Waking UP … ( 10 / 11 / 2011 )
Waking UP … ( 10 / 11 / 2011 )
“ A Five-Chapter Biography of Human Life …
First , we walk down the street . There is a deep hole in the sidewalk . We fall in … We are lost … We feel hopeless . It isn ’ t our fault . It takes forever for us to find a way out .
Next , we walk down the same street . There is another deep hole in the sidewalk . We pretend we don ’ t see it – and fall in again . We can ’ t believe we ’ re stuck in the same place . But it still isn ’ t our fault . And it still takes a very long time to get out .
Then , we walk down the same street again , and there is yet another deep hole in the sidewalk . His time we see it – but we still fall in … We recognize that this ‘ falling in ’ is a habit … Our eyes are opened … We know where we are … We accept responsibility for falling I …. We climb out immediately .
Thereafter , we walk down the same street – again – and there is that deep hole in the sidewalk again . This time , we see it and walk around it .
Finally , we simply choose to walk down another street .” ~ inspired by Sogyal Rinpoche
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