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Public Service Announcement: Double Senryu
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Tell ‘ee what to do
Televisions, telephones.
Dangers lurk. Beware!
But ‘ee may stay home
If ‘ee know what’s good for ‘ee
Don’t look out, look in.
The Way Forward
THE WAY FORWARD
Staying in place may be progress
Maybe the only progress for now
Let’s ask, once we’ve learnt how
Also how to listen to the answer
The Rainbow Trail: Shadorma
THE RAINBOW TRAIL
The pilgrim
Walks an ancient way
From the root
To the roof
The stars above are within
The journey a breeze
WE REALLY DO NEED TO TRAIN OUR MIND…FIRST!
“Training is simply valuing compassion that arises from pure awareness. There are no hardships and it’s not complicated. They don’t tell you that, do they?” 😉
We Really Do Need To Train Our Mind … First!
If we don’t train our mind to be still and silent, it will lack the clarity needed to recognise and realise the truth of the teachings. With training, we experience and gain inspiration and then, subtle questions arise from realisation. Teachings are generalised, and theory is black and white, static and fossilising; it is only through authentic experience that genuine questions arise. If we cannot form a precise question, we will not receive a precise answer.
Reading about, discussing and studying the reality of the nature of mind will not help in realising and experiencing this. We need to still the mind into silence by focusing our attention and inner energies, otherwise the nature of mind will remain merely as a theory. In training the mind, we also have to refine our conduct to be more attentive to others’ needs…
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Wilder Than Us
WILDER THAN US
“All Is One” we’re told
Check it out – Little required
Silence and stillness
Lead to pastures beyond our
Wildest imaginations
Dangly Bits And Traps
DANGLY BITS AND TRAPS
Then again
From a Zen
Or Dzogchen
Viewpoint – or Tao
Relax back into Now
Return – Release
Thought destroys Peace
Breeds Illusion
Confusion
All is One
With no one
Real to worry
To fret or hurry
From here to there
Be more than Aware
Ending up being less
And breathless
Breathe in – Breathe out
No mind what it’s all about
Ben Naga 