Book Title: Twelve Facets of Reality
Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: New York Dodd Made & Company

Previous | Next

Page 108
________________ 86 Twelve Facets of Reality “No," he thought, “my mind will blow.” On the fifth day, he went back to his friend and told him, "I want out! I don't want to do this any more.” "What about our agreement?” his friend asked him. "To hell with it!" “Why are you using the word 'hell'?” "Because I am suffering hell,” he answered. "My thoughts have become monstrous.” “So," his friend gently chided him, “don't you think that one day you will have to face your own thoughts? Why not see them now? How long will you keep on running away from them? You are going to have to face them afterward, so why not start now? Why postpone?” “Have I to face them?” asked the friend. "The time comes to all; if not now, then later. One day, you will have to be alone. You will not be surrounded by people. Why not confront yourself now? You know how you feel after eating too much hot, spicy food. There is a burning sensation in your body. Your thoughts are percolating inside you like that, making you upset. You can't control them or get rid of them. Why not do something about them—change them?” "What to do?" asked the new meditator. “How can I change my thoughts from what they are already?” “Inside you are pure. You have to separate yourself from your thoughts, and watch them one by one. In the past, you left all your senses, the inner gates, open. You didn't know that when you use them to go out, at the same time they let dirty gutter water in. So now you need to dry up all the water. How can you see a good reflection of yourself when you are clouded by so much unclear thinking and entangled in superficial love affairs?” “Then how can I live?” The friend answered, “Live, yes, that is what you must do! But just now you are not really living. You are run

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180