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Carolyn

DIXIE LOU

Friday, August 06, 2004 11:11 PM

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Namaste,

 

A dear friend sent this to me; thought some of you might enjoy it as well

even though it isn't "Amma specific."

 

At Mother's lotus feet,

Snehalata

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By Venerable Lama Gendun Rinpoche

 

 

 

Happiness cannot be found

through great effort and willpower,

but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go.

 

Don't strain yourself,

there is nothing to do or undo.

Whatever momentarily arises in the body-mind

has no real importance at all,

has little reality whatsoever.

Why identify with, and become attached to it,

passing judgment upon it and ourselves?

 

Far better to simply

let the entire game happen on its own,

springing up and falling back like waves--

without changing or manipulating anything--

and notice how everything vanishes and

reappears, magically, again and again,

time without end.

 

Only our searching for happiness

prevents us from seeing it.

It's like a vivid rainbow which you pursue without ever catching,

or a dog chasing its own tail.

 

Although peace and happiness do not exist

as an actual thing or place,

it is always available

and accompanies you every instant.

 

Don't believe in the reality

of good and bad experiences;

they are like today's ephemeral weather,

like rainbows in the sky.

 

Wanting to grasp the ungraspable,

you exhaust yourself in vain.

As soon as you open and relax this tight fist of grasping,

infinite space is there--open, inviting and comfortable.

 

Make use of the spaciousness, this freedom and natural ease.

Don't search any further.

Don't go into the tangled jungle

looking for the great awakened elephant,

who is already resting quietly at home

in front of your own hearth.

 

Nothing to do or undo,

nothing to force,

nothing to want,

and nothing missing----

 

Emaho! Marvelous!

Everything happens by itself.

 

 

 

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