Questions & Answers 16. Zoom 10.2021

27 October 2021. James Low had invited questions from people watching his Zooms, which he began to answer. Note: the constant cuts in this video result from the removal of James Low's periods of silence, while waiting for the consecutive translation from the German translator. Index "(00:00) I follow dharma and live in a country where most people do not. I see them suffer, but they are committed to their beliefs. How might I respond?" "(04:22) I have a lot of negative thoughts, although I try to be a good person. Where do these thoughts come from and how to stop them?" "(09:18) How to purify the karmic effects of bad thoughts, intentions and deeds?" "(15:08) What should we do to prepare for sleep and to prepare at the time of waking and to work with the events of the day and the night?" "(20:04) Outer inner secret: what do these terms indicate?" "(21:35) Say something about the relationship between the teacher and student in the present times." "(25:35) I have the experience of nothingness with awareness, sometimes after Phat. It's vast, clear and unlimited. Is this still within duality?" "(29:20) Are there objective natural laws spontaneously arising from the primordial ground? Or are all concepts, including the apparent relationship of cause and effect that appear in the natural world a product of ignorance?" "(32:47) What dharma approaches can help a person with chronic illness and chronic pain, without making them feel unable, inadequate or stressed?" Video at https://youtu.be/Pbz7R_xzOUc?si=I6ImEZaSFYTHLiN2