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buddha
September 2007 
Owning It
Posted on Jun 17th, 2007
by 
JewelMountain
JewelMountain
'The glasses of diverse hue
cause the Light to assume colour for us.
When the many-coloured glasses are no longer,
then the colourless Light amazes you.
Make it your habit to behold
the Light without the glass,
so that when the glass is shattered
you may not be left blind.'
- Mathnawi V, Rumi
'Make of yourself a light. Rely upon yourself; do not depend upon anyone else.'
- Shakyamuni Buddha
Can 'other' beings really make us feel hurt, angry, disappointed?
Today 'I' do not feel hurt, angry or disappointed.
Today I am hurt, anger and disappointment.
Practice opens all our doors and allows us to be vunerable.
And that doesn't always feel good.
Wanting it to feel good is the illusion of control, wanting this, not that.
There is no experience 'outside' happening to 'me'.
I am the experience.
Closing the gap we own the experience.
And it may take effort not to close some of those doors.
Practice asks a lot.
And it asks nothing at all.
Go figure...
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