自在聆听|晨读原著T104: Reversing the Wheel of Samsara-Comfortable with Uncertaint

104 Reversing the Wheel of Samsara EVERY ACT COUNTS. Every thought and emotion counts too. This moment is all the path we have. This moment is where we apply the teachings. Life is short. Even if we live to be 108, life will still be too short for witnessing all its wonders. The dharma is each act, each thought, each word we speak. Are we at least willing to catch ourselves spinning off and to do that without embarrassment? Do we at least aspire to not consider ourselves a problem, but simply a pretty typical human being who could at that moment give him- or herself a break and stop being so predictable? The dharma can heal our wounds, our very ancient wounds that come not from original sin but from a misunderstanding so old that we can no longer see it. The instruction is to relate compassionately with where we find ourselves and to begin to see our predicament as workable. We are stuck in patterns of grasping and fixating, which cause the same thoughts and reactions to occur again and again. This is how we project our world. When we see that, even if it’s only for one second every three weeks, then we naturally discover the knack of reversing this process of making things solid, the knack of stopping the claustrophobic world as we know it, of putting down our centuries of baggage and stepping into new territory. How in the world can we do this? The answer is simple. Make the dharma personal, explore it whole-heartedly, and relax.