Comments on: Meditation as the “Natural State” http://www.meditationoasis.com/2007/02/28/meditation-as-the-natural-state/ Companion to the Meditation Oasis Podcast Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tarasarah http://www.meditationoasis.com/2007/02/28/meditation-as-the-natural-state/comment-page-1/#comment-71 tarasarah Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:22:02 +0000 http://meditationoasis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/meditation-as-the-natural-state/#comment-71 thankyou for this post!! is it fair to go ahead and quote a great meditation master? i ran across this teaching from Milarepa and put it in a blog yesterday. it seems to release us from feeling as if we need to avoid what naturally comes up ~ Milarepa’s Song of Six Essential Points Mental projections way outnumber the dust motes you see in the sunlight; A great yogi knows what appears for what it is. At bottom, the nature of things isn’t a product of causes, nor of conditions A great yogi cuts to the core of the issue. Even a hundred men with spears couldn’t stop the thought-bubbles of consciousness; A great yogi knows not to get hung up on them. You can’t lock up the flow of mind in an iron box; A great yogi knows mind to be intrinsically empty. Wisdom gods and goddesses don’t say no to sensory pleasures; A great yogi knows this full well. The Buddha’s own hands couldn’t block the appearance of objects to the consciousness; A great yogi knows there is no object behind the appearance. thankyou for this post!! is it fair to go ahead and quote a great meditation master? i ran across this teaching from Milarepa and put it in a blog yesterday. it seems to release us from feeling as if we need to avoid what naturally comes up ~

Milarepa’s Song of Six Essential Points

Mental projections way outnumber the dust motes you see in the sunlight;

A great yogi knows what appears for what it is.

At bottom, the nature of things isn’t a product of causes, nor of conditions

A great yogi cuts to the core of the issue.

Even a hundred men with spears couldn’t stop the thought-bubbles of consciousness;

A great yogi knows not to get hung up on them.

You can’t lock up the flow of mind in an iron box;

A great yogi knows mind to be intrinsically empty.

Wisdom gods and goddesses don’t say no to sensory pleasures;

A great yogi knows this full well.

The Buddha’s own hands couldn’t block the appearance of objects to the consciousness;

A great yogi knows there is no object behind the appearance.

]]> By: Mary http://www.meditationoasis.com/2007/02/28/meditation-as-the-natural-state/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Mary Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:46:38 +0000 http://meditationoasis.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/meditation-as-the-natural-state/#comment-72 Thank you for this beautiful quote, tarasarah. I'm all for quoting great masters and anyone whose words inspire me -- glad you went ahead! It does seem that hearing the same wisdom from many voices helps it to penetrate deeper. When we hear and use the same words and concepts over and over, they can become stale and lose their impact. I'd never heard this quote so it really went deep. Thank you for this beautiful quote, tarasarah.

I’m all for quoting great masters and anyone whose words inspire me — glad you went ahead!

It does seem that hearing the same wisdom from many voices helps it to penetrate deeper. When we hear and use the same words and concepts over and over, they can become stale and lose their impact. I’d never heard this quote so it really went deep.

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