The Four Reliances
Posted on 26 January 2010
Rely on the message of the teacher, not on his personality;
Rely on the meaning, not just on the words;
Rely on the real meaning, not on the provisional one;
Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary, judgmental mind.
- The Buddha
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This blog is about the mind story – my intimate relationship with the mind. And the stories evolve around my own spiritual growth which includes my own shortcomings, observations and understanding.
Interestingly it was recognizing arrogance that propels me to look at spirituality from a different light, beginning from the Buddha’s teaching to other faith, seeing profound similarities in them. Arrogance swings me from one end of polarity to the other end, humility. And again, only in recognizing both ends was I able to come to my own balance state, the middle path. Both ends have extreme interpretations of good and bad whereas the centre has its understanding of both. The recognition I am talking about is wisdom in working, found in each and everyone of us, when we allow.
And my journey is still evolving and refining, bringing myself back again and again, consistently, allowing wisdom to unfold in me, from extremity to the middle path of non-judgment and non-violence, seeing the world as my own creation and definition.
May you find yourself in these readings and come into your inner peace and freedom.
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Rely on the message…
One may listen to a message when the message has a certain degree of meaning/understanding to her. Otherwise, the message is just another “incomprehensible sound”, not understood or became irrelevant to her.
Rely on the meaning…
One tends to have his own meaning when deciphering a message. The meaning to her can be a world of different from the understanding of others.
Rely on the real meaning, …
The tricky part, what is real? who to say what is real?
Rely on your wisdom mind…..
Until then…..until awaken from sleep, non-doing?… is there anything much to be done? undone?
That is why an inquiring mind is important. The key is not making any conclusions with what we experience. Open up to possibilities. When one sets his mind to this idea, the potential of inquiry opens up.