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Yes, dcv, I was being tongue in cheek but also a bit not. I would hope that this "power" would come with the ability to turn it on or off, otherwise, I can easily imagine being swept away in a sea of others' emotions and/or suffering. Clearly, a very advanced skill for a well-trained mind ...

Reading minds. Now there is something that sounds absolutely horrific to me. More like a curse than a blessing. :eek: Zenda

Greetings all. I am wondering whether there's been a discussion about sexuality and religious belief on this board. Sexuality is such an integral part of being human and is something that we all -- monastic and layperson alike -- have to deal with in one way or another. So, the question I...

:D Thanks.

Thanks as always Vajra. I am familiar with Thich Nhat Hanh and have enjoyed several of his books. It's comforting to know that sampling from many traditions is acceptable. But I still feel the pull to find a "home" so I can dig in the work in a more structured way. But maybe that is up to me...

Greetings all. I was wondering this morning how one goes about choosing which school (or path) to follow. I'm American and wasn't born a Buddhist. So I get to choose rather than relying on tradition. I've leaned toward the Theravadan tradition, which seems to be a more straightforward method...

"The Villain" is a classic! I'd forgotten about that one. And for you, Brian ... http://www.aardman.com/wallaceandgromit/fla/wg.html. The new film is Curse of the Were-Rabbit. There's an imdb entry on it, but nothing up on aardman yet. With metta, Zenda

I'm a huge Stanley Kubrick fan. A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and The Shining are my favorites, although I admit I can't watch them a lot ... too depressing and/or scary. As for films I watch over and over: Young Frankenstein Some Like It Hot Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory The...

Just picked up In Search of Zarathustra : Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet by Paul Krizwaczek. A fascinating read. Has anyone else read this? Can anyone speak to whether his perceptions of Islam etc. are accurate? With metta, Zenda

A friend at work lent them to me recently. I thought a lot of it was absurd, but some passages were pretty good and well ... erotic. Although I guess that's the point ... :rolleyes: With metta, Zenda

Heh. Somehow I feel reluctant to reveal my choice as it might reveal too much of my character. Black cherry OR Plain chocolate (particularly Breyer's, Philadelphia style) OR Frozen vanilla and chocolate custard from Rita's (a local chain) With metta, Zenda :)

Thank you as always for the information. I'm starting to realize why I've never explored this subject in depth academically. Whoo-boy! That's not light reading ... With metta, Zenda

Karma is such a tangled web! Even cutting down a "dead" or diseased tree still effects sentient beings, such as bugs that nest in it, birds that perch on it, rabbits that warren under it. And let's not forget the cicadas sucking on its roots to reawaken in 17 years ... It makes me reconsider the...

A definition of aggregate can't hurt! (Please.) I'm going to take a stab at defining "aggregate" contextually. I'm thinking that we create aggregates in our mind, which creates the energy (or whatever) that is passed from lifetime to lifetime. That would make sense in terms of the Buddhist...

A technique for discouraging ants is to pour boiling hot water over their chemical trail so they can't find their way back to food. Scrubbing the counters with ammonia would work too, although that's a bit more toxic. We have three or four species of ant in our yard and every year they attempt...

Vajra: Will your trees bounce back next year from the cicadas? It's amazing, but we've hardly had any in Pennsylvania yet. Yet, my friends in Baltimore told me they had to shovel them off their porches. Ryuuko: Good luck! With metta, ZW

Re: Advice from Me to Myself This rang so true with my experience. Thanks for posting, Vajra. With metta, Zenda

Greetings! I'm a gardener too, although I tend to just put things in and let nature take its course. Slugs eat my plants, mostly the leaves. It isn't terribly pretty sometimes, but I try to remember that they have a right to live and eat too. My favorite technique is to overplant so that not...

Greetings Quesocoat. What an interesting idea! Is this an idea generated from your spiritual practice? With metta, Zenda

:D I'm glad you get my sense of humor. With metta, Zenda