I have started this,
the last area of our life with a plea.
We take a shower everyday to wash our body clean,
then why are we so careless about our mind?
Why should we not cleanse the defilements from our mind,
by meditation every day.
Lets give our mind the shower of meditation everyday, for our mind is the ultimate source of all our happiness.
I ask that once in awhile please sit,
just sit
and cleanse the mind.
Please don't forget
"As a broom sweeps the streets clean,
the breath sweeps the mind clean."
Sogyal Rinpoche wrote from his Tibetan book of living and dying;
"Sometimes when I meditate, I don't use any particular method.
I just bring my mind home and relax.
There is no question if this is "correct",
there is no effort,
only a rich understanding.
When I am in the nature of mind, the ordinary mind is not there.
I simply am."
It really is so simple.
We have one life,
one period of time that is so fragile,
so impermanent.
It is guaranteed to end.
The only thing in our life that is certain, is our end.
Why then do we hasten this certainty by choosing stupidity.
The stupidity of our desire to constantly keep a state of lack, in one or more areas of our most precious gift.
The gift of being.
There are,
as we have seen,
six main areas in our life that incur consequence.
This insuring result can bring about Karma with devastating calamity.
The prison that most of us live in is self made.
The bars and locks self imposed.
To break free is easy.
Sit
Relax
Let go
Break free
Thank you all for allowing me to come into your life and share.
Nathan
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With love
