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| Painting by Tarini Dhar Prabhu |
“Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original Oneness?
Can you let your body become supple as a new-born child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the Light?”
Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?
Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing,
acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.” Lao Tsu, Tao te Ching.
Every baby is born enlightened.
But then, the process of thinking develops - the brainwashing begins.
As the personality grows, thick layers of mindstuff envelop you in a cocoon of ignorance.
Unnecessary thoughts flow faster and faster, like whitewater rapids in a river.
Increasingly, you dwell on the dead past or the unborn future, while completely missing out on the actual present moment.
The illusion of individuality fills you with the terror of being alone and helpless in an uncaring world.
The shadow of death looms over you like an executioner’s sword.
Soon you are lost and suffering in the desert of space-time and the delusion of separation.
This is the adventure and the nightmare of being mortal.
You can wake up and end the suffering if you discover your true immortal nature.
Learn to be still; turn all your attention inwards.
Return to the original thought-free innocence of pure being.
Know the magic of direct experience without the filter of mind.
Feel the infinite, perfect wholeness that pervades and underlies everything.
Claim your divine inheritance and enjoy the bliss of heaven on earth.
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