Thanks Bill, Perhaps he'll then attain to true realization! :-)
EDgar On Oct 24, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Bill! wrote: > Edgar, > > I'll mention that to Sogyal Rinpoche if I ever meet him. I think he's still > alive, and about my age too! > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > > > "waste your life is relative". It's a false judgement. In reality nothing > > is "wasted". > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Bill! wrote: > > > > > Why Meditate? Sogyal Rinpoche writes: "Generally we waste our lives, > > > distracted from our true selves, in endless activity; meditation, on the > > > other hand, is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we can really > > > experience and taste our full being, beyond all habitual patterns. Our > > > lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and > > > aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing, and achieving, forever > > > burdening ourselves with extraneous activities and preoccupations. > > > > > > Meditation is the exact opposite. To meditate is to make a complete break > > > with how we "normally" operate, for it is a state free of all cares and > > > concerns, in which there is no competition, no desire to possess or grasp > > > at anything, no intense and anxious struggle, and no hunger to achieve: > > > an ambitionless state where there is neither acceptance nor rejection, > > > neither hope nor fear, a state in which we slowly begin to release all > > > those emotions and concepts that have imprisoned us into the space of > > > natural simplicity." --The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying pages 58-59 > > > > > > > > > >
