Re: Find time and a place to remain unoccupied <To Randy>

[Guest guest]

Dear Randy,

This resonates very much with me right at this moment! I have

been doing much inner work on being authentic and opening up chakras

and " reliving pain from past lives and this lifetime " and it seems

that once I clear my heart chakra and feel like, Oh, this is

wonderful, Bham!! Here comes more to work on...Yes, indeed it is a

very dark, exhausting, and seemingly never-ending process. I must

have patience. My meditation does help me to just observe, sit with

my thoughts and learn. Buddhism for me really has been very

helpful. I also work with my chakras, stones, I am very eclectic.

It is what " feels right " for lack of better word for me. I utilize

many tools, my mind being the biggest and most helpful. Although as

you wrote in your message my mind does get a bit off course and I try

to " change " some things that I need to let be, so that I may learn.

Thank you so much for your post and sharing your friends post, my

brother!! Om mani padme hum, LUNA

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> by my friend, CRIS NARCISO ASUNCION,

> an endless book of words and thoughts.

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> Why does the world creates so many difficulties for the buddha

> whenever

> he appears, in whatsoever form? He may be Krishna, Christ, Atisha,

> Tilopa, a; he may appear in any form. By buddhahood I mean

> awareness, awakening. Wherever awakening happens, the whole world

> becomes antagonistic. Why? - because the whole world is asleep.

> There is an Arabic saying: Don't wake up a slave, because he may be

> dreaming that he is free. Don't wake up a slave; he may be dreaming

> that

> he is free, that he is no more a slave.

> But the buddha will say: Wake up the slave! Even though he is

dreaming

> beautiful dreams of freedom, wake him up and make him aware that he

> is a

> slave, because only through that awareness can he really become

free.

> The world is fast asleep and people are enjoying their dreams. They

> are

> decorating their dreams, they are making their dreams more and more

> colorful, they are making them psychedelic. Then comes a man who

> starts

> shouting from the housetops, " Wake up! " The sleepers feel offended;

> they

> don't want to wake up, because they know that once the dream is gone

> they will be left with their misery and suffering and nothing else.

> They

> are not yet aware that behind their misery there is a source of joy

> that

> can be found. Whenever something like awakening has happened to them

> they have always found themselves utterly miserable. So they want to

> remain drowned in something, whatsoever it is; they want to remain

> occupied.

> The teaching of the buddhas is: Find time and a place to remain

> unoccupied. That's what meditation is all about. Find at least one

> hour

> every day to sit silently doing nothing, utterly unoccupied, just

> watching whatsoever passes by inside. In the beginning you will be

> very

> sad, looking at things inside you; you will feel only darkness and

> nothing else, and ugly things and all kinds of black holes

appearing.

> You will feel agony, no ecstasy at all. But if you persist,

persevere,

> the day comes when all these agonies disappear, and behind the

agonies

> is the ecstasy.

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sister Luna; I had no hesitations sending that post. Cris is a most wonderful guy. We have never met face to face but his words and works are very very inspirational. I will try to send him an email and ask him to join this most auspicous group. A warning though; most of his posts/thoughts are long so put on a pot of coffee forehand lol. Compassion To All, Randy

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[Guest guest]

Dear Brother Randy,

Sounds like a wonderful idea to have your friend Cris join. I

agree, very inspirational and I don't mind a long read, lol...Some of

my posts or messages can be quite gregarious, not to say I am wordy,

I just love to write and it seems that each thought in my mind says,

type me please, lol..It would be great if he joined here, he would

make such an versatile place, this family. I think he would be very

comfortable here! Thank you again, brother!! Om mani padme hum, LUNA

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> Dear Sister Luna;

> I had no hesitations sending that post. Cris is a most wonderful

guy. We have never met face to face but his words and works are very

very inspirational. I will try to send him an email and ask him to

join this most auspicous group. A warning though; most of his

posts/thoughts are long so put on a pot of coffee forehand lol.

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Compassion To All,

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Randy

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Dear Luna (again);lol I sent my dear friend Cris an invite but I am not certain how often he checks his mail. There ismuch ofhis wiork in another group. He is an old fart likeme,married,and lives somewhere in Asia. We met by accident...cometo think of it,there are no accidents. Anyway, his posts always get my mind going. Patience and he may actually read his mail. I hope so. Randy

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