I find myself reading your words like an eager child opens christmas presents in delight. Im grateful for each writing.
I have watched many people tell there NDE stories and i actually found yours because i wanted a Buddhist story. I love Jesus of Nazareth but i love The Buddha too, and a few other people with extraordinary lives with wonderful messages. So Ive heard so many times of our unity and connectedness. I feel its possible that it is not yet time for me to feel it. I feel like the illusion of separation is still mine to work through. Even when i gaze at nature my realization of connectedness is a knowing one not a feeling one. I wonder if i should accept this or work harder to feel the connection.
At some point, the practice becomes effortless. If you are able to apply effort until that happens, then that is very good. Practice is essential, even for those who have realized the Nature of Mind. When practice becomes effortless, then we are opening ourselves to awareness. This takes practice, simply because it is so effortless. It's easy for people to talk themselves out of practicing when they hear this teaching about effortlessness, thinking that means to quit. Actually, effortlessness of practice means we are coming much closer to enlightenment and that we should never cease in our practice, no matter what the circumstances.
I find myself reading your words like an eager child opens christmas presents in delight. Im grateful for each writing.
I have watched many people tell there NDE stories and i actually found yours because i wanted a Buddhist story. I love Jesus of Nazareth but i love The Buddha too, and a few other people with extraordinary lives with wonderful messages. So Ive heard so many times of our unity and connectedness. I feel its possible that it is not yet time for me to feel it. I feel like the illusion of separation is still mine to work through. Even when i gaze at nature my realization of connectedness is a knowing one not a feeling one. I wonder if i should accept this or work harder to feel the connection.
At some point, the practice becomes effortless. If you are able to apply effort until that happens, then that is very good. Practice is essential, even for those who have realized the Nature of Mind. When practice becomes effortless, then we are opening ourselves to awareness. This takes practice, simply because it is so effortless. It's easy for people to talk themselves out of practicing when they hear this teaching about effortlessness, thinking that means to quit. Actually, effortlessness of practice means we are coming much closer to enlightenment and that we should never cease in our practice, no matter what the circumstances.