A light reflects, refracts, rebounds.
The resulting refracted light, reflections and so on each too do the same.
The self is similar in the way she refracts to form the appearance of many.
To a point even where separation from source can feel concrete.
Looking back on other reflections this one can feel them wrong, can see in another the enemy.
Draw back to the source, this problem is not there.
Bodhidharma, the startling awakening
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*"If you want to abandon the unreal and turn to the real, sit steadily and
gaze at a wall. Self and other, ordinary people and enlightened ones, are
one an...
4 years ago
2 comments:
Seen from this metaphorical perspective, conflicts between lives seem so funny and senseless :)
Thanks for the enlightening post ;)
In Budo, to see that there is no enemy is of the highest insight...and the best self-defense is harmony and compassion.
Good post.
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