self-surrender/The gain of a life time

[Guest guest]

>So I switched gears and now am working through the details of life that

>fall into my judgement of aversion. Last night I had this dream in which

>I needed to clear my throat and I spit on the floor of an ashram. Even in

>the dream I was horrified that I would do something like that. There was

>this yogi who saw me do this and told me how shocked he was and walked out

>of the room. In the dream I realized that I did not spit with malice and

>lightened up at which point the yogi walked back in laughing and then

>smiled at me.

 

Dear Friends of the awakening,

 

Interesting components of self. :-)

The sacred (up tight yogi) and the less than

perfected ashram floor blesser.

Then the combining of intent and real being.

In the component of the traveller it is

best to show respect, act with the most consideration

and behave in a way that exemplifies an idealised

spirituality.

For purposes of illustration, breaking conventions

(what some see as unnecessary conflict) may develop

an understanding of how our mind discriminates, prefers,

labels, associates, misinterprets, jumps to delusions

and premature conclusions etc . . .

For example I was once washing my teeth next

to a fellow retreatant at a Theravadin monastery.

Being in a condition of heightened awareness is

not something too unusual. For some it is a conscious

practice and with great personal pride at his depth

of understanding my fellow retreatrant was engaging

in 'mindful teeth cleaning'.

Meanwhile next to him was (from his perspective)

someone cleaning their teeth in total oblivion.

However that person was the most aware

Lobster Cruxstatious not having to make any

conscious effort to do anything.

And Lo and Behold (as it is written in holy text)

i. The cruxstatious did spit out the tooth paste in a

noisy and uncouth manner.

ii. The concentrated awareness of the mindful

one was broken.

iii. 'How uncouth is this fellow compared

to me a mindful and worthy follower

of the Dharmic awareness', thought the

worthy one.

iv. 'If only he could learn and percieve

real awareness.'

v. Thus are the shallow exposed (to themselves

on a deeper level) and the teeth of the

cruxstatious polished and exposed :-)

.. . . and the moral of this story is . . .

 

 

Lobster

:-)

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