It is said that to fly towards our goal of enlightenment, we need two wings – wings of wisdom and compassion. I initially read this 28 years ago, and I know I did not have the appreciation for it that I do now. Such a most profound, and thusly, such a beautiful writing, by Lao Tzu. If anyone is interested, I would enjoy exchange regarding this teaching. “Prevent trouble before it arises. Put things in order before they exist. The giant pine tree grows … [Read more...]
Two wings of a bird
Refuge in Feminization
The YIN MIND __________________________________________________ REFUGE in FEMINIZATION the dimming of the pursuit of control and of domination __________________________________________________ Feminization is defined, in one dictionary, as follows: feminine |femәnin| adjective 1) Having the qualities or the appearance traditionally associated with women, esp. delicacy and prettiness : a feminine frilled blouse. • of or relating to women; female : he enjoys feminine … [Read more...]
All for one, and one for all, in 2016.
As the year is about to wind down in fifteen minutes or less, I wish everyone all the best in the coming year. Understanding continues to be gained, by whatever means I do not really know. Perhaps it is through my dear friend of 24 years, or it is through my subconscious, or through some other sort of process I do not yet understand. But I hope that I have things to share with anyone interested on an ongoing basis through the next twelve months. The best to everyone, throughout … [Read more...]
“How to Expand LOVE”
His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, wrote a beautifully helpful book, in 2005. It is titled: "How to Expand LOVE Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships". Step by step, through multiple stages of development and awareness, he helps us to develop skills where one can learn to transform negative feelings by cultivating love and compassion. Rather than speak directly, my wonderful teacher, Eve, would point to life experiences, experiences we shared. She had so many stories to share about … [Read more...]
Two quotations from Tibetan Buddhism
It is not very often that I can improve upon other people's writings. I cannot improve upon any of Eve Revere's writings. There are so many quotations, by others, I would like to share. In my extensive reading of Joseph Campbell's works regarding cultures of the world and the influence of the Goddess, and in my subsequent focus on Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, here are two quotations I would like to initially share: "There is not one migrating being who has not been my mother or father … [Read more...]
Eve extended to be the mother…
The YIN MIND ____________________________________________________________________________ The following quotation is included in a Companion book, The Art of Living, by Diane K. Osbin, originally taken from Campbell's book: The Mythic Image - A seven pound book I lugged around for two months andcarefully read twice. Campbell's book contained 250 pages of magnificent photographs too, most of which I photographed, using my cell phone. "Her womb is the field of space, her heart the … [Read more...]
The book I didn’t know I was waiting for !
Hello All!, About a month ago I finished an excellent book, by author, Sallie Tisdale, a Zen Priest, somewhere in the U.S.A. This book was published in 2006. It is titled: "Women of the Way - Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom". This is the book I didn't know I was waiting for! Valuable information for anyone who wishes to learn some of the significant and hidden historical contributions that women have made in culture, society, philosophy, etc., that continue to influence the … [Read more...]
Burma-Shave
According to Wikipedia: Burma-Shave was an American brand of brushless shaving cream, famous for its advertising gimmick of posting humorous rhyming poems on small sequential highway roadside signs. Eve Revere, the late, original Yin Mind blogger, spent a lot of years in the United States, where she learned about some interesting incidents. And this is one of her stories: During the Vietnam War, troop trains were stopped, through … [Read more...]
The Context !
Any image which we register, either as a sensation or as an impulse through other than what we regard as our senses, is subject to perception, processing of, by and for the consciousness (also by other than the consciousness). One mode of perception involves identification: an object-like "what" is registered as a fit, a make. We respond with an orientation that could be expressed by the words, "Oh, I know "what" that is. "What" is the fit of … [Read more...]
Contentment and Hope / The Past and The Future
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Contentment and Hope The Past and The Future [transcription of a meditation session] What is a state of mind or consciousness? If we understand the question, by means of subjective reference or reflection, which is the very capacity of consciousness, how consciousness situates at the point of tension between stasis and flow, we can see how our posture of consciousness affects the … [Read more...]
Contemplation and Meditation
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Contemplation and Meditation EXTENSIONS co domains of the mind the knowing in that which we experience manipulation of the substances of the reality provides an explicit report of the interactions by means of which we may revise and refine the efforts we make. The tree of life, the 10 stations, Pineal, KETHER TIPHARETH Pituitary Thymus Leydig, MALKUTH from which arises … [Read more...]
Consequences
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Consequences There is a flow of consequences. Consequences: that which follows with sequence. But there is more than one line of events in sequence. There are branching complexities. There is even an event reflection back through the agents of force and motion. Were we to diagram what has been stated so far: second agent of force and motion first agent of force and motion … [Read more...]
Consider the Value . . .
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Consider the Value . . . Consider the value of having children who progressively control themselves, not because of the pursuit of a reward or the avoidance of a punishment which their parents or society may conjure, but out of simple regard for consequences they understand. What will the process of helping them understand the consequences of their actions and neglect be like? Let us … [Read more...]
Consciousness Situates at the Point of Tension . . .
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Consciousness Situates at the Point of Tension Between Stasis (form and substance) and Flow (continuity and connection) When and as consciousness turns towards stasis, the mind nourishes, constellates with and imparts a delay in consequences, free will, form and substance. When the mind turns in the direction of stasis, there is the data reduction, the statistical combination, the … [Read more...]
Connection, Its Means
The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Connection, Its Means One source of understanding of connection is from The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination, by Jacob Bronowski. The text is the Silliman Lectures, given at Yale University, in 1967, but not published until 1978. This book was a key reference in the thesis I submitted in 1986. The subject about which I read was: connection. On pages 58, 59 and 69, Bronowski develops the … [Read more...]