Polish what you polish
until it is like gold that has been refined
a hundred times; anything that is done in a hurry
is not deeply developed. Do what you do like
a thousand pound catapult; one who
pops off too easily does not
much.
your spiritual light
Your
spiritual light
can be compressed into
a pinpoint, or it can flood and
wash the known and unknown universe.
The principal task of a master is to respect
the oneness of her spiritual light with
all spiritual light and to care for
it accordingly.
Where is
the best place to do this?
In quiet simplicity.
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the spirit is attracted to humility
Rumi
advised me to keep my spirit
up in the branches of a tree and not
peek out too far, so I keep mine in the very tall
willows along the irrigation ditch out back,
a safe place to remain unspoiled by
the filthy culture of greed
and murder of the
spirit.
People
forget their spirits
easily suffocate so they must
keep them far up in tree branches where
they can be summoned any moment. It’s better
if you’re outside as it’s hard for spirits to get into houses
or buildings or airplanes. In New York City I used to reach
my spirit in front of the gorilla cage in the children’s zoo in
Central Park. It wouldn’t come in the Carlyle Hotel, which
was too expensive for its taste. In Chicago it won’t
come in the Drake, though I can see it out the
window, hovering over the surface of Lake
Michigan. The spirit above anything
else is attracted to humility.
If I slept in the streets
it would be under
the cardboard
with me.
step back from conventional perceptions
demand justice for the beautiful soulful human that was tyre nichols
You
must constantly step
back from conventional perceptions and
worldly entanglements to move along on your own
and reflect with independent awareness. Cleanse and purify
your karma of mind, body, and mouth, sit upright
and investigate reality, until you arrive
at subtle insight and clear
liberation.
Right in your own life,
detach from conditioned views and cut off
sentiments. Stand like a wall a mile high…spend twenty
or thirty years doing dispassionate and tranquil meditation
work, sweeping away any conditioned knowledge and
interpretive understanding as soon as it arises,
and not letting the traces of the
sweeping itself remain
either.
don’t grasp
In a pellucid ocean,
bubbles arise and dissolve again.
Just so, thoughts are no different from
ultimate reality, so don’t find fault; remain at ease.
Whatever arises, whatever occurs, don’t grasp —
release it on the spot. Appearances, sounds,
and objects are all one’s own mind;
there’s nothing except
mind.