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Nondual Highlights Issue #2435, Saturday, April 1, 2006, Editor: Mark
The only factor that can give refuge or protection from the
destructive effects of anger and hatred is the practice of
tolerance
and patience.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from Healing
Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective,,
published by Snow Lion, posted to DailyDharma
How Do I Look at Anger?
Obviously, I look at it as an observer being angry. I say,
"I am angry." At the moment of anger there is no
"I"; the "I" comes in immediately afterwards
- which means time. Can I look at the fact without the factor of
time, which is the thought, which is the word? This happens when
there is the looking without the observer. See where it has led
me. I now begin to perceive a way of looking - perceiving without
the opinion, the conclusion, without condemning, judging.
Therefore, I perceive that there can be "seeing"
without thought, which is the word. So the mind is beyond the
clutches of ideas, of the conflict of duality and all the rest of
it. So, can I look at fear not as an isolated fact?
If you isolate a fact that has not opened the door to the whole
universe of the mind, then let us go back to the fact and begin
again by taking another fact so that you yourself will begin to
see the extraordinary thing of the mind, so that you have the
key, you can open the door, you can burst into that....
...By considering one fear - the fear of death, the fear of the
neighbor, the fear of your spouse dominating over you, you know
the whole business of domination - will that open the door? That
is all that matters - not how to be free of it - because the
moment you open the door, fear is completely wiped away. The mind
is the result of time, and time is the word - how extraordinary
to think of it! Time is thought; it is thought that breeds fear,
it is thought that breeds the fear of death; and it is time which
is thought, that has in its hand the whole intricacies and the
subtleties of fear.
- J. Krishnamurti, from The Book of Life,
posted to MillionPaths
The power of a Jnani's Self Realization is more powerful than all
occult powers. To the Jnani there are no others. But what is the
highest benefit that can be conferred on 'others' as we call
them? It is happiness. Happiness is born of peace. Peace can
reign only when there is no disturbance of thought. When the mind
has been annihilated, there will be perfect peace. As there is no
mind, the Jnani cannot be aware of others. But the mere fact of
His Self-Realization is itself enough to make all others peaceful
and happy.
- Ramana Maharshi, from Gems from Bhagavan,
selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar, posted to RamanaMaharshi
If you've melted your desires
in the river of time, choose
to be a recluse, or choose
a family, the village job.
If you know the pure Lord within you,
you'll be That, wherever.
- Lalla, from Naked Song,
version by Coleman Barks, posted to AlongTheWay
Even if the whole world were gripped by sadness
He would not be sad who holds love firm in hand.
And if love makes him dance, even a little,
There are worlds and worlds within that little land.
- #374: From Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e
Tabrizi, posted to Poetic_Mysticism
And of course, to celebrate April Fool's Day:
A man was passing a mental hospital, and called out
to one of the patients peering through the bars: "Ho!
How many madmen are in that hospital?" The inmate
paused, staring for a while at the questioner, then
bellowed back: "Leave us be! And tell me, how many
sane people are out there?
- sufi story, posted to Nasrudin