October 22, 2024 – A

No one can be anything.

The list of things I cannot be
rivals anyone's,
and all of us have an incredibly long one.

I cannot be an opera singer, for instance.
Or a ballet dancer,
or any kind of singer or dancer.
I can't ride a bull
or shoe a horse.

Play football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey...

You get the idea.

But.

Everyone can be who they are.

And that is all Jesus and the Buddha did.

They were who they were capable of being.

And we all can do that.

We all can be Jesus and the Buddha.

If you are saying, "No, not me,"
I'll be quick to ask you where you got that notion.

And if you say, "The best me is the worst Jesus and Buddha,"

I'll ask you to prove it 
by being the best you you can be.
And let the quality of your life
from this moment forward
be the proof of how close to Jesus and the Buddha
you can be--
But.
Don't hold anything back.

BE WHO YOU ARE!!!

Like this:
Focus only on your original nature
(Do you even know what that is?
Or, are you always finding fault 
and making excuses for your natural proclivities--
your inclinations, dispositions, propensities...?)

Your innate virtues--the things you do best
and enjoy doing most. Do you know what they are?
Or, are you always excusing and dismissing these things?

Your intrinsic intuition--the things you know
without knowing how you know, and the things you refuse
to trust because what would people think,
and you would be ashamed and embarrassed to trust yourself
to your intuitive urges and callings.

Yes, those things! Give yourself whole-heartedly 
to the things found in these three groups of things,
bringing more of them to life in your life each day!

You are keeping Jesus under wraps
and hiding Buddha from the bright light
of his incarnation in you.

And you have done both of these things
long enough.