October 03-B, 2022

There is no peace
as long as wanting 
is running the show.

The only companion of peace is knowing.
Knowing what's what
and what needs to be done about it,
and doing it
with our original nature
and our innate virtues.

We never need more than that
to live in the service
of what needs to happen
in each situation as it arises.

We sell our original nature
and our innate virtues
for the price of a pair of sandals.

Have no use for integrity,
sincerity
and spontaneity,
the source,
or emptiness,
stillness
and silence.

And so, the mess we live in
from day-to-day.

Our first order of business
is to turn the light around.

This is to understand that 
we are the Buddha,
we are the Christ,
and that nothing happens
until we become who we are
by remembering the face that was ours
before we were born,
before our parents were born,
before our grandparents were born...
from before the beginning
of time and space.

Innate virtues.
Essential nature.
Emptiness.
Stillness.
Silence.
Spirit.
Energy.
Vitality.
Seeing.
Hearing.
Knowing.
Doing.
Being.

Money is nowhere on the list.
Nor is wanting.
Getting.
Having.
Owning.
Possessing.
Amassing.
Striving.
Forcing.
Compelling.
Contriving.
Conniving.
Controlling.

The Buddha gave up everything
for a monk's robe
and a begging bowl.

Jesus was born in a stable
and died on a cross.

They both spent their life
in the service of doing 
what needed to be done
for the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction 
of having done it,
using only their essential nature
and their innate virtues.
Seeing,
hearing,
knowing,
doing,
being.

Happily at peace with themselves,
with others,
with the world.

The lesson is clear
for anyone with eyes to see
and ears to hear.

It begins with 
turning the light around,
and doing what's next.

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