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Bodhi Tree
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 Posted - Feb 11 2013 : 11:09:30 PM
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we want the effect, but will we seek the cause?
we want the prize, but will we run the race?
we want the bliss, the ecstasy, the mind-bending experiences,
but are we willing to adapt our lives to tune into the flow which produces those experiences?
once we realize there is a mess to clean up, there are debts to be paid,
there are rearrangements and rhythm changes that have to be initiated,
then we behold the long trek of the journey, and the distance seems too daunting
but once we take the steps and get glimpses of simple pleasures once taken for granted
then the length of the journey becomes irrelevant--knowing we will be rewarded as we make the effort
not just for our personal sake, but for the sake of all other sojourners on the cosmic hike
then time and space are not obstactles to be overcome, but opportunities for delighting in the miracle
then pain and the excess of suffering are seen as skin to be shed and benchmarks of transformation
then future goals and desires are merely extensions of the present reality--never far away or unattainable
therefore, the journey becomes the destination. |
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kembolini
United Kingdom
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Posted - Feb 14 2013 : 2:59:57 PM
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| Wonderful sentiments. |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2013 : 4:21:12 PM
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Thank you, kembolini.  |
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mattb23
Australia
99 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2013 : 03:23:19 AM
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| "Pain pushes you till the vision pulls you" Rev Michael Bernard Beckwith :-) |
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