The graffiti of samsara paints on the ordinary wall of nirvana, how extraordinary delusion is!
Betwixt the thoughts we are Buddha,
Although for most they fear a Barracuda.
Interstitial arisings mixed with Awareness
Unknown and misused from the Is-ness
Samsaric delusion intertwines with Nirvana
Omniscient judgements not a Yana
Even though the eight maras did criticise
Prevents teachings we still have ties
For the Masters have led us to See
There is a natural way to just Be
❤️
Trying to re-paint each Other
There we go again trying to Smother
Searching for a stable Ground
Rug gets pulled and again we're Found
Looking for that ultimate Refuge
Samsara's pelts like a Deluge
Slipped away again from just Being
Addicted to distraction not Seeing
Through the magical show Projected
From illusory ego's details Inspected
Chains we hook together making Karma
Ego ready to be the top Harmer
But it's all just empty Momentariness
Temporarily namable in Emptiness
In all but linkage it's the Collusion
We enjoy this drama make Delusion
senses create imagery of illusory self
Accumulating similarly feelings of Wealth
Dear human race what have we Become
Billions resulting from overcoming now One
Species dominating this tiny Planet
To massive in our droves like the Ganet
Thoughts give our multiple personalities the illusion of continuity to carry on out habitual Patterns
Pema Chodron ~ For most of us most of the time, our emotional reactivity obscures our natural intelligence. But if we become motivated to start contemplating the approach of seeing pain and discomfort as opportunities for healing—for becoming “one-with” and bringing people closer rather than splitting—our intelligence actually will get stronger than our emotional reactivity. If we take those opportunities for healing, the momentum of the intelligence will gradually start to outweigh the momentum of the reactivity.
Betwixt the thoughts we are Buddha,
Although for most they fear a Barracuda.
Interstitial arisings mixed with Awareness
Unknown and misused from the Is-ness
Samsaric delusion intertwines with Nirvana
Omniscient judgements not a Yana
Even though the eight maras did criticise
Prevents teachings we still have ties
For the Masters have led us to See
There is a natural way to just Be
❤️
Trying to re-paint each Other
There we go again trying to Smother
Searching for a stable Ground
Rug gets pulled and again we're Found
Looking for that ultimate Refuge
Samsara's pelts like a Deluge
Slipped away again from just Being
Addicted to distraction not Seeing
Through the magical show Projected
From illusory ego's details Inspected
Chains we hook together making Karma
Ego ready to be the top Harmer
But it's all just empty Momentariness
Temporarily namable in Emptiness
In all but linkage it's the Collusion
We enjoy this drama make Delusion
senses create imagery of illusory self
Accumulating similarly feelings of Wealth
Dear human race what have we Become
Billions resulting from overcoming now One
Species dominating this tiny Planet
To massive in our droves like the Ganet
My cat called Schrodinger
Ran off with my dog Heisenberg,
Uncertain if the latter meets the former will be dead or alive,
Or how fast the latter is chasing the former;
Can't both be at Pauli's?
Ran off with my dog Heisenberg,
Uncertain if the latter meets the former will be dead or alive,
Or how fast the latter is chasing the former;
Can't both be at Pauli's?
Chemicals of sadness pervade some of Mind
Unsure what there if there is anything Behind
Changes happen yet all the time on Track
Cascading entropy of energy set way Back
Thoughts of Rinpoche, Dad and Shaun
Phillipa, Maisie, the start of a new Dawn
Will she be the one another story to start
Dot to dot we make the Story;
But who is it that creates Furore?
Life's can seem pointless and tragic
Seems with a little trick of Magic
Every day the body almost could Die
Yet still believe in the forever I
Apology with an Excuse
It's simply more Abuse
Coming up with a Reason
Same language of Treason
In fact there's no Meaning
Politics with No Feeling
Manipulation and Denial
Our Egos quite Vile
Life's can seem pointless and tragic
Seems with a little trick of Magic
Every day the body almost could Die
Yet still believe in the forever I
Apology with an Excuse
It's simply more Abuse
Coming up with a Reason
Same language of Treason
In fact there's no Meaning
Politics with No Feeling
Manipulation and Denial
Our Egos quite Vile
Thoughts give our multiple personalities the illusion of continuity to carry on out habitual Patterns
Pema Chodron ~ For most of us most of the time, our emotional reactivity obscures our natural intelligence. But if we become motivated to start contemplating the approach of seeing pain and discomfort as opportunities for healing—for becoming “one-with” and bringing people closer rather than splitting—our intelligence actually will get stronger than our emotional reactivity. If we take those opportunities for healing, the momentum of the intelligence will gradually start to outweigh the momentum of the reactivity.
Easy Nirvana
The teachings, especially Zen, point out that the Nirvana we seek is always all around us in plain view. Getting only a glimpse is like jumping out of an airplane with no parachute and no ground to land on. There is no way to return to the airplane.
Take this as a metaphor, not as a mechanical schematic:
Let's say pure Awareness perception is a video camera. It's recording or seeing everything "as-is" without adding any commentary or preference. That's nirvana.
But our video camera is equipped with an "analyzer" function that names, labels and judges what's being videoed. Reach up and turn the "analyzing function" off. Just push the little button that says "full stop".
The final step is to first notice that "someone" as "me" seems to be looking through the video camera eye piece at what's being videoed. Reach up and slide the button that says "subjective viewer mode" to the "off" position. The sense of a "me" perceiving the video images is now absent.
Now the camera is back in its default "nirvana" mode. Please share these instructions with all video cameras that seem also to be temporarily locked into their "analyzer" and "subjective viewer" modes.
The wisdom of the default Awareness (nirvana mode) is amazingly more than sufficient for navigation when the "analyzer" and "subjective viewer" modes are switched off.
Only in the original, default "nirvana mode" does the Zen instruction: "chop wood, fetch water" apply as truly spontaneous Buddha action.
There is "no one" doing the action and no analysis regarding the activity.
© JustMe - Myles Doyen དཀོན་མཆོག་སྤྱིན་པ
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