Rigpa Glimpse of the Day for Jul 10 2007

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This day's message greatly helped a patient of mine - a beautiful young woman who has lost two of her fingers in a car accident - it helped turn her from a victim to a warrior, from a worrier to a warrior too.

 

Jane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 10

Difficulties and obstacles, if properly understood and used, can turn out to be an unexpected source of strength. Gesar was the great warrior king of Tibet, whose escapades form the greatest epic of Tibetan literature. Gesar means “indomitable,” someone who can never be put down. From the moment Gesar was born, his evil uncle Trotung tried all kinds of means to kill him. But with each attempt Gesar only grew stronger and stronger.

For the Tibetans, Gesar is not only a martial warrior but also a spiritual one. To be a spiritual warrior means to develop a special kind of courage, one that is innately intelligent, gentle, and fearless. Spiritual warriors can still be frightened, but even so they are courageous enough to taste suffering, to relate clearly to their fundamental fear, and to draw out without evasion the lessons from difficulties.

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