"The root of all faults, all failings, is nothing other than ignorance. This ignorance is like mistaking a heap of stones on the horizon for a human figure; it has no basis whatsoever, which means that even the source of these faults and failings does not exist."
Our problems, in other words, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist. The more I think about what Padmasambhava said, the more I realise how true it is. With all our ideas, with all our misunderstandings, how often do we ever grasp more than a partial and distorted version of how things really are? Our whole vision of reality in fact amounts to a fabrication, an exaggeration, a fantastic edifice of delusion. Once we miss understanding, we create something based on that missing of the point, which can not but be a lie and an illusion. And in turn, we swallow the lie and fall for the illusion and take it to be true, like the fool who spends his life chasing after the fabled crock of gold that is buried at the end of a rainbow.
It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening.
The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.
Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away or become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
Azi dimineata cand Dumnezue a deschis o fereastra in RAI m-a vazut si m-a intrebat: Copilul meu, care este marea ta dorinta pt. azi??? Iar eu i-am raspuns: Doamne te rog sa ai grija de persoana care citeste acest mesaj, de familia lui, si de prietenii lui speciali. Ei merita asta si ii iubesc foarte mult. Iubirea lui Dumnezeu este k un ocean, ii poti vedea inceputul dar nu si sfarsitul. Acest mesaj este valabil din ziua in care il primesti. Trimite asta prietenilor tai. Ceva bun se va intampla cu u azi. Ceva ce u asteptai de mult sa ti se intample. Nu rupe ascest lant !!!"
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