--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Dave P" <wookielifeday@...> wrote:
>
> Zazen has not lifted my mood, but it has made me more detached and analytical
> about my moods, and i can see where there is anger and clinging behind it. I
> see that my feeling upset about hearing about people on LSD comes from my
> shame and anger at not being able to take it myself (I KNOW I am not the
> right person to take it).
>
> I see this as the difference between climbing a mountain and getting there by
> helicopter. A helicopter will get you there faster, but you do not feel the
> weight of each step.
>
> As well, I've known so many people who claim to have been "changed" by LSD
> but remain as self-centered and narcissistic and materialist as ever.
>
Hi Dave. IMO, moods are just like weather fronts. You are not a mood. Also,
imo, it is a mistake to think that you are going to be struck by lightning and
suddenly become a Perfectly Serene, All-Knowing One. Dave, LSD won't make you
enlightened. It will just cause new states of mind. Enlightenment, which in my
opinion is on the relative plane on-going and never-ending, is not about just
tripping on new states of mind. Nor is it, imo, about always being in a good
mood. Please be patient. Simply, moment by moment, try to be aware of your own
mind-stream, and whenever hateful, greedy or deluded thinking arises, don't
allow yourself to be sucked-in by it. Counter hate with love, greed with
giving, delusion with clear-seeing. And trust that it will go as it needs to.
As Dogen Zenji commented, "This traceless enlightenment goes on forever." May
you, and all sentient beings, be happy!
Steve
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