Thursday, July 23, 2009

EGOLESSNESS IS LETTING GO

"Egolessness" does not mean that nothing exists, as some have
thought, a kind of nihilism. Instead, it means that you can let go of
your habitual patterns and then when you let do, you genuinely let
go. You do not re-create or rebuild another shell immediately
afterward. Once you let go, you do not just start all over again.
Egolessness is having the trust to not rebuild again at all and
experiencing the psychological healthiness and freshness that goes
with not rebuilding. The truth of egolessness can only be experienced
fully through meditation practice.

From "The Meeting of Buddhist and Western Psychology," in THE SANITY
WE ARE BORN WITH: A BUDDHIST APPROACH TO PSYCHOLOGY, page 10.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

REALIZING CHAOS

No one can save us from the state of chaos or samsara unless we
understand the meaning of chaos and confusion, unless we have
experienced it and suffered from it. Otherwise, although we may be in
the midst of chaos, we don't notice it. You don't begin to notice
chaos until you are already on the path. Then you begin to feel
uncomfortable. You feel that something is a nuisance. Something's
bugging you constantly. You realize the chaos when you are already
making the journey.

From "The Fourth Moment," in THE SHAMBHALA SUN, March 2006, page 46

Saturday, July 11, 2009

LIFE JUST IS

Life on the practical level does not contain any subtle philosophy or
subtle mystical experience. It just is. If we are able to see that
isness, so to speak, then there is a sense of realization. We
experience sudden enlightenment. Without a sense of hopelessness,
there is no way to give birth to sudden enlightenment. Only giving up
our projects brings about the ultimate, definite, positive state of
being, which is the realization that we are already enlightened
beings here and now.

From "Hopelessness and the Trikaya," in CRAZY WISDOM page 95.

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