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The End of All Excuses
I am pointing you where my teacher pointed me, which is to stop doing. Take this moment to stop doing. If you are graced enough to be able to truly hear this profound message, even for an instant, you can recognize that everything is already done. Any thought of separation, however much suffering follows it, still is only a thought. Separation must be maintained, it must be thought, it must be proved, and it must be practiced to exist. Without this maintenance, the experience of separation vanishes.
However your daily life presents itself, whether it is a life devoted to monastic duties or a life in the midst of the world, every moment is an opportunity to realize who you are. True investigation reveals that whatever prior limitations you feel keep you from who you are, however grand or lowly, they are nothing but concepts, concepts that when not maintained by mind activity cannot cause suffering. These concepts can be liberated so that you, as you are, can shine fully. This is the invitation extended to you.
This is not a path that leads you anywhere. It is a path where you recognize that the tendency to go somewhere is the tendency to follow thought. It is the path that stops you in your tracks so that you can directly discover who you are.
Finally, there are no more excuses. Just like you, I am a creature from this planet. I did not have an auspicious birth, under the right stars. I was certainly not raised by spiritually advanced parents or in an enlightened society. I've married. I've had a child. I've lived a very normal life.
I spent the majority of this life searching for happiness in all the ways I knew, until I met a gigantic force that said, "Stop! Give it up!" By some grace I said, "Okay." This is your grace. It is no different. Give it all up and you will see immediately what can never be lost. Then you will know where true home is, and you can truly rest.
The End of All Excuses
I am pointing you where my teacher pointed me, which is to stop doing. Take this moment to stop doing. If you are graced enough to be able to truly hear this profound message, even for an instant, you can recognize that everything is already done. Any thought of separation, however much suffering follows it, still is only a thought. Separation must be maintained, it must be thought, it must be proved, and it must be practiced to exist. Without this maintenance, the experience of separation vanishes.
However your daily life presents itself, whether it is a life devoted to monastic duties or a life in the midst of the world, every moment is an opportunity to realize who you are. True investigation reveals that whatever prior limitations you feel keep you from who you are, however grand or lowly, they are nothing but concepts, concepts that when not maintained by mind activity cannot cause suffering. These concepts can be liberated so that you, as you are, can shine fully. This is the invitation extended to you.
This is not a path that leads you anywhere. It is a path where you recognize that the tendency to go somewhere is the tendency to follow thought. It is the path that stops you in your tracks so that you can directly discover who you are.
Finally, there are no more excuses. Just like you, I am a creature from this planet. I did not have an auspicious birth, under the right stars. I was certainly not raised by spiritually advanced parents or in an enlightened society. I've married. I've had a child. I've lived a very normal life.
I spent the majority of this life searching for happiness in all the ways I knew, until I met a gigantic force that said, "Stop! Give it up!" By some grace I said, "Okay." This is your grace. It is no different. Give it all up and you will see immediately what can never be lost. Then you will know where true home is, and you can truly rest.
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