"Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. there is no general information about the nature of mind. It is hardly ever written about by writers or intellectuals; modern philosophers do not speak of it directly; the majority of scientists deny it could possible be there at all. It plays no part in popular culture: no one sings about it, no one talks about it in plays, and not on TV. We are actually educated into believing that nothing is real beyond what we can percieve with our ordinary senses." Sogyal Rinpoche.
Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking people do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness. It's bubbling along all the time.
We experience it as restlessness and edginess. We experience it as fear. It motivates passion, aggression, ignorance, jealousy and pride, but "most" never get down to the essence of it.
Pema Chödrön.
"Do you know what you should do dear?
You should look a bit more after yourself! (no, not over your shoulder, I mean you!)
You cannot help all others in the world!
Believe me, keep feet on the ground and live a bit in reality."
Kindness in (suffering) playground of purity.
Reality-phantasies.
>> August 22, 2009
"Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. there is no general information about the nature of mind. It is hardly ever written about by writers or intellectuals; modern philosophers do not speak of it directly; the majority of scientists deny it could possible be there at all. It plays no part in popular culture: no one sings about it, no one talks about it in plays, and not on TV. We are actually educated into believing that nothing is real beyond what we can percieve with our ordinary senses." Sogyal Rinpoche.
Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking people do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness. It's bubbling along all the time.
We experience it as restlessness and edginess. We experience it as fear. It motivates passion, aggression, ignorance, jealousy and pride, but "most" never get down to the essence of it.
Pema Chödrön.
"Do you know what you should do dear?
You should look a bit more after yourself! (no, not over your shoulder, I mean you!)
You cannot help all others in the world!
Believe me, keep feet on the ground and live a bit in reality."
Kindness in (suffering) playground of purity.
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