<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yes Sarah</p>
Yes, the separate room thing happens only when I am back from visiting friends after a few drinks. About once a month. Yes, we talk a lot and we have a deep connect. Whenever I am worried, she actually calls. Some intuition at work perhaps. We do have a travel itenary. There is a forest nearby where we rent a hut and stay for a couple of days.

She does support me in my meditation. She knows I won’t become a monk and run away or something. Especially, after I read this line about Zen to her.

‘Looking for Bodhi outside of everyday life is like brushing aside waves looking for water’

– Dogen ( I think)

I saw your qualification and I was wondering whether you believe in karma. I speak to people and I have learnt Reiki/Pranuc healing. But people say you end up taking their bad karma. I am not worried about that. But psychologically speaking, how do such things affect a person and it’s impact on the world at large especially because people with a healing disposition would be impeded.

Regards

Satya

Hi Sarah
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Yes, I forgot to mention,  I have a kid now, eleven months old. And so, physical intimacy is somewhat off the table. We got married about 2 years back during the pandemic and the anxiety related to it was there. We don’t really have problems. It’s just me who gets paranoid time to time. I do not have financial difficulties. My only goal is to do something good. I am donating to some charities from the office account.</p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>I am not saying I have lots of money, but I have more than enough. The problem is, it is a family business and my father is not fain to encourage me in this. There is this plot of land I own and I intend to give it to my wife’s family because they are in need though they don’t show it. I am going ahead with this without my father’s approval. But it is causing a lot of discomfort in both our families. Add to it some miserly friends of his who give advice that are too worldly. One guy said, ‘Why don’t you wait for 8 to 10 years, the prices there are soaring. We can make a good profit. ‘And he’s 61.</p>
Looks like I am mixing everything up. But thanks for reading.

Hi Roberta

Thanks

I have downloaded a sample on Kindle and it is good reading so far. We have a kid now, eleven months old and my wife is busy taking care of him. She has also gone through a bad marriage and is from a humble financial background. I mention that because she still adheres to simple living without spending too much. That, I guess is her spirituality. I rely on her a lot.

Yes, your advice helped me. Centering myself. I actually used to look for a place within the physical body to center myself in. Having read about words like heart chakra, dantian and the like. But i now center myself intuitively in the center which is more peaceful. Can’t describe it. Happened in the evening just an hour back. Of course, it’s not the end of my suffering, but definitely makes me more carefree.

Thank you so much. And I will update more as time goes by. I wish you well in your life and I am sure your genuine yearning to help others will reduce the burden of many people.

In addition, I should say, being in my family community, it is difficult to practice Buddhism because you have many ignorant people telling you things like Buddhism is a misleading religion and the like. It’s all hokum, no doubt what they say, but being deprived of a group which practices Buddhism assiduously does hamper progress.

Anyway, I wish you all the best in your career as well.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Regards</p>

Hi Tee

I have used it to heal others in the past. And sometime I broke down. But back to good form now. Yes, I do have a person who initiated me. A kind old lady. I am also good at distant healing which I have learnt and I can shield myself before treating others. I actually would like to offer some reiki distant healing if you don’t mind that. I don’t need to know your location and other deatils.

Just

Timezone

Age

Male or female

And I will do it after consulting my master and if you feel you need more time to trust, do let me know. I will take your permission before I proceed.

I am from India. I wish you well. And thank you for being open about your health status.

Thank you so mucb Tee. Yes, when we are vulnerable, we feel isolated and feel so alone. It helps to know that such occurances are common. As of now, after Corona, it is a different phase for everyone. Got married again during Corona. I got divorced from my first wife within a month of this ‘Angelic guy’ coming to my house. He also gave reasons for my wife’s walking away saying God was ‘against’ me and he said it was actually Buddha who was speaking through him.

Anyway, yes, after Corona, like everyone else,suffered some losses in business. Had a kid 🙂

And tried a bit too hard to make some money, which again failed. So, I kind of mentally revived these ‘angels’. All that is the past. I have developed this instinct to keep coming to the present moment after I read Bodhidharma.

I began to exercise and I am noticing a few things like how an even balance with a bias on the heels leads to a reduction of negative thoughts. Even 40 seconds of squatting with more weight on the heels strengthens the ropy nerves on the back of the head. I guess when we cycle we tend to put pressure from the front part of the foot to press the pedal down and so we tend to neglect the heels.

I feel good I joined this community, thanks to people like you, it’s very reassuring. I read a lot of other topics also and I find people are willing to genuinely help. This makes my day and I am sure the beginning of many good days for many people. Thanks Tee.