Accept the Power | Gavin #4 | 2.2.22

Gavin and Dhammarato discuss following rules and rituals instead of accepting our power to build the skill of sati with enthusiasm

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00:00:00 Peak experiences rarely repeat but being OK is the base

00:02:27 “Aha” moments come from connecting the dots

00:05:40 Lineage: it doesn’t matter where the information comes from

00:10:00 Westerners “touch” one tradition & think they’ve seen the whole; the story of the ten blind men

00:13:30 Your choice: to be the cause or the affect

00:15:08 The Dhamma is small - there’s nothing to it

00:23:50 Doing nothing; not being a victim

00:28:06 Right effort: I can change

00:33:19 Have yourself a merry little moment one by one they come…

00:36:20 The Universe will welcome you home

00:39:00 The solution is that there was never a problem

00:40:40 Right effort is the least effort needed to get the job done

00:45:38 Equanimity

00:52:39 The whole Dhamma has been lost in translation

00:56:42 Everything is different except our belief it is

01:02:15 Rites, rules and, rituals - the big cat

01:05:40 “I’m right because that’s how I feel”

01:07:41 Nobility is not well-understood in the West

01:16:20 You are the victim, the persecutor, and the one who sees the show

01:17:56 Sati is a skill to be practiced with enthusiasm