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Recieved: 2000/12/22 20:18
Subject: Re: [K-list] she comes, she goes...
From: Debora A. Orf
On 2000/12/22 20:18, Debora A. Orf posted thus to the K-list:
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Mystress Angelique Serpent wrote:
>
> LOL!! Janpa, you are the only one I know, who would pray for less bliss!!
> The purity of your devotion to your path, is radiant.. :)
> I'm glad you are here with us, and I hope your holidays are.. uh..
> not too blissful..?? Hmm.. if that is what you desire.. I mean... what you
> don't desire... oh, dear.. well..
> Namaste! Yeah, that's what I mean.. :)
Sounds wierd i'll admit ;). This is not about a lack of joy or happiness,
its about decreasing desire for pleasure that leads to grasping for 'more
of that yes more of that...' on & on until it gets quite out of hand.
Bliss is not a bad thing. But its not something to get stuck on, like an
an addict going for her fix. Its something to enjoy, then *let go* as life
will otherwise come at you like a large round boulder chasing Indiana
JOnes. Can't face life blissed out....might miss some important details.
One can face life with great joy however. With fun. His Holiness the Dalai
Lama is always laughing. Difference between bliss-chasing
pleasure-grasping and a true joy of life that is *freedom*. Dance in the
fire, but don't keep dancing in the ashes when the fire subsides. Just get
dusty doing that.
Hope this makes sense,
with metta,
--janpa
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