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Ego Tripping · 02-02-2005, 05:49 PM

"But to a Buddhist, the whole world is myself. I am that sucky job. I am the girl who doesn't love me as much as I love her. I am the pair of "vegetarian" Doc Martens I special ordered by mail which pinch my feet so bad I can't wear them for more than 10 minutes and yet cost over a hundred and fifty non-returnable bucks. And this isn't just a way of thinking about things, a philosophical speculation. After a few years of practice this becomes the only possible way of looking at the world that makes any sense at all. You are forced to accept it whether you like it or not. And I, for one, did not like it one teeny little bit when I first noticed it.

When you see things this way it's hard to stay very angry. You find you cannot blame anyone for what's wrong in your life. Who are you gonna blame or get angry at? You could get angry at yourself. But you've already seen that "self" is an illusion. So what's the point? Might as well enjoy your bad hair day, then...

You can't control your circumstances. But how you respond to them is totally up to you. And once you learn to respond better an interesting thing happens. The world starts to behave exactly as you want it to. Is it just that you no longer expect it to behave in any way other than it is? Maybe. And maybe not. Honestly, I'm not sure."

This is my most recent "revalation" that I've had. It's strange, Bodhis. You seem to post this stuff at the most perfect times, always when I come to the very same conclusions through my own contemplation. It's really refreshing. Everything is already perfect, it's only the stories we paint around ourselves that causes our desires and thus suffering. And he's right, it's a motherfucker when you can't blame anybody for it.

02-02-2005, 05:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ego Tripping Are you in? Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,468 Thanks: 229 Thanked 664 Times in 442 Posts	"But to a Buddhist, the whole world is myself. I am that sucky job. I am the girl who doesn't love me as much as I love her. I am the pair of "vegetarian" Doc Martens I special ordered by mail which pinch my feet so bad I can't wear them for more than 10 minutes and yet cost over a hundred and fifty non-returnable bucks. And this isn't just a way of thinking about things, a philosophical speculation. After a few years of practice this becomes the only possible way of looking at the world that makes any sense at all. You are forced to accept it whether you like it or not. And I, for one, did not like it one teeny little bit when I first noticed it. When you see things this way it's hard to stay very angry. You find you cannot blame anyone for what's wrong in your life. Who are you gonna blame or get angry at? You could get angry at yourself. But you've already seen that "self" is an illusion. So what's the point? Might as well enjoy your bad hair day, then... You can't control your circumstances. But how you respond to them is totally up to you. And once you learn to respond better an interesting thing happens. The world starts to behave exactly as you want it to. Is it just that you no longer expect it to behave in any way other than it is? Maybe. And maybe not. Honestly, I'm not sure." This is my most recent "revalation" that I've had. It's strange, Bodhis. You seem to post this stuff at the most perfect times, always when I come to the very same conclusions through my own contemplation. It's really refreshing. Everything is already perfect, it's only the stories we paint around ourselves that causes our desires and thus suffering. And he's right, it's a motherfucker when you can't blame anybody for it. __________________ God appears, and God is light, To those poor souls who dwell in night; But does a human form display To those who dwell in realms of day.