Offering/Eve of Millennia

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Melody wrote:

> "Melody" <melody

>

> > From ==Gene Poole==

> >

> > Greetings!

> >

> > How does one who succeeds in giving up striving, strive to help others

> give

> > up striving?

> >

>

> Such a One doesn't.

>

> A light does not strive to illuminate

> the world.

>

> Nor does it have the 'intent' to give

> warmth to those who are cold.

>

> It simply shines because it is its nature

> to do so.

>

 

Harsha: This makes sense Melody. Although some say that it is the nature of the

Boddhisattva to strive to help

others. Paradoxically, both perspectives seem logical.

 

>

>

> If a question remains, if striving remains,

> one has not 'succeeded' in giving up

> anything. They have only succeeded

> in trading one shiny bead for another.

>

> love,

> Melody

 

Thanks for your thoughts Melody. I will copy them to Harshasatsangh as well.

 

One could suggest that whether a question remains or striving remains does not

seem directly connected to

"success" in giving up -- if the point of view adopted is that there is nothing

really to give up and there is no

one to give it up. As far as trading one shiny bead for another, I would agree

with the appearance of the futility

of it. But who can say for sure? With 108 beads, one can make a lot of trades. A

lot of good trades. And I wonder

whether the focus on the "other" simply trading one bead for another (while one

has given up all the beads and is

therefore bead less) might not be the hardest bead of all to part with. If one

truly is left without the perception

of ownership of beads, can the point of reference to distinguish between the

bead holders and bead less remain?

Perhaps to be truly bead less is to be headless. What can one truly see then?

Who can really say?

 

Peace and Harmony on Earth and with Love

Harsha