Philosophy

"Looking for an immediate application of a teaching may function as a bypass. By hearing the Dharma and immediately turning it outward toward my daily circumstances, I fail to take it in deeply. It runs off the surface, rather than penetrating down into the heart...

neuroscience phd, DeSci advocate, Buddhist chaplain. co-host of the /okbanger show and vibe imagineer for /christin. https://reframescience.xyz

This article titled the Dharma of Surrender by Kim Allen from Insight Meditation Center has been living rent-free in my mind

This article titled the Dharma of Surrender by Kim Allen from Insight Meditation Center has been living rent-free in my mind

https://www.uncontrived.org/the-dharma-of-surrender.html

B/c it addresses the most important issue that most (including myself) suffer from that we don't even know we are doing--thinking that spiritual practice is the way to Solve Our Life's Problems

The entire frame is what is to be examined 🙏

...where it might touch something uncomfortable, nourish something I’ve been trying to starve, or melt something I cherish in its hardened form.

Can we allow a more intimate contact with the teachings?"

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Right?! I have been wrestling with the word surrender too because of its conventional context, yet finding it the "best" to describe what has been the most helpful for me in letting go / letting in...

Also I imagine you and @ro having the most Zen team meetings possible 🧘‍♂️ 🧘‍♂️  😂

Thanks for this @christin. A helpful reminder.

I was in discussion with @ro over the weekend on surrender in the context of leadership (and related "drives")...in particular we talked of the distinction between "surrender" (of small egoic tight fisted strangling) and into the emergent, vs. mere collapse/defeat.