This is enough: A dream

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  • Tomás ESP
    Member
    • Aug 2020
    • 575

    This is enough: A dream

    I had a dream today in which I was buying some groceries and I couldn't keep focused on what I was doing, my mind wandering on the list of problems I carry around with me. A worker in the shop told me to take a seat for a moment, because I seemed upset. Suddenly I was in a kind of classroom with small kids. He made me sit down and listened to me. I started to tell him about all my problems and why my life sucked at the moment. I became more sad and upset. And out of the blue he gave me a small piece of paper and told me to write down what I thought was the answer to all of this. And what came up spontaneously was: This is enough.

    I woke up and couldn't get out of bed for 5 minutes, digesting what this meant. I am aware that it is just a dream, but it was quite powerful. This basic trust in life, that this is already enough in a fundamental way. Almost like shikantaza applied to life itself. Just felt like sharing.

    Gassho, Tomás
    Sat
    Sorry for going over 3 sentences.
  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40300

    #2
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    • Kotei
      Treeleaf Unsui
      • Mar 2015
      • 4159

      #3
      Thank you for sharing, Tomas.


      Gassho,
      Kotei sat/lah today.
      義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.

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      • Kokuu
        Treeleaf Priest
        • Nov 2012
        • 6841

        #4
        Lovely!

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        • Tairin
          Member
          • Feb 2016
          • 2820

          #5
          Lovely. Thank you for sharing that Tomas.


          Tairin
          Sat today and lah
          泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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          • Gokai
            Member
            • Feb 2016
            • 209

            #6
            Thank you very much.


            Gassho
            Gokai, Sat today.
            David Cravidão Lopes Pereira

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            • KellyRok
              Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 1374

              #7
              I love this, truly. Thank you for sharing Tomas!

              Gassho,
              Kelly/Jinmei
              sattoday/lah

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              • Tai Shi
                Member
                • Oct 2014
                • 3414

                #8
                Dreams are often the beginning of some of my best poetry, so can be poetry for the dream; try to understand my gift to you, a method for art's eternal words.
                Gassho
                sat/lah
                Last edited by Tai Shi; 11-25-2021, 02:19 PM. Reason: Extending Gift
                Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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                • VictorV
                  Member
                  • Nov 2019
                  • 26

                  #9
                  Thank you, Tomás.
                  Gassho
                  SATLah

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                  • SNPII
                    Member
                    • May 2018
                    • 50

                    #10
                    Appreciate you sharing this. The message of "this is enough" has come with many sense doors for me over my life. An excellent reminder! Mahalo!
                    In Sincerity
                    Shane

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                    • Rich
                      Member
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 2614

                      #11
                      THIS is enough
                      Thanks
                      Sat/lah


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                      Rich
                      MUHYO
                      無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...

                      https://instagram.com/notmovingmind

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