Bodhicitta
Dec. 25th, 2018 11:10 am“In the gentle garden of sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.”
At some point, I decided I did not want to hide from reality anymore.
I have this quote in my office, placed so that when I look up from my work, I see it.
I know I will do my work more effectively if I see how things really are,
but then I suppose I struggle to deal with all I see.
I see my insignificance. I see how others hurt and make mistakes.
I see my own compassion.
I see how my inaction fails me sometimes.
I see how I suffer and I see how my actions also sometimes cause me to suffer.
I feel wrong often and am frustrated by all of it.
I see how imperfect we all really are.
Why do I expect perfection?
The quote reminds me to be gentle with myself.
I remember from other Buddhist works to find the Bodhichitta,
my soft place and allow it to be.
My heart breaks and breaks.
It is part of life.
At some point, I decided I did not want to hide from reality anymore.
I have this quote in my office, placed so that when I look up from my work, I see it.
I know I will do my work more effectively if I see how things really are,
but then I suppose I struggle to deal with all I see.
I see my insignificance. I see how others hurt and make mistakes.
I see my own compassion.
I see how my inaction fails me sometimes.
I see how I suffer and I see how my actions also sometimes cause me to suffer.
I feel wrong often and am frustrated by all of it.
I see how imperfect we all really are.
Why do I expect perfection?
The quote reminds me to be gentle with myself.
I remember from other Buddhist works to find the Bodhichitta,
my soft place and allow it to be.
My heart breaks and breaks.
It is part of life.