EN: Dear all, I am looking for somebody, who would give me a lift (shared cost) to Kuttolsheim preferably on the 3rd of August, or on the 4th, arrival in the morning in Kuttolsheim. I come from near Düsseldorf/ Köln in Germany but could also join from a bigger city on the way. If somebody is also interested to share accommodation to keep cost low I would be very happy too. Looking forward to your responses! Jelena Kirsch jetzt-jelena@web.de DE: Liebe Dharmafreunde, ich suche nach einer Mitfahrmöglichkeit gerne am 3.8.22, oder am 4.8.22 Ankunft Morgens in Kuttolsheim. Kosten werden natürlich geteilt. Falls jemand auch bereit ist eine Unterkunft zur Kostenminimierung zu teilen würde ich mich sehr freuen. Liebe Grüße und hoffentlich bis bald! Jelena Kirsch jetzt-jelena@web.de

Yes, I absolutely agree. Thank you for your very helpful comment!! 2 of the mentioned books I have already, the three visions I am reading right now, there are also lots of infos about the hell realms ;-) In Pa Auk we/the nuns said: falling into Bhavanga. The antidote was meant to be concentration, which I found a little difficult to put into practice. At the time I told myself that it is probably just patience which one needs, until concentration gets better through continues practice. I also remember that somebody else said not to focus on it. In the training there, one wouldn't do that on purpose anyway, because it would just appear as a destruction, which should be avoided. Still it just happened to people... Anyway all of what I write is to be treated with care, because I can only repeat what I understood. I am not so sure that the meditation on breathing is the right thing to practice at any point. I seriously think that it can be very important at certain stages to let go of it, as you said yourself, it is quite easy to get attached to pleasant mental stages, which in themselves are not bringing wisdom. I agree that getting the right meditation instructions from an experienced master is extremely helpful, or better said: absolutely necessary!

Hi Jeroen, hi all of you, thank you for your very impressive thoughts on „Forms arisen from having correctly taken up [an intention]“. To be honest, I don’t feel up to having any kind of an opinion concerning things happening during the bardo in between incarnation. Maybe for me it is also more beneficial to keep it simple - not that it makes it easier for me to hit the nail on the head ;-), but at least the chances are a little higher. When I heard Christian talking about this issue I spontaneously could relate to the experience of stoping to smoke. We tell ourselves to stop smoking for a good reason, knowing that it is quite difficult. I can relate that issue to correctly taken up an intention/vow. A kind of barrier has been built up through making that vow/intention. We are doing well for quite some time, until we are not very watchful of certain mental afflictions of ourselves and they take hold of us. So we take only the ONE cigarette offered to us, no more for sure ;-). Straight away we notice that we have to fight our longing a lot more than before we took that first one and soon we take the second and third, until we give up completely… and hopefully take up the correct intention/vow some other time again. The experience we made the first time (knowing now the effect of braking the barrier of the vow only once) will help us to succeed this time. Of course there might also be a physical aspect in that example (not in the ultimate sense), but the mental attachment too cigarettes for a smoker shouldn’t be underestimated. This also shows that we shouldn’t worry too much about some of our bad habits, because as long as we keep working on ourselves they can teach us some really good lessons. This comment I wrote especially for the smokers in our group ;-). Hope this comment is of some use to somebody and gives others the courage to join in :-).