What we can bring to the world each day
When Buddha was instructing his followers in the right use of speech, he addressed them as Source Beings, not as bodies or identities. In his Parable of the Saw, he described five right uses of speech and five wrong uses of speech.
The Five Right Uses of Speech were:
| The Wrong Uses of Speech were:
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Buddha taught that the choice of how to speak could be deliberately self-controlled by the disciple, rather than in response to the world.
Listen or watch the talk Source Beingness
Try this exercise!
Get good at understanding perspectives
Objective: To free attention
Expected Results: Increased calmness, broadened perspective.
Take a thirty-minute walk. On your walk, periodically notice something small; notice something big. Notice something far away; notice something close.
Write down any insights you gain from your walk.
From ReSurfacing®: Techniques for Exploring Consciousness , used in the ReSurfacing Workshop
Simple. Straightforward. Effective
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