“The thing is we say we want to be Enlightened, but we don’t really. Only bits of us want to be Enlightened. The ego which thinks how nice, comfortable and pleasant it would be. But to really drop everything & go for it! We could do it in a moment but we don’t do it. And the reason is we are too lazy. We are stopped by fear & lethargy – the great inertia of the mind. The practice is there. Anyone on the Buddhist path certainly knows these things. So how is it we’re not Enlightened? We have no one to blame but ourselves. This is why we stay in Samsara because we always find excuses. Instead we should wake ourselves up. The whole Buddhist path is about waking up. Yet the desire to sleep is so strong. However much we say we will awake in order to help all sentient beings we don’t really want to. We like dreaming.”
From Cave in the Snow by Vicki Mackenzie
No comments:
Post a Comment