What's the best advice you've been given?

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That the Purpose of Love is to Love everyone like the Buddha does, fully, and equally.
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I mentioned my occasional insomnia to a teacher. He said, "That's a good time to practice!"
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I mentioned my occasional insomnia to a teacher. He said, "That's a good time to practice!"
Don't you get groggy and stuff? I've always found it hard. It's like a heavy cloud is on my mind.
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avatamsaka3 wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:18 pm
I mentioned my occasional insomnia to a teacher. He said, "That's a good time to practice!"
Don't you get groggy and stuff? I've always found it hard. It's like a heavy cloud is on my mind.
You know, it's hard sometimes. I often feel angry that I can't get to sleep and I'll have wasted another day catching up on sleep that I lost in the night. And when I feel this much anger and frustration, I want to do anything but practice. But I also can't do much else, which adds to the frustration! All I have to go on are vague memories of times when practicing in this condition mostly or completely relieved my bad feeling and brought peace.

I get groggy in the daytime when I'm down on sleep. But often mantra is the best medicine for my grogginess. Maybe 3-7 rounds of my favorite mantras. Physical exercise like pushups and core also help as a foundation to ready my body and mind for subtle work.
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You know, it's hard sometimes. I often feel angry that I can't get to sleep and I'll have wasted another day catching up on sleep that I lost in the night. And when I feel this much anger and frustration, I want to do anything but practice. But I also can't do much else, which adds to the frustration! All I have to go on are vague memories of times when practicing in this condition mostly or completely relieved my bad feeling and brought peace.
See a doctor for insomnia?
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avatamsaka3 wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:16 pm
See a doctor for insomnia?
I'm fine with insomnia, thanks for your concern. Let's not derail the thread any further.
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'Just practice the method.' -Yeshe R.
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I don't know if this is really an advice, but... sharing anyhow:

To the disciple who asked him about the Truth
without a word
he showed a flower.


This appeared on the beginning of the film: Why The Bodhidharma Left for the East.
It's obviously the Flower Sermon, very important in Zen, and to me.
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