Rohatsu is Today

Today is Rohatsu or what some call Bodhi-Day! It's a rememberance of a human being known to his friends as Siddharta Gautama, Awakening 360 to our so-called "True Nature," that is core DNA of all Being. Just like Siddharta we too can awaken if we practice with our mind. Enlightenment is not reserved for so-called "Special" people. Enightenment is with all of us right now, at this very moment. We just have to set our baggage aside and instantly we can Be and act fully wtihin our True-Nature. 

The obvious question is, "If that's so possible to get enlightened, why would anyone hold back?" I'd have to say, I don't know for you. You have to find that out for yourself. But for me, my experience is that, when my mind is not a sincerely caring or compassion centered and Being, I get way more comfortable with fear than love. This is refering to what I called the other day "Limited-Mind-Orientation."

To wake up, all we have to do is, surrender and let go of everything that we "Think," be know and expereince the moment. It's just like the first time we ate our favorite food, before we tasted our favorite food. Maybe it was that one day we recieved a pet from someone, without knowing that we were going to get that pet. And when it was put in our hands. There was not juding or gaps, but just the excitment, smile and hugging something that felt so loveable to us. It just happened and a smile came mostly cause we we're thinking our ourselves at the time. We were only fully seeing It. That's enlightenment. We've had it in our life. The next step is learning how to sustain it, one moment at a time.

Happy Enlightenment Day to YOU,

Jaye Seiho Morris 淸峰, Curator
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Comments

[Robert in VA]

Kinda like happiness without thinking about it. Just happy. Like being surprised.