Letting Go

The acknowledgements come first:-
This is copied from a Zen book that Vinod Samuel gave me to read( not word by word ,but the plot of the story ). It really makes lot of sense in the contiuation of my previous blog . Even if youdid not find the previous one relevant, this itself is a nice story.

Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.

In the evening the younger monk came to the elder monk and said, "Sir, as monks, we cannot touch a woman ?"
The elder monk answered "yes, brother".
Then the younger monk asks again, " but then Sir, how is that you lifted that woman on the roadside ?"
The elder monk smiled at him and told him " I left her on the other side of the road, but you are still carrying her "
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I find this amazing.




Seek love and you dont have any,
Love and the whole world loves you.
BABA

Nirvana

One of the leading distractionsto embracing Nirvana is the unnecessary seriousness which many people bring to the 'Spiritutal Path'
" I am on the road of Enlightenment, there is no room for frivolity".

Why must spiritual people be sullen ?
Why Should spritual people not be able to laugh?

Let go of false impressions. Let go of the silent monks meditatively walking through corridorrs of some ashram, making their own way down to meet some form of enlightenment where there is no joy.

Nirvana I must stress is not serious.
the only people who place unnecessary seriousness upon it are those who have not basked in its pure glory.

Feel its essence and laugh.
Do to become
Undo to unbecome.
(The first step must be taken to understand the second one.
disclaimer: This is not to hurt anyone . Also I do not claim my enlightenment in anyway so please do not take it too seriously :)) )