a temporary condition, like being a pedestrian.
it starts to show up
any moment you do not believe your thoughts are 100% real.
inhabit the magic
without really trying
or forcing to stay in that magical place.
always keep
your promises and commitments, and
if you can’t – make amends.
anyone could be a Buddha when
not in thought
that is what a Buddha is:
someone not caught up in the conceptual, but aware
the past is malleable, a packaged concept, and illusion
it would be difficult to conceptualize enlightenment
that is why
i cannot just hand it to you or tell you what it is…. you need to experience it directly
just like
if I write you a PhD thesis about eating a strawberry
that
will
never give you
in a million years
the real essence of what a strawberry tastes like –
you need to eat a strawberry to know it directly
and taste it yourself to Know what it is
formal meditation is not necessary
if you already
inhabit the place
that meditation seeks
the trick is get the you or i out of the way and you are there
let the snow globe settle down of its own accord
you cannot be tackled by the ground
the flow moments
often during creativity when the I falls
away
and you are caught up in the moment – just pure experience
there is no “you” involved
relax – see what shows up of its own accord
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”
jedbonniwell 