Though we are part of Tao,
we can act as the worst kind of fake;
Seeing your breath does not help the wind,
let a swamp in your mind be a lake.
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:
Yes, the murky swamp of a mind needs to be stilled and filtered out so that only pure-clear perception remains! Yes, no or Wu? If Wu, please redirect :)
Yes you can allow the swamp to settle or simply switch viewpoint for instant release. The swamp is not real, just a mass of thoughts. As soon as they subside, slowly or instantly, there we are.
Nature plays out and our thinking is always after the true moment. Thoughts don't help one bit.
Awareness is here-now. Thoughts arise after so what use?
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