Hi Mayka,
Not sure you are making a statement or a question.
It is wonderful for us to give. Just initiating the notion of giving
without being told is respectable. At the least, it is so written in
Bibles and taught by many.
If we dig deeper into this notion, there are two kinds of notions. One
is produce through the reaction to all the forms of our conscious mind,
the other is pure heart detached from all forms.
Feeling deceived is because we still have an ego, an conscious mind.
When the notions is from our heart, it is pure. Pure compassion.
This is what Vilamakirti is talking about.
Thank you for responding.
jm
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On 8/23/2011 6:23 AM, Maria Lopez wrote:
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
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From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]>
Subject: [Zen] An example of Absolute Emptiness
To: [email protected], [email protected],
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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
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