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Don't hold on...it's quite a ride!

The mind of the past is ungraspable; The mind of the future is ungraspable; The mind of the present is ungraspable. DIAMOND SUTRA Ungraspable is the key...if you can grasp it, you're missing Reality. When you sense conflict, and become agitated or anxious, you can be certain you're holding onto a fantasy, mental image of what is. Matthew

Conflict

Conflict isn't with what IS, it's with/between what is THOUGHT TO BE and what IS. Accept what IS and conflict will vanish. Most people BELIEVE they are seeing what IS, while they are trapped in a fantasy world view- a mental creation of 'what-they-think-is'. Conflict provides proof of one's disconnection with what IS. Finding the IS is simple..."Nothing special" is a simple Buddhist way of describing it. Matthew

Seeing through the 'eyes' of simplicity

Mt. 11.25 Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. ANYONE can see and enter 'God's kingdom'; not just the learned and 'wise'. ("Wise" may be a mistranslation, as 'wise' usually denotes clear insight.) It's when one is blinded by one's own world-view (generated from selfish motives) that the kingdom vanishes. (This 'vanishing' isn't permanent, as it remains available even to those who are temporarily blind.) What Jesus tried to teach his followers wasn't adherence and acceptance to a set of 'fact statements', rather it was a living, moment by moment way of existing in 'the world'. It's in allowing oneself to be completely guided by God's (Reality) direction that one discovers the kingdom. He lived this way and expected his followers to do the same- "Follow me". ...