One of my new mantras is, "It's enough," as in, what is here is enough; I don't
have to chase after anything else, even though part of me wants to.
Glenn
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> On 8/26/2012 2:35 PM, Glenn Rogers wrote:
> > Why would people be more interested in being told what to believe, as
> > opposed to exploring Truth for themselves?
>
> All beliefs are self-serving. Those who believe themselves separate from
> this, fear this. It seems preferable from the perspective of a self
> believed separate to find ways to maintain itself - via some believed
> protector/power/self-improvement process/etc.
>
> Out of ignorance of original nature - grasping this - rejecting that.
> The Three Poisons.
>
> Truth expresses as change. Truth expresses as "Don't know". To realize
> this, is to be this realization. Nothing in it for "me" beyond the
> exploration, the experiencing, the realization of this as this. A sort
> of downside to 'enlightenment' from an 'unenlightened' perspective.
>
> Glimpses or even lasting recognition of 'no-self' may or may not make
> this clearer. Some find such experiences unsettling, rejecting this or
> getting stuck in thoughts of 'emptiness' (no mountain) rather than
> realizing impermanence as the ground of 'suchness' (mountain again).
>
> Nothing lacks, but no one believes this. This is simply realized to be
> so, or not.
>
> 'Suchness' will always be harder to sell than fantasy, even though it's
> free - and there's nothing else! All we can do is point this out, in a
> very crowded marketplace where most people come to buy and sell.
>
> KG
>
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