“Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” When we are close to something we say we are intimate. It also alludes to having close, intimate knowledge of something. Enlightenment is an awakening to intimacy with all things. There is a realization of the lack of true and false, good and evil, or good and bad. There is…
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If You Cannot Find the Truth
Too often people feel they need to go somewhere foreign, ingest something foreign, or talk to someone foreign to gain a different perspective.
One Moon Shows in Every Pool
As such we can interpret this quote as the one light shows in each of our pools, or minds, and in each of our minds there is one source of light. This light is often a metaphor for enlightenment. Notice how the light, or moon, is already there, how it is extant in everyone’s pool, or mind.
Discouraged Student Should Encourage Others
When encouraging others, you have to look at the other person, listen to their concerns and discouragement, then objectively find a way to reach them to become motivated. When going through this process, it becomes easier to take an objective look at yourself and overcome your own obstacles.
One Beam Cannot Support a House
It is great to become an expert at something, but even our expertise in one very specific area can benefit from working or thinking in different areas. It has been proven to expand our creativity and give the brain a break, and a workout of a different nature.