(ANOTHER) URGENT ANGO CAUTION! : Too Loose !!!

[Jakuden]

Sometimes I wonder why at times I struggle with so much resistance to just getting on with life and it's pesky requirements from me.
Sometimes I get jealous of others who seem to just move forward and do what has to be done without any apparent struggle to do so.
Sometimes I should drop the "I" and just get my butt on the cushion and sit.

Thanks for the nudge.

Gassho,
Sierra
SatToday

[Byokan]

Thank you Jundo

Gassho
Lisa
sat today

[martyrob]

Thanks again, Jundo

For both these teachings. And yes, Sierra I feel all those things too - the resistance, the jealousy, the relentless, greedy "I" stamping his feet and demanding his own way. Hit a rocky patch this weekend which puts me in mind of George Herbert's wonderful poem:

"The Collar"

Which about sums it up for me.

Martyn

Sat Today. And put the Ango collar back around my neck.

[Jakuden]

Thanks again, Jundo

For both these teachings. And yes, Sierra I feel all those things too - the resistance, the jealousy, the relentless, greedy "I" stamping his feet and demanding his own way. Hit a rocky patch this weekend which puts me in mind of George Herbert's wonderful poem:

"The Collar"

Which about sums it up for me.

Martyn

Sat Today. And put the Ango collar back around my neck.

Interesting poem! I don't know if I understand it correctly, but the speaker seems to be almost poking fun at his own resistance to life, as a child having a temper tantrum. Then at the end he's like, OK I'm done now and will be a good boy. Very apt :-)

Gassho,
Sierra
SatToday

[martyrob]

George Herbert was a priest. He's railing at God for the constraints, impositions and agony of the priesthood - the collar round his neck both literal and metaphoric. As he increasingly fulminates, raging and chafing, at the pinnacle of his torment, God speaks "Child" and he immediately submits to God's tenderness. I find it one of the most moving moments in all literature. Like the child raging at its parent or ourselves watching our little ego in a froth. Like all great poetry; it speaks to us on so many levels.

Martyn

Sat today

[Theophan]

Jundo,
Thanks for the lesson.
Gassho
Theophan
Sat Today

[Washin]

Thank you, Jundo, for another lesson.
Thank you Shoka for refreshing the thread.

Gassho
Sergey
sat-today

[Jika]