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By Bobby Hinkle
The most subtle and the highest freedom is the freedom from enslavement to mind conditions, by which we avoid ideas unrelated to some kind of false identity of truth, and if someone says, "Come to me and I will give you "THE" truth, avoid them. Seek freedom, only then will truth naturally flow unrestrained.
The most free people I have ever seen are serious meditators in prison - almost out of hope to ever be freed, they have developed freedom from their thoughts! There is a documentary called The Dhamma Brothers about these meditators in a Prison for Lifers and the Death Row in Alabama. Thanks for giving the reason for feeling free Bobby! May All Beings Be Happy and Free! - sharing! I have ever seen are serious meditators in prison - almost out of hope to ever be freed, they have developed freedom from their thoughts! There is a documentary called The Dhamma Brothers about these meditators in a Prison for Lifers and the Death Row in Alabama. Thanks for giving the reason for feeling free Bobby! May All Beings Be Happy and Free! - Ron Alexander
Ron Alexander It is called The Dhamma Brothers (East Meets West in the Deep South). Dhamma is the Pali word for Dharma. Pali was Buddhas language not Sanskrit! It is easy to find a trailer for it on YouTube and I am sure you can find the award winning film on Hulu. It is very inspirational!
Ron Alexander Very inspirational, glad you watched it Mark, after seeing it, I have been to three silent Vipassana retreats, and it is time to go again, as I still do not have the freedom that those men appear to have. They live in cells, so they may as well have the attitude of a monk in a monastery cell!
Mark Bates Actually my wife and looked into one of those retreats, Ron. Found there is one only an hour away from us in Texas. By the way, i sent you a friend request.
Ron Alexander Thanks Mark Bates, proud to be a friend! The one nearest me is in a swamp near the Fed. Prison in Jesup Ga, - not a tourist destination, however, it is a place to go within and the facilities are nice with central air conditioning thank goodness. A place to go to see inside and not distracted by sights outside for sure.
"Going to the depth of your being is the only way you will find wisdom. Meditation is not about giving away your power, but about giving away the need to be powerful. The aim is to just be. You flow with life, accepting life as it is."--Bruce Frantzis
"Going to the depth of your being is the only way you will find wisdom. Meditation is not about giving away your power, but about giving away the need to be powerful. The aim is to just be. You flow with life, accepting life as it is."--Bruce Frantzis
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