish to see more discussion facilitated within the group. I looked at another similar group for example, and saw they have some great discussions going so what can't we...
Yes I love discussions. It’s hard to trigger them when it’s a lot of different concepts though. I think small pointed thought provoking posts, maybe some with a question but not necessary. I don’t believe there is no place for the blogs, but have more non-blog posts to make them more balanced, and maybe even give a summary paragraph with a point of discussion where the person can choose to read your view or just reply to your post. Even conversations about how we are putting teachings into our lives including our failures and successes would be another great thing to talk about. This last one is my favorite. No one can learn from anyone else, because we rarely speak about our efforts. So, no one can be inspired by anyone one else, in their own daily lives through the sharing of challenges and accomplishments.
I thought about it because I had just been thinking about a girl who almost hit me while driving home.I wasn’t angry but, in that moment, where I barely prevented being hit, I became consumed by a mind that wanted her to acknowledge what she did while I was now next to her on the road, but nothing. I even beeped, and was verbally saying aren’t you going to just say sorry. Then, 40 seconds later I snapped out of it and came up with the idea to write down my ideals arisen from practice and meditate in them for a few minutes each day. Because for someone who understands that others really do not know what they do, I certainly didn’t act from that place. Why, because though I know and believe it is true, I do not have that view solidified in my daily mind where it arises without effort. This means I need to make effort holding onto things I already know, so I can act from them by default instead of my wild mind. Catching myself within 40 seconds was an accomplishment, but nothing compared to preventing the negative mind from arising in the first place.
That is what we want for this group. People are using the Facebook pages for that, and we are hoping more people would be able to find Reddit and join in. Not sure why it hasn't taken off yet ...
Maybe people are just more used to using FB. I wasn't really aware of Reddit until this group was set up. I guess it will take some time, but if we can facilitate some interesting and thought-provoking discussions I think we'll be able to draw people in over time
Good point. I'm guilty of doing this, but at the same time I also have a wish to see more discussion facilitated within the group. I looked at another similar group for example, and saw they have some great discussions going so what can't we...
Yes I love discussions. It’s hard to trigger them when it’s a lot of different concepts though. I think small pointed thought provoking posts, maybe some with a question but not necessary. I don’t believe there is no place for the blogs, but have more non-blog posts to make them more balanced, and maybe even give a summary paragraph with a point of discussion where the person can choose to read your view or just reply to your post. Even conversations about how we are putting teachings into our lives including our failures and successes would be another great thing to talk about. This last one is my favorite. No one can learn from anyone else, because we rarely speak about our efforts. So, no one can be inspired by anyone one else, in their own daily lives through the sharing of challenges and accomplishments.
That's a good idea. Encouraging people to talk about how they're putting the teachings into practice ...
I thought about it because I had just been thinking about a girl who almost hit me while driving home.I wasn’t angry but, in that moment, where I barely prevented being hit, I became consumed by a mind that wanted her to acknowledge what she did while I was now next to her on the road, but nothing. I even beeped, and was verbally saying aren’t you going to just say sorry. Then, 40 seconds later I snapped out of it and came up with the idea to write down my ideals arisen from practice and meditate in them for a few minutes each day. Because for someone who understands that others really do not know what they do, I certainly didn’t act from that place. Why, because though I know and believe it is true, I do not have that view solidified in my daily mind where it arises without effort. This means I need to make effort holding onto things I already know, so I can act from them by default instead of my wild mind. Catching myself within 40 seconds was an accomplishment, but nothing compared to preventing the negative mind from arising in the first place.
That is what we want for this group. People are using the Facebook pages for that, and we are hoping more people would be able to find Reddit and join in. Not sure why it hasn't taken off yet ...
Maybe people are just more used to using FB. I wasn't really aware of Reddit until this group was set up. I guess it will take some time, but if we can facilitate some interesting and thought-provoking discussions I think we'll be able to draw people in over time