Just Let Go of the Candy
Momentarily, I forgot my ‘don’t know mind’ yesterday. I checked and allowed my feelings to surface. My feelings aroused my ‘I-my-me’ and naturally problems appeared, mind suffering ensued.
I held on to something so I made something yesterday. I put my hand into a jar to grab the candy and couldn’t pull my hand out. The harder I tried, the more frustrated I got. But the moment I let go of the candy, my hand was free, my frustrations were all gone, my suffering ended. All I did was simply put my desire and thinking down. Just like that.
“Keeping is not necessary, and pushing away is not necessary. Just put it all down.” - Zen Master Seung Sahn
Labels: Zen
posted by yeelee @ 1:47 am
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hi swooshi,
i'm the first on this one. :)
it's sometimes painful for me to realize that i'm consciously aware of those great teachings/truth, but i still can't help wanting things or having desires. i guess i'm stil too weak. that's why i admire those buddhists who can put aside their earthly desires. i'm just not one of them. sigh.
hi freebird
how have you been?
not good not bad i hope…
everyone has desires, buddhists included
don't fret my friend, you're already aware and on the right path
^_^
ps: i still have the habit of putting my hand into the jar every now and then even though i know i can't remove the candy…hehe!
hi swooshi,
i've been doing fine. thanks. i hope you're not having too much stress at work like a while ago.
i have a sweet tooth too, so u know where my hands are. :)
Hi Yee Lee,
I think it is ok to have frustrations, or even other negative feelings, such as anger. We tend to think that we "should not" have these negative feelings and thus when they appear, we feel that we are bad, not good enough.
As human beings, who will not have negative feelings? I would like to see them as part of us, just like sometimes our body will get sick. Of course we take care of our body and maintain it. But we all know that despite all these, we WILL still get sick. It will be miserable if we were to think that we "should not" get sick, since we have been taking good care of it.
The only thing I believe is that, it should be controlled feelings. Meaning, we don't get overwhelmed by the feelings (be it +ve or -ve) and be able to control them.
Having saying all these, I'm still very bad at it. Have just let my feelings overcome me last friday and have to spend the whole weekend tidying up :(
hi weijing
we are all aware of our emotions
the tough part is managing these feelings
but we'll always be guided by 3 simple words:
'put it down'
you agree?…^_^
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