Friday, May 30, 2014
I love Byron Katie.
I love Byron Katie. In my e-mail this morning was a treatise on reality, illusion, bodhisattvas and other Buddhist musings. It all cracked me open.
The vow “When I attain enlightenment…” is a noble trick of the ego. It’s noble because it points to generosity and compassion. But it assumes a future, and any future is a delusion. Nothing ever happens in a future. Whatever happens (if anything happens) can happen only now.
So clear! Moving toward anything, hoping, waiting - it all assumes a future, and future is delusion.
The mind insists that there WILL be a future and that we need to get ready for it. But in the getting ready, we can so easily miss all the beautiful details of this One (eternal) moment.
The vow “When I attain enlightenment…” is a noble trick of the ego. It’s noble because it points to generosity and compassion. But it assumes a future, and any future is a delusion. Nothing ever happens in a future. Whatever happens (if anything happens) can happen only now.
So clear! Moving toward anything, hoping, waiting - it all assumes a future, and future is delusion.
The mind insists that there WILL be a future and that we need to get ready for it. But in the getting ready, we can so easily miss all the beautiful details of this One (eternal) moment.
Still Waking Up
Another light came on today about all this trying to help the world, trying to make a difference out there, hoping to bring healing and peace to those around us. An entirely new perspective, meaning that you turn around and look in a new direction, able to see things you could never see before - here it is: the bodhisattva, the one who gives up his own enlightenment and salvation for the sake of others - has got it all backwards.
All those people we are trying to help and save and heal - they're here for US! The sick person I go to visit, she is here for ME! The appearance of "one who suffers" is just that: , an illusion, and ultimately just a dream of my own, divinely appearing to help me grow, to help me learn and to unlearn, to assist me as I crumble and fall from my tower of "I can help YOU".
The "one who suffers", "the horrors, hatred and anguish of the world", these exist only in my mind; they are ME under the influence of the mind. Thinking that I can help others.. hmmm. Be there. BE with yourself and you ARE with your illusions, those "others". Embrace it all, find the peace of knowing that you hold it ALL, and you CAN hold it all, and you can be peaceful with it all.
Thank you, all you magnificent suffering beings, for coming to show me...
All those people we are trying to help and save and heal - they're here for US! The sick person I go to visit, she is here for ME! The appearance of "one who suffers" is just that: , an illusion, and ultimately just a dream of my own, divinely appearing to help me grow, to help me learn and to unlearn, to assist me as I crumble and fall from my tower of "I can help YOU".
The "one who suffers", "the horrors, hatred and anguish of the world", these exist only in my mind; they are ME under the influence of the mind. Thinking that I can help others.. hmmm. Be there. BE with yourself and you ARE with your illusions, those "others". Embrace it all, find the peace of knowing that you hold it ALL, and you CAN hold it all, and you can be peaceful with it all.
Thank you, all you magnificent suffering beings, for coming to show me...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Susun,
I just needed to share with you how much I enjoyed your book, The Shifting Fog. I am a very slow reader, but as I read on, I could not stop! I read this book within 24 hours of receiving it! It was as if you were reading my mind. This is truly where I am in my life. I have been "caught" in the belief that we must "search" for inner peace and not "let it happen"... Your book has given me a stronger belief that "I" am where "I" need to be! My deepest gratitude for confirming that!
Best regards,
Richard
I just needed to share with you how much I enjoyed your book, The Shifting Fog. I am a very slow reader, but as I read on, I could not stop! I read this book within 24 hours of receiving it! It was as if you were reading my mind. This is truly where I am in my life. I have been "caught" in the belief that we must "search" for inner peace and not "let it happen"... Your book has given me a stronger belief that "I" am where "I" need to be! My deepest gratitude for confirming that!
Best regards,
Richard
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The sunset on the front cover of my book was taken from Mosher Hill in Farmington. It was just so beautiful, I thought it fitting for a book about spirituality. There's the divine right there.
Eventually we come to see that the divine is in everything. How could it not be? From whence cometh anything?
Eventually we come to see that the divine is in everything. How could it not be? From whence cometh anything?
I've only just begun
A warm hello to all Friends, Seekers and Family,
I want to introduce to you my new book called "The Shifting Fog" I have self-published this book through my own company called "Remember Ananda Publishing Company." My hopes are that the material in this book will reach those who are ready to move beyond the ordinary struggle of life, into something infinitely more fulfilling. I have long pondered the idea that it is, indeed, possible to be enlightened, here and now, in this lifetime. Through intense studies and prayer, through countless trials and challenges, I have lived to know that we absolutely can wake up out of the insanity of our daily lives.
Spiritual awakening is no longer merely a concept to me. It is a living reality. Over a period of 3 or 4 years, I experienced a gradual opening into a higher truth than the seeming reality of the material world. This new awareness has changed my life radically. Though on the outside I may appear to be the same person I have always been, on the inside there is an amazing and radical transformation. This inner shift has brought me unbelievable peace and joy.
I am hoping, through my book, to spark an inner knowing within the reader, which will allow such a transformation to take place. I am hoping, one person at a time, to change the course of human history, from one of fear and violence, to one of peace and love.
Whatever I say in my book is no more my own separate truth than the sky is my own private sky. The divine lives in all of us, whether we believe it or not, whether we feel it or not. It is simply awaiting our awareness. All I can give you are some hints and pointers about how to let go of our ordinary way of thinking and viewing the world. The leap of faith, the surrender to what is, must be taken by you, the reader.
I welcome all questions and comments. This blog thing is brand new to me, so I hope that I can figure out how to do it well. Thank you so very much for visiting me here. Peace be with you.
SuSun
I want to introduce to you my new book called "The Shifting Fog" I have self-published this book through my own company called "Remember Ananda Publishing Company." My hopes are that the material in this book will reach those who are ready to move beyond the ordinary struggle of life, into something infinitely more fulfilling. I have long pondered the idea that it is, indeed, possible to be enlightened, here and now, in this lifetime. Through intense studies and prayer, through countless trials and challenges, I have lived to know that we absolutely can wake up out of the insanity of our daily lives.
Spiritual awakening is no longer merely a concept to me. It is a living reality. Over a period of 3 or 4 years, I experienced a gradual opening into a higher truth than the seeming reality of the material world. This new awareness has changed my life radically. Though on the outside I may appear to be the same person I have always been, on the inside there is an amazing and radical transformation. This inner shift has brought me unbelievable peace and joy.
I am hoping, through my book, to spark an inner knowing within the reader, which will allow such a transformation to take place. I am hoping, one person at a time, to change the course of human history, from one of fear and violence, to one of peace and love.
Whatever I say in my book is no more my own separate truth than the sky is my own private sky. The divine lives in all of us, whether we believe it or not, whether we feel it or not. It is simply awaiting our awareness. All I can give you are some hints and pointers about how to let go of our ordinary way of thinking and viewing the world. The leap of faith, the surrender to what is, must be taken by you, the reader.
I welcome all questions and comments. This blog thing is brand new to me, so I hope that I can figure out how to do it well. Thank you so very much for visiting me here. Peace be with you.
SuSun
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