Waking Up to Living … (10/11/11)
A Biography of Human Life in Five Chapters
1) I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in … I am lost … I am hopeless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out.
… 2) I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again. I can’t believe I’m in the same place. But it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.
3) I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit … My eyes are open … I know where I am … It is my fault. I get out immediately.
4) I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.
5) I walk down another street.
~ Sogyal Rinpoche
(The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)
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