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11/06/2004
"rowing through my dream"
The Buddhist teaching on the dreamlike nature of reality comes in handy here. The Buddha said, "Everything is like a dream, a fantasy, a mirage, rainbows in the sky, and a magician's illusion." Therefore it makes sense to be less attached to and invested in our momentary perceptions, interpretations, and projections.
The old nursery rhyme tells us: “Row, row, row your boat...Life is but a dream.” We have to keep doing what we can--rowing our boats, working for what we believe in--all the while realizing we ride on a moving stream we don’t control. We flow, we float, we paddle, steer, and redirect. But we can’t get back upstream however hard we may try. There is little use in always going against the current, resisting, fighting the flow, which can be just another form of clinging and attachment. You may feel “out” of the great flow, but it always flows right through the middle of your life, and through you, too. You may feel far from “It,” but rest assured that it is never apart from you.
On this journey, merriment is helpful. Lightness will help us get where we’re going, without capsizing and sinking. Travel light, and you will soon arrive.SEE: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/155/story_15547_1.html
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