Comments on: You Always Take Yourself With You http://www.breathinginthemoon.com/2009/09/07/you-always-take-yourself-with-you/ in search of enlightenment Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:57:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charlene Nevill http://www.breathinginthemoon.com/2009/09/07/you-always-take-yourself-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Charlene Nevill Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.breathinginthemoon.com/?p=245#comment-24 A small body and a flapping tongue . . . What a great image! Although I 'know' everything you say here is true, I can't help but wonder why man is compelled to incarnate on this planet if it's not to have a myriad of experiences. Is it because we forget that we're part of Source each and every time we come back? Until we become aware of our connection with Source/God/All That Is, can't exploration of the physical realm help wake us up? A small body and a flapping tongue . . . What a great image! Although I ‘know’ everything you say here is true, I can’t help but wonder why man is compelled to incarnate on this planet if it’s not to have a myriad of experiences. Is it because we forget that we’re part of Source each and every time we come back? Until we become aware of our connection with Source/God/All That Is, can’t exploration of the physical realm help wake us up?

]]> By: Gary Shodo http://www.breathinginthemoon.com/2009/09/07/you-always-take-yourself-with-you/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Gary Shodo Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:24:40 +0000 http://www.breathinginthemoon.com/?p=245#comment-22 Charlene, I think the key to any spiritual practice is being genuine. We all seem to be searching for the answer to the great matter. The Buddha gave no answers, he just pointed and I keep looking at his finger. All of the sorrow in this universe is nothing personal. It seems when life is taken too personally there is separation, and then there is an I , and then I must find out. No place to go nothing to hang onto. Just this. Attached to this body is a small mind and a flapping tongue. Maybe when searching one should return to complete silence and the vastness of the universe. Angelika touched it, just be who we are, not who we think we are, or who we would like to be, or what others think, just sit down and be right in the middle of our life. That's all. Be yourself by letting go of the self. Just sit down right now, right here. Bowing, Gary Shodo Charlene,

I think the key to any spiritual practice is being genuine. We all seem to be searching for the answer to the great matter. The Buddha gave no answers, he just pointed and I keep looking at his finger.

All of the sorrow in this universe is nothing personal. It seems when life is taken too personally there is separation, and then there is an I , and then I must find out. No place to go nothing to hang onto. Just this.

Attached to this body is a small mind and a flapping tongue.

Maybe when searching one should return to complete silence and the vastness of the universe. Angelika touched it, just be who we are, not who we think we are, or who we would like to be, or what others think, just sit down and be right in the middle of our life. That’s all. Be yourself by letting go of the self. Just sit down right now, right here.

Bowing,
Gary Shodo

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