{"id":638,"date":"2009-04-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/04\/nurturing-seeds.html"},"modified":"2009-04-20T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T11:00:00","slug":"nurturing-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/04\/nurturing-seeds.html","title":{"rendered":"Nurturing Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very ancient Buddhist model of the human mind and psychology includes something called the Store Consciousness <\/i>(<\/font>Alaya-vijnana<\/i><\/font>)<\/font><\/font><\/b>. Thich Nhat Hanh<\/i> has compiled several verses which give a sense of its workings … here are part:<\/p>\n

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Mind is a field<\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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In which every kind of seed is sown.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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This mind-field can also be called<\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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In us are infinite varieties of seeds –<\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Seeds of samsara, nirvana, delusion, and enlightenment, <\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Seeds of suffering and happiness, <\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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… Are all stored in our consciousness.<\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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That is why it is called “store”. <\/i><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Some seeds are innate,<\/i><\/dd>\n
Handed down by our ancestors.<\/i><\/dd>\n
Some were sown while we were still in the womb,<\/i><\/dd>\n
Others were sown when we were children.
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The quality of our life<\/i><\/dd>\n
Depends on the quality<\/i><\/dd>\n
Of the seeds<\/i><\/dd>\n
That lie deep in our consciousness.<\/i><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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Although a rather complicated idea, the basic premise is really very simple. Whether we experience the world with happiness, sadness, anger, peacefulness, fear, courage, greed, generosity … all depends on the particular seeds which come to fruition.<\/div>\n

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But the good news is that we do have the power to nurture, and like a gardener, water and cultivate the wholesome seeds within us. We can often choose the seeds we wish to grow.   <\/div>\n

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