Re: Combating False Thinking
Namaste,
I am certainly no great fount of wisdom, but perhaps
sharing some of what was given to me in regards to this
may prove beneficial:
-Becoming, and remaining, unattached to the fruits of one's actions;
This falls under the "Simple does not mean easy" category,
yet has proven essential in my practice. Consider the ancient
method of starting a fire using a hand-drill; those minds that
are inexperienced, impatient, and focused on the result of fire
will be stopping and checking, thereby thwarting themselves,
whereas success is had by those who simply focus on maintaining
the proper speed and pressure.. "See only the eye of the bird"..
Consider also a kitten- does that kitten, in the midst of stalking
a beetle, or pouncing on your foot, think to itself "I am honing and
practicing the skills and reflexes needed for a cat to survive in the wild"?
Of course not- the kitten is simply being itself, playing.
The modern adult human is constantly beset from within by contrast,
sometimes paralyzed by endless mental clamor, the echoes
and multiplying mirrors of subject/object awareness, the mind like
an ant following its own scent trail endlessly in a circle..
No matter how thoroughly or how long one examines an acorn, the
tree remains unknown while the acorn remains above the ground...
JAI MATA DI
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