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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
February 16, 2007 <br><br>
ABSENT-MINDED AWARENESS<br><br>
If we take the term in a positive and creative sense, we could say that
awareness is a state of absent-mindedness. The point here is that, when
there is no mind to be absent, energy comes in, and so you are accurate,
you are precise, your are mindful -- but absent-minded at the same time.
So maybe we can use the term absent-minded in this more positive sense,
rather than in the conventional sense of being forgetful or constantly
spaced out, so to speak. So whenever there is a message of awareness,
then you are in it [you are aware] already. There is the state of
absent-mindedness and mindfulness at the same time.....Approached in this
way, mindfulness is no longer a problem, a hassle, or a big deal.
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Page 119, in "From Raw Eggs to Stepping-Stones" in THE PATH IS
THE GOAL: A BASIC HANDBOOK OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION.<br><br>
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