Just feel lost! Empty your cup!

[Guest guest]

well said , babaji !

 

This remins me of a story that is often told in Zen Circles!

 

here it is in a nutshell

 

A university professor went to visit a famous Zen master. While the

master quietly served tea, the professor talked about Zen. The master

poured the visitor's cup to the brim, and then kept pouring. The

professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer

restrain himself. " It's overfull! No more will go in! " the professor

blurted. " You are like this cup, " the master replied, " How can I show

you Zen unless you first empty your cup. "

 

 

There are many ways to interpret this little story. In fact , my dance

teacher always used to say " you have to 'unlearn' everything that you

have learned from your previous teacher ! you have to start anew "

Strange as it may seem . this is so true ! More so in spirituality !

 

may i please be allowed to share a powerful quote from Jiddu

Krishnamurthy ?

 

" Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all thought, for thought

and feeling dissipate energy. They are repetitive, producing

mechanical activities which are a necessary part of existence. But

they are only part, and thought and feeling cannot possibly enter into

the immensity of life. Quite a different approach is necessary, not

the path of habit, association and the known; there must be freedom

from these. Meditation is the emptying of the mind of the known. It

cannot be done by thought or by the hidden prompting of thought, nor

by desire in the form of prayer, nor through the self-effacing

hypnotism of words, images, hopes, and vanities. All these have to

come to an end, easily, without effort and choice, in the flame of

awareness "

 

Something that babaji said also makes a lot of sense - Yes , be like

an innocent child ! NO PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS , PLEASE ! In Bible also ,

in the Gospel of Thomas , it is said

 

" Jesus saw some infants at the breast. He said to his disciples: These

little ones at the breast are like those who enter into the kingdom.

They said to him: If we then be children, shall we enter the kingdom?

Jesus said to them: When you make the two one, and when you make the

inside as the outside, and the outside as the inside, and the upper as

the lower; and when you make the male and the female into a single

one, that the male be not male and the female female; when you make

eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot

in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then shall you

enter [the kingdom]. "

 

TO READ THE ENTIRE TEXT OF GOSPEL OF tHOMAS , GO TO

http://gospelofthomas.fol.

 

Yes! Be innocent like a child stripped of all mask !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In , " Aum " <beirut_ka_baba wrote:

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> , " yogini73 " <yogini73@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi,

> > Really, I thought that my budding life in Hinduism was really

> > inspiring me, particularly on my mat. Recently I have found myself

>

>

> Hi Yogini... welcome to our Satsang !!

>

> First of all can you forget everything you know...and start

> afresh ...like an innocent child ??

>

> AUM

>

[Guest guest]

I believe that I have the capacity to start anew. Sometimes it feels

like I am wandering and have lost my way and then I also say to myself

'What is the way?'. Is there in fact a 'right way'? What good does

self laceration do? No good and nothing can come of it but isn't it

amazing what we have to unlearn or 'let go of'. I was taught many of

my self lacerating ways and I do wholly forgive those who taught me

this. So, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am very excited to

be a part of this satsang. Namaskaram Laurie

 

 

 

, urvashii_mohan <no_reply wrote:

 

 

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> well said , babaji !

>

> This remins me of a story that is often told in Zen Circles!