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Yes exactly. The difference is in how you feel, if you in essence feel at peace with the situation or if you feel angry about the situation

I am definitely becoming much more aware about how I feel and express myself! I think this is a wonderful exercise and very helpful.

I will count myself on day 1 - I am pretty sure I complained yesterday but I've not been keeping careful track. I'm happy to start August as a fresh start!

I will also start again today, as my trip to see my family put me back in my usual speaking patterns.

Yes, I get that, but how is one defined as "whining", and the other one not?
They're both comments or observations about the heat. There's no complaint as such...
Now if Jilly had said:
"For goodness' sake, why does it have to be so hot up here? I'm frying!" I could understand....
(And I still wouldn't categorise that as 'whining' strictly speaking.....)

I categorise whining as apportioning blame onto someone or something, when in actual fact it's nothing of the kind.....

I am trying to do this myself. It is an interesting excercise. However I just broke it on day 1, within a couple hours of beginning. I decided last night to start today, and all it took was me getting to work and checking the answering machine.

Needless to say, a client thoght her appointment was 30 minutes after what it was to begin, and right out of my mouth to my boss was "why can't they respect us by keeping their appointments when we repeat constantly the time and give them a stupid card".

We shall see how I do for the rest of my day at work since this is going to be one very stressful day. Instead of whinning that i will not be able to have a lunch, I was mindful and went downstairs to the tea room and ordered a lunch to be delivered in between my two sets of parties today so that I could actually nibble on it when I had the time. So it's a good first step.

I'm gonna spin a tpoic off of this one so we can see what makes us lose it the most...

Find enlightenment, and you'll never believe in a drama again. You think it is easier said than done, but enlightenment is available to everyone.

The thing is: each time i write on a forum that i'm enlightened, most people think it is impossible to have such a person write on a forum. Well, my karma is to be born in this era, and to teach awakening and enlightenment to whoever wish to.

When you are asleep, you think that your dreams are true. When you awaken, you know your dreams were illusions because now, you have a good grasp of what is reality. It is the same with spiritual awakening. Once awakened, you do not believe anymore in the dreams of drama. Awakening will get you rid of any type of suffering.

An enlightened person never mentions their enlightenment. It comes out in their skilful communication.
Advertising isn't on the agenda.
Or shouldn't be.

If you still have kamma, then you are not enlightened, because your kamma wopuld be ripened, and you wouldn't have had it bring you here.
Kamma isn't a thing, or a vehicle. It's a process that has to ripen and be eliminated.
Once it is all eliminated, then you're enlightened.
if you still had kamma to bring you ehre - you're still on the path, and in samsara.

When I'm asleep, I am aware I am dreaming, and I know my dreams are illusory.
There is no grasp of reality, because even 'reality' is illusory.

Dual thinking.
very samsaric

nice to meet you.
How are you, by the way?

Karma is the effect of posing an action. You seem to define karma as a punishment for your sins, or as a consequences to wrong doing. Karma is not consequence, but effect.

The sanskrit word "karma" is the verb or object "action". Simpe as that. Karma is the effect of your actions. It does not imply punishment nor sin, nor ill effect. While i have a body, i am subject to karma, even in a state of enlightenment. This is so described by the Buddha himself, and by many enlightened masters.

Karma is not negative. It is simply what it is. When one purifies his past karma, nothing will happen again because of his own past actions, but still, karma remains, as every new action brings a new reaction. Karma is not evil. It is the law of nature.

It is recommended to have compassion towards the notion of evolution, and the mechanisms implicated. Be at peace.

Okay, I have not been paying any attention to the no complaining thing since August. Looking at my posts, it seems since August 01 even.

So I will start again.

And Jase, good on you! That's a great step. Proactive and mindful.