Oh Simeon, I just finished a 10-day Vipassana Retreat and am digging through my e-mail backlog. What a gift to find this new post of yours. It speaks directly to how I feel. Your words are sparse and beautiful, deep and impactful. Thank you for plumbing the depths of true Being.
It was a day that started off feeling a bit adrift. That reflection—or rather, that meditation—brought me back to the centre of my being.
A reminder. Ultimately, that’s rather what the role of a spiritual friend is all about: to remind us.
This realisation, which helps us not to forget that the world is a projection and a scenario that belongs to us, which comes to life through us, is truly a profound awakening. It took me a long time to grasp, and it still continues to challenge me and, in a way, to fill me with wonder. It has the potential to put things into perspective and to foster a sense of responsibility. It makes me an active participant.
Buddhist masters often said: ‘All beings are our parents’…. I’ve always found this statement difficult to take on board. Your text encourages me to rethink my position on this question; it’s precisely the perspective I want to champion to explain that ‘all beings are my parents’
Thank you for your work and for sharing, Simon
… I’m far away, but we’re close in thought and in our sensibilities.
Thank you for these kind and thoughtful words, Maniratna! "All beings are our parents"... I love this. And I agree, our wonder at this mystery we call life is never reduced by insight, but only deepened!
Oh Simeon, I just finished a 10-day Vipassana Retreat and am digging through my e-mail backlog. What a gift to find this new post of yours. It speaks directly to how I feel. Your words are sparse and beautiful, deep and impactful. Thank you for plumbing the depths of true Being.
Thank you for commenting, Steven, and welcome back from the retreat! May the peace and insight you cultivated there remain with you and guide you.
Thank you very much.
I needed that reminder today.
It was a day that started off feeling a bit adrift. That reflection—or rather, that meditation—brought me back to the centre of my being.
A reminder. Ultimately, that’s rather what the role of a spiritual friend is all about: to remind us.
This realisation, which helps us not to forget that the world is a projection and a scenario that belongs to us, which comes to life through us, is truly a profound awakening. It took me a long time to grasp, and it still continues to challenge me and, in a way, to fill me with wonder. It has the potential to put things into perspective and to foster a sense of responsibility. It makes me an active participant.
Buddhist masters often said: ‘All beings are our parents’…. I’ve always found this statement difficult to take on board. Your text encourages me to rethink my position on this question; it’s precisely the perspective I want to champion to explain that ‘all beings are my parents’
Thank you for your work and for sharing, Simon
… I’m far away, but we’re close in thought and in our sensibilities.
Bon voyage, young brother.
Thank you for these kind and thoughtful words, Maniratna! "All beings are our parents"... I love this. And I agree, our wonder at this mystery we call life is never reduced by insight, but only deepened!