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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 41 (88):念起咒语
The other problem with all this swinging through the vines of thought is that you are never where you are. You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this m2012-04-06 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 38 (83):寻找内心的平静
Such transfers of grace can occur in even the most fleeting of encounters with a great being. I once went to see the great Vietnamese monk, poet and peacemaker Thich Nhat Hanh speak in New York. It w2012-03-28 编辑：jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 39 (84):住在道场
One of my first roommates at the Ashram was a middle-aged African-American devout Baptist and meditation instructor from South Carolina. My other roommates, over time, would include an Argentinean da2012-03-29 编辑：jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 40 (86):印度除夕夜
One of my first roommates at the Ashram was a middle-aged African-American devout Baptist and meditation instructor from South Carolina. My other roommates, over time, would include an Argentinean da2012-03-29 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 38 (81):为什么学瑜伽?
"Why do we practice Yoga?"[qh]我们为什么练瑜伽？[qh]I had a teacher once ask that question during a particularly challenging Yoga class, back in New York. We were all bent into these exhausting sidew2012-03-26 编辑：jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 41 (87):寺院的灵修
One of my first roommates at the Ashram was a middle-aged African-American devout Baptist and meditation instructor from South Carolina. My other roommates, over time, would include an Argentinean da2012-03-29 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 39 (85):敬拜"完善大师"
One of my first roommates at the Ashram was a middle-aged African-American devout Baptist and meditation instructor from South Carolina. My other roommates, over time, would include an Argentinean da2012-03-29 编辑：jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 41 (89):平静,微笑地念出来
"Seems I just sit down and shut my eyes," she says, "and all I have to do is think of the mantra and I vanish right into heaven."“我就坐下来，闭上眼睛，”她说，“只须‘想着’咒语2012-04-06 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 42 (90):开始禅坐
The following morning, I arrive right on time for the 4:00 AM meditation session which always starts the day here. We are meant to sit for an hour in silence, but I log the minutes as if they are mil2012-04-10 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 42 (91):训练自己保持坚强
Here there is a promising eight-second pause in thoughts. But then...此处，思维出现前途光明的八秒钟停顿。可接着……Mind: Are you mad at me now?头脑：你还在生我的气？And then with a big gasp, like I a2012-04-11 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 43 (92):坐在餐桌前
Dinnertime. I'm sitting alone, trying to eat slowly. My Guru is always encouraging us to practice discipline when it comes to eating. She encourages us to eat in moderation and without desper2012-04-12 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 44 (93):
Among the many jobs that Richard from Texas has held in his life—and I know I'm leaving a lot of them out—are oil-field worker; eighteen-wheeler truck driver; the first authorized dealer of2012-04-13 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 44 (94):静下来
"What should I do about my meditation practice?" I ask Richard one day, as he's watching me scrub the temple floors. (He's lucky—he works in the kitchen, doesn't ev2012-04-17 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 45 (95):禅修洞
Going into that meditation cave every day is supposed to be this time of divine communion, but I've been walking in there lately flinching the way my dog used to flinch when she walkedinto th2012-04-18 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 45 (96):听神说话
Thoughts come, but I don't pay much attention to them, other than to say to them in an almost motherly manner,2012-04-19 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 46 (97):与神邂逅
To understand what that experience was, what happened in there (by which I mean both2012-04-20 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 46 (98):瑜伽轮穴
In Indian Yogic tradition, this divine secret is called kundalini shakti and is depicted as a snake who lies coiled at the base of the spine until it is released by a master's touch or by a m2012-04-23 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 46 (99):在世明师
I received shaktipat initiation two years ago, when I met my Guru for the first time, back in New York. It was during a weekend retreat at her Ashram in the Catskills. To be honest, I felt nothing sp2012-04-24 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 48 (101):禅坐
The next morning's meditation is a disaster. Desperate, I beg my mind to please step aside and let me find God, but my mind stares at me with steely power and says, "I will never let you2012-04-26 编辑：Jasmine
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[美食祈祷和恋爱] 《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 47 (100):梦魇
Two nights in a row now I've had dreams of a snake entering my room. I've read that this is spiritually auspicious (and not just in Eastern religions; Saint Ignatius had serpent visio2012-04-25 编辑：Jasmine
