Effort to prevent

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Source / Teacher
Day
Index
Question
Special Retreat Germany September 2005
Rosemary
7
2
How can one deal better with the feeling of failure?
Ref: 2005.09.x.07.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2014
Rosemary
17
14
Can you please talk about the effort to prevent?
Ref: 2014.09.x.17.14
Audio answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2007
Rosemary
7
3
Sometimes I find out that I made wrong decisions. Then I feel upset and angry about it. When I reflect later on I see that it was quite obvious to decide correctly, but I did the opposite. Please, what can I do to avoid such situations in the future?'
Ref: 2007.01.x.07.03
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2015
Steve
12
13
What prevents the effort to prevent? How do we prevent this?
Ref: 2015.07.x.12.13
Audio answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2008
Rosemary
2
6
Sometimes I find myself in problems trying to help someone else, but cannot give the help that is expected or even keep my own promise. What is best to do?
Ref: 2008.01.x.02.06
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2009
Rosemary
9
5
What techniques do you advise for working with letting go of feelings of unworthiness, low self-esteem, self-hatred, feeling guilty, blaming oneself? Balancing these with good actions I know already.
Ref: 2009.01.x.09.05
Written answer
Special Retreat Thailand January 2009
Rosemary
9
8
Can you give me some examples and explain why it's so hard to work with the eight worldly conditions?
Ref: 2009.01.x.09.08
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2019
Rosemary
17
10
Should one avoid situations that bring about most desire and aversion, if possible, that is food is not possible to avoid, or should one be mindfully in these situations that bring about most desire and aversion and practice/cultivating equanimity?
Ref: 2019.07.x.17.10
Audio answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2006
Rosemary
6
10
Can you talk more about the feelings of guilt, generosity, and morality?
Ref: 2006.09.x.06.10
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2006
Rosemary
7
6
Why do we tend to judge others?
Ref: 2006.09.x.07.06
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany July 2018
Rosemary
15
10
Could you explain renunciation?
Ref: 2018.07.x.15.10
Audio answer
Special Retreat Australia April 2005
Rosemary
7
2
My compassion has a long way to go. On hearing a barking dog or a noisy engine my first reaction is usually anger and a desire to fix it. Only later and often through clenched teeth can I arise compassion.
Ref: 2005.04.x.07.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Rosemary
7
2
Please talk more about idealistic wishes, judgment, and their relation to Right Effort. Are there any special questions we can work with to find the truth of right and wrong effort?
Ref: 2007.09.x.07.02
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Steve
4
9
How detailed should we make our mental noting?
Ref: 2007.09.x.04.09
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Steve
5
6
Things don't change overnight. Even if I have made a strong resolution to change, which methods help me to resist in situations when confronted with temptation, for example being offered chocolates, alcohol or other people making unbeneficial jokes about other people?
Ref: 2007.09.x.05.06
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2007
Rosemary
7
1
How can we separate guilt and Moral Shame in a more detailed kind of way?
Ref: 2007.09.x.07.01
Written answer
Special Retreat Germany September 2003
Rosemary
7
3
What do you mean by prevent, the Effort to Prevent?
Ref: 2003.09.x.07.03
Written answer