March 02, 2024 – A

I'm no longer taking anything seriously, 
which I take to be the lesson 
of the Buddha under the Bodhi Tree,
remaining unmoved by desire/fear/anger
and being enlightened
by the realization of the power
inherent in treating everything
with a complete lack of seriousness.

The Buddha's followers, of course,
treated him with absolute seriousness,
and his insight was lost in
the rules and regulations of Buddhism
where everything has to be done in
strict accordance with the officially 
approved way of doing/thinking about everything,
and that was that.

And, in order to get back to the purity of
Buddha-mind,
we have to treat EVERYTHING 
with the complete absence of seriousness
it all deserves.

So, don't take me seriously
when I say, "Don't take anything--
including me--seriously!"

Just like you should listen to me
when I say, "DON'T LISTEN TO ME!
LISTEN TO YOU!!!"

Everything will go so much better 
for all of us
if we don't take anything seriously
and listen quite carefully 
to our own heart/soul/Right Brain.

From now until the end of time. 

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