“like an artillery shell passing over us”
Enlightenment
does not care how
you get there.
Thaddeus Golas
*
10 January 1928 ~ 6 February 2019
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what will you take?
You are
like the yellow leaf. The
messengers of death are at hand.
You are to travel far away.
What will you take
with you?
by love alone
The Buddha
urges us to let go of our
anger even after extreme difficulties.
“In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred,
but by love alone is healed. This is
the ancient and eternal
law.”
on this day
To be free
is not merely to cast off
one’s chains, but to live in a way
that respects and enhances
the freedom of
others.
break off relations with the mind
We were
speaking about ecstasy,
peace, love, and happiness.
Nowhere on the face of the earth
do you find it. You can go on pilgrimages,
go to churches, valleys, or mountains…
Any direction that you go, you will
not see peace or happiness or
love anywhere.
Stop all that!
Don’t waste time! Stay
where you are. This is the dharma
that will help you. All else is
adharma, senses and
bodies.
Stay where
you are and find out:
“Where is the peace?” Nearest of all.
Nearer than your own retina…The only way
is to look within. Experiences have been
experienced, and they have
not given you
peace…
Break off
relations with the mind
itself, then you are left alone.
Your mind has been troubling you.
Your priests have been troubling you.
Your church and your society have been
troubling you. Your country has been troubling
you. Mind you, enough! Stay by yourself and
find out now. Look around. For some time,
don’t touch anybody or anything
that you have known, seen,
heard, or touched.
Most of the
religions are cheating you.
Most of the religions are cheating poor
people. ‘”Do this and I will send you to heaven.”
Don’t listen to any of these people. Find out,
where is heaven? Heaven will
come down to
you.
Stay alone.
Don’t allow yourself
to be touched by anybody.
If you get rid of this mind, mind
will leave you. Your cravings will leave,
your notions will leave, your desires
will leave, your ideations will
leave. Everything is going
to leave.
Now what
will happen? If all the
known is rejected, in front of you
is the unknown. If you have given up the
cravings and desires for the known, what is
left is unknown. You have become the
unknown and merge into the
unknown for they are
identical.
Your identity
with the known has been
troubling you thus far. “This is me
and this is mine.” Perhaps from the unknown
you will enter into emptiness, and from
this emptiness you will see that
all this projection is your
playground.
You will not
have any hate toward anybody.
This is the region of love. You will see previously
known people and now you will love them. You will love
the Selves and they will love you. This is the trick of life. You
will enjoy this life. This planet will become heaven.
Whatever you see, you will see beauty…
Don’t have any doubt. Doubt
hasn’t helped you.
…Inner light,
inner wisdom is guiding you.
You don’t see it, so you don’t believe it.
When anything good or big happens you say,
“I have done it!” And when it goes bad
you blame God. This is
arrogance.
This is a
very simple affair.
Don’t postpone it. You
can do it here,
now.
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