Rush into Chaos

[Joyo]

Hi Joyo,

Yes, having one eye of acceptance and equanimity, and one eye of working for change for the better, is very very important. This is our Way.

Yet, somewhere along the Way, we also realize the Wholeness that is Emptiness, which is the message of the Heart Sutra, the Completeness which embodies all the broken pieces of life. This is the Always At Home which is precisely our mortgaged house with the screaming kids, roof in need of repair and sink full of dishes.

This is perhaps the Third Eye which is Clarity.

It has been hard recently here too. I understand very well.

Gassho, J

SatToday

Thank you, Jundo. As I read this I am dealing with my son's defiant behaviour, which really makes your advice hit close to home.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Sekishi]

I thought it was difficult--then I learned to just breath. I learned to breath and sit.

Simple? Yes. Easy? No. [emoji4]

Thank you all for your perspectives.

Gassho,
Sekishi

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[Jwroberts27]

Thank you for sharing your experience, James.

Kyonin,

I say this because I have found that the more labels I use, the more lost in them I get and I stop seeing things as they are.

This resonates very much.

Gassho,
John
satttoday

[Careless Voice]

The Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man, “Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?”)

Gassho,

Shugen

Sattoday


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This question really made me put on my thinking cap. Does the object belong to itself? To nothing? Perhaps it only holds importance because it's labeled as a gift? It could be a word, a flower, or a smile. What really makes it a gift? I think it doesn't really matter because I believe the gift is like Dharma. Even if it is not perceived it exists. And even if it is realized, it non-exists.

Maybe I'm just thinking too hard.
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Gassho
Kyle
Sat2day



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[Shugen]

This question really made me put on my thinking cap. Does the object belong to itself? To nothing? Perhaps it only holds importance because it's labeled as a gift? It could be a word, a flower, or a smile. What really makes it a gift? I think it doesn't really matter because I believe the gift is like Dharma. Even if it is not perceived it exists. And even if it is realized, it non-exists.

Maybe I'm just thinking too hard.
[emoji51]

Gassho
Kyle
Sat2day



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Gassho,

Shugen

Sattoday


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