JMJM; We often give away because that makes us feel good about ourselves. This is a kind of giving away based in self. And so when the experience turns out unpleasant then we feel as we were deceived. But no one told us to give away in the first place!. Mayka --- On Mon, 22/8/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] An example of Absolute Emptiness To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Monday, 22 August, 2011, 17:50 In chapter V of Vimalakirti sutra, he talked about absolute emptiness. I shall translate from Chinese for your reference, the English I use more than likely will not match your search result online..... Why do we often feeling "tired" or "disgusted" on our journey of ferrying others with kindness and good intentions? If you do, please read on... It is so because our compassion in our hearts derives from form and not arise from within. In other words, we feeling tired is because our compassion is from our mind and not from our heart. A consciousness-based compassion is based on form, logic, give and take, balance, purpose and objective. This kind of compassion has a purpose and result oriented, otherwise it can not balance itself. The compassion rises from our hearts are pure giving. Our heart syncs with the hearts of others, and "knowing" that we are all deluded by our mind and not "seeing" that everything is just endless illusions of cause and effect. Our hearts are one of the same. Upon this "synchronization" of hearts, our mind would quiet. We would be able to function with joy and dedication, continuously, effortlessly, naturally and instinctively, with our pure heart. Thank you for your time, JMJM Head Teacher Order of Chan -- Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... http://www.chan-meditation.org Chan in everyday life... http://www.chanliving.org To be enlightened in this life... http://www.heartchan.org To save our world... http://www.universal-oneness.org
