Monday, May 05, 2008

Pearl

Spiritual teachers have told me, "tame the mind, then train the mind."

But I realize these are step three and four. What has been missing are steps one and two. Step one: find the mind. Step two is: catch the mind.

I've only just discovered the mind "is" and "it" is not who I am. I've been quite confused about taming and training what I didn't even know "was." But I sat with all the other students, nodding like I got it, since they all seemed to get it and what kind of idiot would I be if I asked, "hey, what mind??" See that thought right there is...THE MIND. So I've been doing this solo, meditating for years now and finally, get that I've been missing the two important instructions (listed above). Okay. I get it now. I can now find the mind. The hard work of this moment...catch it.

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