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Diamond
Mind:
It is the mind that is clear, transparent.
Imagine a diamond in a stream of water. You could not see the
diamond at all.
Like the diamond in the stream, you should be just as clear
in the stream of life.
Or instead, imagine a shaft of light.
If there is nothing in it, the light is invisible.
You can only see the light when there is something there to
reflect it.
Now into this shaft of light, place a diamond.
The diamond gives brilliance to the light, making it bright,
colorful, shining.
Such must your mind be within the beam of life that is the now.
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There are charcoal briquettes in my grill.
By the time the food for the party is prepared,
they will have become diamonds.
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That which is within you and moves you,
loves
that which is around you.
Bliss.
Rocks
Searching for enlightenment is like being a man holding onto
rocks on the sea floor.
Each rock he comes to, he lifts.
Some rocks contain bubbles beneath them.
Yet no rock, no matter how big the bubbles underneath, is going
to allow him to breathe freely.
Let go of the rocks, learn to swim.
The air that is within you will lead you to the surface.
One day, your head will break the waves and you will breathe.
Yggsdrasil:
I am the Tree.
My sap begins in my roots, below the ground.
It slithers up my legs and rests in my stomach, or twines further
up amongst my branches.
My thoughts are as leaves, spread out to catch the light from
above, singing songs of joy.
If I am lucky, these thoughts will bear fruit,
fruit that is sweetened by my sap and the soft summer sun…
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