Dressing up the Buddha

[Guest guest]

In Southern Asia, it's customary to dress up

and adorn Buddha statues. Maybe, that's an

admission that a naked sage becomes invisible.

Only a spiritual adelantado (those conquistadors

put in charge of unexplored territories) can

perceive naked divinity.

 

So, we adorn our saints, gurus, sages, and idols

with virtues and powers they really don't posses.

We like to think they can heal our minds and bodies

and give wisdom just with their presence. People

are lazy, they don't want to sweat their own

salvation. They rather get it as a gift.

 

It's an universal conspiracy. The priest, the rulers,

and the populace conspiring to keep ignorance and

laziness alive. We can understand why priests and

rulers don't want the masses to think for themselves,

why they prefer their followers to accept them as

the bringers of salvation.

 

But ask yourself, why would you want to participate

in that charade? Simple! You want to be a child, and

have parents that provide, and to keep your dreams and

play, and not to have to stare into an unforgiving,

naked light.

 

Pete

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote:

>

> In Southern Asia, it's customary to dress up

> and adorn Buddha statues. Maybe, that's an

> admission that a naked sage becomes invisible.

> Only a spiritual adelantado (those conquistadors

> put in charge of unexplored territories) can

> perceive naked divinity.

>

> So, we adorn our saints, gurus, sages, and idols

> with virtues and powers they really don't posses.

> We like to think they can heal our minds and bodies

> and give wisdom just with their presence. People

> are lazy, they don't want to sweat their own

> salvation. They rather get it as a gift.

>

> It's an universal conspiracy. The priest, the rulers,

> and the populace conspiring to keep ignorance and

> laziness alive. We can understand why priests and

> rulers don't want the masses to think for themselves,

> why they prefer their followers to accept them as

> the bringers of salvation.

>

> But ask yourself, why would you want to participate

> in that charade? Simple! You want to be a child, and

> have parents that provide, and to keep your dreams and

> play, and not to have to stare into an unforgiving,

> naked light.

>

> Pete

>

 

 

It just occurred that the self is really playing dress-up with all its little

gods and goddesses.

 

 

:-)

 

 

toombaru