Search out the point
where your thoughts arise and disappear.
See where a thought arises and vanishes. Keep this point
in mind and try to break right through it. Take up
this awareness as if holding a sharp
sword in your hand.
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let go of everything
touch nirvana right here and now
Want to
be happy? Forget
things. Never mind status.
Let go of the obsessions of the body
and the mind and the world.
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sever the attachments of mind and self
To
realize the Way you
must die and stay dead and
go on living. With one mighty blow,
sever the attachments of mind
and self and dwell in
emptiness.
Pouring
emptiness into emptiness
like waves coming to shore,
you become quiet,
luminous,
still.
Where
before there were
ten thousand entanglements, now
there is undifferentiated
Oneness, clarity,
peace.
i ching / hexagram 3 ☯️ difficulty at the beginning
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late in life i’ve lost my country
Late in life I’ve lost my country.
Everywhere there is the malice of unearned
power, top to bottom, bottom to top,
nearly solid scum. Very few can read or write.
Lucky for me we winter in this bamboo thicket
near a creek with three barrels of bird food.
With first light things seem a little better.
we all could use a little mercy now
Move toward a higher
truth and all will
be well.
The tendency of human beings is to rely on the strategies of the ego: desiring, plotting, and striving. When we exercise the ego, our spiritual development stops, and the universe must use shocking events to move us back onto the path. The appearance of the hexagram Chên indicates an immediate need for self-examination, self-correction, and a redevotion to following the path of the Sage. In Chinese, the hexagram translates to mean “thunder over thunder”: a continuing series of shocks occurs until the obstruction in our attitude is removed.
It is important not to react against these shocks.Instead, quiet and open your mind, accept that what is happening has come to teach you a specific and necessary lesson, and look inside to see where you are resisting the will of the Higher Power. The sooner you return to innocence and acceptance, the sooner the shocks will subside.
Those who maintain a reverence for proper principles and an inner commitment to higher things are unperturbed by shocking events; they simply concentrate on deepening their understanding. If you find yourself feeling threatened by circumstances, withdraw into stillness and meditation. The only remedy for doubt and fear is a reconnection with higher truth.Shock is an important and beneficial teacher to those who follow the path of the Sage. Make good use of this new beginning and good fortune results.
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 51, Chen / The Arousing (Shock)
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