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Comment by Linda on August 5, 2008 at 2:10am

Helt enig, Karl-otto
Det er en del af træningen - om og om igen til det vi ved sidder integreret.
Det tog jo lang tid at installere de "programmer" der ikke gør os godt - så det tager vel også lidt længere end en week end at transformere dem.
Husk "det er i orden"!! Vi træner og har gode intentioner, så det skal nok lykkes - og alt andet lige er dine sejre en af dine gaver til andre mennesker, der er kommet i samme situation. Din medfølelse og indsigt er sikret i forhold til andre og deres kamp op ad bakke.
Respekt!
Vi ses om et par dage. Glæder mig.

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on August 2, 2008 at 3:02pm

Virkeligt godt at læse mine egne kommentarer, jeg glæmmer sku hurtigt.

Comment by Linda on June 13, 2008 at 6:43am

Right ;-D It really helps. Grounding is very important. And when we're totally present and in contact with our body everything is about the Law and it's infinite wisdom. This wisdom and intelligence even gave us the ability to breathe deeply in order to connect. But instead we tend to forget about this great insight and hold our breath because we're so caught up in our minds.
It has been a tremendous help for me to learn, or rediscover, to observe when I hold my breath and then immidiately start to breathe slowly and more deeply.
That is in fact what we do in front of our Gohonzon - maybe that is the very reason why it's so important to chant a lot if we need to change the big things in our lives.

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on June 13, 2008 at 1:20am

Thank`s to linda my co 9/11 buddhist.
Mary o`Malley`book is great.
My body is my inner gohonzon and a wonderful teacher in all aspects.
And it is always there.
Take a deep breath and say ahhhhhh when breathing out.

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on May 17, 2008 at 12:37pm

When i blame others for my bad mood, i give them the power to control me and i loose my power to control myself.
When i chant for my enemies, i gain power and i can smile.

Comment by Linda on May 15, 2008 at 3:30am

What a great image - easy to understand and remember. Thanks, Karl-otto

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on May 15, 2008 at 12:38am

Nishiren taught that suffering arise from " looking outside of oneself" for the cause or the solution to problems.` The fact that it is you who are suffering means it is your problem to solve, not someone else`s.
If you`re looking for others to change, you may wait a wery long time. Still, people make extraordinary efforts to modify the behavior of others in an effort to make relationships works. But ultimately this is as futile as cleaning the mirror in an attemt to clean your face. The mirror will keep reflecting back the same image.
pg:128. The buddha in your mirror.

Comment by Linda on May 9, 2008 at 8:00am

Hej Karl-otto - selv tak for sidst. Det var et fantastisk godt møde. Fyldt med lys og glæde.
Det var dog klart at vi har ting der udfordrer os -tak for dit indlæg i øvrigt, kanon - og efter en god og givtig snak omm sansho shima med jer, kom jeg lige ud i realiteternes verden.
Jeg glemte at klippe mit togkort inden afgang hjem (noget der ellers aldrig sker) og helt tilfældigt var der togkontrol (kl.22. hvilket heller ikke er sædvanligt!) - så det at møde op på mester-discipeldag kostede en (overordentlig sur) bøde på 600, kr. Det kan da mærkes! I forvejen er jeg på vippen til at give op - eller var. For jeg forstår alle disse prøvelser som de djævelske funktioner, der skal få mig til at opgive min praktisering, der åbenbart er yderst virkningsfuld siden mørket er så interesseret i mig. Desuden banker jeg vel lidt gammel karma af. Hmmm.. Så i stedet for at krølle helt sammen (andet end af latter) endte det med at jeg sleb mit sværd og besluttede mig for at fastholde min praktisering, nu mere end før. Og min legendariske vrede kommer ind her helt handy, som et værktøj. "Mig skal de sgu ikke gøre grin med", de der sansho shima fyre.
Glæder mig til at se dig igen - måske til studiemøde?

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on April 29, 2008 at 1:06am

Step 10 is about the daily check list or daily inventory list of how my life works today. My mind works like there are two program`s running all the time. Unless i keep up my morning and evening gongyo, the sick or the addictive program will by no mistakes rule the arena.
As long as i hold on to my daily gongyo and act as if i am a BUDDHA i will grow toward my true self, and be able to help others.

Comment by Karl-otto Sandvik on April 28, 2008 at 1:43pm

Thanks for good mentor/dicipel meeting the other evning.
Since i decided that practising nishirens buddhism together whith Ikeda Sensei for kosen-rufu, all the hard decicions is easy to carry out and it make my selvconfidense grow at the speed of light.
It ain´t no sin to take of your skin and dance around your bones.ErB.
In the ligt of my inner gohonzon, everything come to glow in a fantastic new way, and hope...fore the first time i feel reel hope.
If the effect in my daily life have root´s in causes,hundred, tousand year back in time, i understand how important it is for me to break the carmick cirkle an develop as i shoud, together whit my inner child.......
totally NICE

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