Never was there a time
when any type of sentient being
was exempt from suffering or from thinking about suffering.
Suffering being the foundation of a stuck,
stagnant and sullen mind,
and mindfulness being the antidote
of the Buddha nature,
eradicating everyone's suffering is what
a Buddha does and is what we should all be striving for.
Never was there a time when there was
not a Buddha present on the planet.
That being the case,
all of the veneration that is offered to the past
and present masters is automatically transferred
over to your own Buddha nature;
for potential and aspiration is what cleanses
the open wound of suffering
that is samsara's wheel of a mind.
Real life incidents turning from
momentary troubles to memories to faint
impressions of the imagination
to non existence, living life as if all of
your complexities have been solved
is the inevitable outcome of seeing all moments
of existence as empty of results and as empty of direct experience.
To fulfill your potential is to put an end to suffering;
be it the combined net result of thousands of years
of being attached to having everything seemingly under control
or being too lazy to take the first and last step on the path to enlightenment.
Every undertaking being a direct experience of a desire
or an initial thought to improve on what is empty
from beginning to end, master your life
through knowing who you are and are not.
A Buddha and only a Buddha,
desires which detracts from the happiness
of other sentient beings is only a distraction
of samsara's wheel; for reality or the real mind
is completely ready to work on behalf of the
greater good of the vast assembly of
embodied and disembodied masters.
Taking the first and last step by
unleashing the ultimate nature of a mindful reality
that is as humorous as it is sad,
your direct experience of samsara is complete
when you listen to the guru from afar
who is as vivid and surreal as the appearance
of a Buddha in this world of suffering.
Closing your eyes and hearing the sound of emptiness,
the guru is there as the heart is there
for all of your sentient existence.
by Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
http://emptinessofmind.blogspot.ca/
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