Secular Buddhism 114 - Beware Of Falling Rocks
Nov 3, 2019
Exploring skillful means and right speech in Buddhism, accepting difficulties, frustrating experiences with nationality paperwork, and the concept of attachment and letting go of rocks.
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Voter ID Saga Revealed Why Small Losses Hurt So Much
- Noah recounts five months of bureaucratic obstacles trying to get a local Mexican voter registration card.
- Errors on translated birth records and a mismatched maternal name caused delays, revealing his frustration over a process pursued mostly for theme-park discounts.
Groundlessness Is Loosening Your Grip On Comfort
- Groundlessness is the practice of loosening attachment to comforts so the baseline fear of 'falling' becomes manageable.
- Noah uses the falling-rocks metaphor: rocks are relationships, beliefs, money, jobs that we grip and which often add more suffering than relief.
Attachment Causes The Second Arrow Of Suffering
- Attachment, not the object, causes suffering: the rock itself can remain yet the death grip is what bleeds you.
- Letting go or loosening the grip reduces self-inflicted 'second arrow' suffering and speeds emotional recovery.