A wise guy approached a man and, without warning, hit him in the back of the head, making a loud clap. When the man turned around, surprised and upset, the wise guy asked him:
The sound we've just heard. Did it come from my hand or your head?
Rolling up his sleeves, the man answered sternly:
The pain I am feeling leaves no room for such considerations.

- Rumi and friends

The east has fallen beneath my heel.

feels like I'm in Agraba

Enlightenment takes tremendous effort. If you're lucky to find a teacher, you could reduce time wasted pursuing leads but not the effort. To find a teacher to teach you how to attain enlightenment in this very life is so rare that it borders on impossible. Let's be real and drop our arrogance, and put in the effort stripped of projections and assumptions. Listen, read, reflect, and relate it to your very life and this mundane reality.

At that time the World Honored One spoke a gatha, which says,

If one sees me in forms,
If one seeks me in sounds,
He practices a deviant way,
And cannot see the Tathagata.

Sometimes, practitioners of Dharma can find comfort in the idea of continuation past this life.
We could look at the nihilists/materialists with pity for the stress and suffering caused by their extreme view of mortal annihilation.

This is a wrong view. Wrongful imputations on yet another extreme. Endless rounds of suffering since beginningless time should foster renounciation and a sense of urgency. Knowing that if we don't make use of our current situation, why would the next life be any different in a positive sense?

The aspiring buddha will be like the nihilists, in that he will consider this his last rebirth.

“Apart from this, the teachings that the state of liberation results from accumulating much karma from one life to another are effec­tive for bringing about temporary happiness in the minds of beings, but enlightenment in this way is extremely difficult. Consider that such teachings may have a merely provisional meaning.”

- Dudjom Lingpa

In the name of the Buddha, the Dharma and the supreme assembly. I sentence you all to complete awakening.

Guru Itatchi, revealer of the sharingan mind terma.

4 immeasurables 💋ish

I'm just posting vibes today. So my hours of social media consumption may inspire something positive in you. ♡

We are all kinda empty from our own side. No third person view in this game.

The more you know 🐃

Humans are 45% oxygen. Don’t forget to breathe.