sharpen tools for your heart and mind
Breathing in I recognize and take the suffering of others.
Breathing out I recognize and offer happiness to others.
Breathing in I recognize the ignorance of others, their error of perception; that they are a single self.
Breathing out I recognize their happiness as interconnected with all and everyone.
Recognize the nature of your mind. Where do your thoughts come from, where do they reside, where do they go.
Easy to see the rapid movement of thoughts- from task to feeling to desire to discomfort to admiration to disdain. Adventitious is the mind, on an inner adventure it is.
Be persistent in your recognition of this adventurous mind. Watch the coming and going stream of thoughts and emotions. Aware of the flow, aware of the flow, aware of the flow. This is a powerful practice.
Knowing this you can know the suffering and happiness of all. Seed of your compassion and love.
The outer world is full of men who profess to control the fate of our world, Who push and pull at any lever at their disposal – they profess to control.
Our inner world can be revealed through the guidance of wisdom beings, visible and intangible to course perception. They light the way for us, when we choose awareness, the way to realize our mind’s nature and the desire for all beings to find happiness. This inner realization manifests before us.
I pray that all beings will recognize the other as themselves, freedom as a quality found within that inspires generosity to all beings.
Wind is calm
My teachers are here
Calm abiding is a path to realization, support for recognizing the nature of the mind.
Beyond any concept or plan that puts the cart (dogma) before the horse (awareness)
This morning I’m reminded of the incredible accomplishments of the teachers of the sacred whispered lineage. Reading some of the appreciations in the forward of “As it Is” by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche I am reminded of just how great his accomplishment was. The words of those offering testimonies have special significance because they are themselves perfect examples of accomplishment and compassion. They aren’t given to hyperbole or self serving promotion. The real deal as we say today.
In recognition of the devotion and practice of our lineage I will strive to develop my own – for the benefit of all sentient beings.
