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Newest Reality

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12. In the Ati sense ...
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 11:26 PM
Mar 2013

And this takes some careful insight and introspection, depending on your background and upbringing in the sense of conditioned perspective:

The black cloud and the white cloud obscure the Sun equally.

The hemp rope and the golden chain equally bind us.

Now, lest that be misinterpreted, a person's response to it should, if they are paying attention, be self-revealing and imply a logical support for proper and ethical behavior regardless of the comprehension of what the statement reveals ultimately. The definitive does not negate the provisional, it merely exalts it and illuminates its initial perspective.

Food for thought about the question of evil vs. good and its relationship to Dharma. Is thought hungry? Why does it need to eat? Give it a hot cup of instant karma for breakfast.

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