Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Wisdom
Lama Surya Das writes in AWAKENING TO THE SACRED (p.322)
"Walking the spiritual path brings us in touch with pure being and the truth of who we are. What a relief! Spirituality is authentic and real. Spirituality is sane, natural, meaningful living,
...What we seek is naturally within us all....some call it the True Self or Higher Self. Others call it clear inner light or innate luminosity. Hindus call it the Supreme Self to distinguish this true self from the ego. Many call it Authentic presence or Pure Being.
...Think about what the terms "Pure Being" or "Authentic Presence" mean...then think about your day-to-day life and whether your activities help you feel more or less connected to your true self. Doesn't it seem we all spend too much time pretending to be something we're not, telling ourselves stories about how it could be otherwise if only...? Pretense is habit-forming as well as unnatural...we become completely accustomed to gluing on personas tht prove to the world we are "fine", "cool", "confident" , "cheerful","desirable" and "something special". It can be deadening. ....To some degree, we all guard ourselves from being known. It can be easier to hide out behind the masks we wear to protet us from the world. It's how we go through life: We cresate this kind of dream and then forget that we're dreaming.
What would it feel like if you could stop pretending to yourself or anyone else? Wouldn't it be great if you were able to give yourself unconditional acceptance and permisson to be the person you really are? Think about the bliss of being at one with things just as they are. Think about the bliss of just being."
And he goes on to discuss the highest teaching of Tibet called Dzogchen, which is translated as "Inner Great Perfection"...this part about pretense so touched me.
We had such an intersting weekend, last weekend...
"Walking the spiritual path brings us in touch with pure being and the truth of who we are. What a relief! Spirituality is authentic and real. Spirituality is sane, natural, meaningful living,
...What we seek is naturally within us all....some call it the True Self or Higher Self. Others call it clear inner light or innate luminosity. Hindus call it the Supreme Self to distinguish this true self from the ego. Many call it Authentic presence or Pure Being.
...Think about what the terms "Pure Being" or "Authentic Presence" mean...then think about your day-to-day life and whether your activities help you feel more or less connected to your true self. Doesn't it seem we all spend too much time pretending to be something we're not, telling ourselves stories about how it could be otherwise if only...? Pretense is habit-forming as well as unnatural...we become completely accustomed to gluing on personas tht prove to the world we are "fine", "cool", "confident" , "cheerful","desirable" and "something special". It can be deadening. ....To some degree, we all guard ourselves from being known. It can be easier to hide out behind the masks we wear to protet us from the world. It's how we go through life: We cresate this kind of dream and then forget that we're dreaming.
What would it feel like if you could stop pretending to yourself or anyone else? Wouldn't it be great if you were able to give yourself unconditional acceptance and permisson to be the person you really are? Think about the bliss of being at one with things just as they are. Think about the bliss of just being."
And he goes on to discuss the highest teaching of Tibet called Dzogchen, which is translated as "Inner Great Perfection"...this part about pretense so touched me.
We had such an intersting weekend, last weekend...
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