There is nothing difficult about the Great Way, But, avoid choosing!
Only when you neither love nor hate, Does it appear in all clarity. A hair's breadth of deviation from it, And deep gulf is set between heaven and earth.
If you want to get hold of what it looks like, Do not be anti- or pro- anything. The conflict of longing and loathing, -- This is the disease of the mind.
T. O. M's comment.
I really like the first few lines of the Faith in mind poem.
There is a lot of teaching condensed in it, and given with clarity.
Its a teaching that is upheld across various traditions also ( Zen and Therevada spring to mind, but I'm sure there are more) and for me, if a teaching is espoused by various schools, it is therefore verified with greater clout, and must be more bang for your buck, in this teaching.
This, not being " anti or pro" anything, for me, is a way of removing one's biases, and when we have removed our own biases, we have in effect, removed a huge filter that has been obscuring our view, and are then able to see things clearly and with wisdom.
Peace.
Submitted September 04, 2020 at 12:25PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/3bnUt0C
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