In the garden of gentle sanity, _x000D_ May you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.
Interpretation
Embrace wakefulness and clarity amidst chaos.
This quote by Chogyam Trungpa emphasizes the importance of maintaining a sense of awareness and clarity in our lives, despite the chaotic and often overwhelming nature of daily existence. The metaphor of being 'bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness' suggests that true insight and understanding can come unexpectedly and should be welcomed as a vital part of our journey toward sanity and peace.
In practice
During a mindfulness workshop, the instructor quoted Trungpa to emphasize the role of awareness in mental health.
Meditation _x000D_ practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on _x000D_ the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being on the spot, your _x000D_ life can become workable and even wonderful. You realize that you are _x000D_ capable of sitting like a king or queen on a throne. The regalness of _x000D_ that situation shows you the... dignity that comes from being still and _x000D_ simple.
If you must begin then go all the way, because if you begin and quit, the unfinished business you have left behind begins to haunt you all the time.
The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin to realize that we don't have basic, substantial, solid, fundamental ground that we can exert anymore. We begin to realize that our ideas of security and our concept of freedom have been purely phantom experiences.
Warriorship does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Warriorship is the tradition of human bravery, or the tradition of fearlessness.
Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road. Our journey consists of constant ups and downs.
But again and again, we should reflect back to the darkness of the cocoon. In order to inspire ourselves forward, we must look back to see the contrast with the place we came from. You see, we cannot reject the world of the cocoon - which out which we may create a new cocoon. When we see the suffering that occured in the old cocoon, that inspires us to go forward in our journey of warriorship. It is a journey that is unfolding within us.
Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.
It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder.
A Warrior also knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else's garden is not tending his own plants.
I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.
The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.
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