The Hug of Compassion

Many seekers on the path of light asked impatiently, how can we meet the light quickly? One of the beautiful way to meet the light is to see every being as light. This approach is called mirroring. It is similar to see a light in the mirror, the one who see the mirror also gets the reflected light.

After hearing this opinion, a woman asked impatiently: "do the liars also bring light to us?". Certainly, especially when one learns deeply after being cheated. Look at the characteristics of the liars, the way they lie to you. After deeply learning from this, the chance of being cheated next time is far smaller. 

With this perspective in mind, light seekers will meet mirror that reflecting light everywhere. Every beings you encounter keep reminding that you are light. Every beings keep ringing the bell of consciousness that you are light which grow in a body, you are not a body who are looking for a light.

Garden of Enlightenment

 "Where is the true home?", that is the question of many spiritual seekers. Most traditional religions pointed into heaven after death as the true home. But in the age where science and technology have been such sophisticated, the dogma of heaven is no longer satisfying many seekers.

On the path of meditation in particular, heaven is not much discussed. The thing which attract many people is the home of enlightenment. As the terminology, enlightenment brings light to many darkness of confusion and ignorance. The question then, how people can return back to the home of enlightenment?

The unique characteristic of meditation journey, all things that are related with enlightenment are available inside. And the task of seekers is similar to a well-experienced gardener. Well-fertile soil, healthy trees, water, the sun are available within. The homework is only one, how to mix the unique elements within into a garden of enlightenment.

The Kiss of Peace

"Why do women close their eyes when they are kissed?", this is the question of many teenagers. Every spiritual friends who grow deep in meditation know, the true beauty is hidden within. The outer beauty is merely the reflection of the inner harmony.

Sadly, very few of people in this age who can meet deep beauty like this. Most human beings fight against themselves. On the path of compassion, it is often heard a beautiful message like this: "be kind to those who harm you. They are fighting. And they do not fight against you, they fight agains themselves".

This explains why life is burning in many places. Hospitals are full, the victims of drugs increase significantly, the story of divorce and suicide are very touching. In short, very few of people who find the inner harmony recently. Most people are burning in the chaotic inner conflict.

As has been shared very often in meditation classes, there are many seeds of violence were planted within us. Family, schools, leaders, society planted countless seeds of violence in our inner life. That's why many people can be easily burnt simply because of small things.

At the level of healing, meditation keep teaching the approach of selective watering. Students are suggested to water only the seeds of peace. To put it clearly, surround yourself with people who support your peace journey. Every time the memory of violence appear in the mind, learn to smile to the bad memory, learn not to react in the forms of speech or action.

The Dancing of Compassion

"Why is it such difficult to forgive others and accept life as it is?", This is the question many spiritual friends. To be honest, the difficulty of forgiving others and to accept life as it is in daily life  is not caused by the huge mistakes of others, but because of one's ego.

Once the ego getting smaller, or the ego disappear totally, by then forgiving others and accepting life is much easier. The question then, what is the origin of ego? Quoting from The Book of Mirdad: "when the serpent tempted Eve to eat the fruit of pain and pleasure, in fact that is the deepest root of duality".

In other words, the seed of ego is duality. There are many people who believe that they are right, then they attack the others who are considered to be wrong. There are abundant of people who think that they are kind, then they don't want to be the friend of those who are considered to be unkind.

The Most Beautiful Smile

"Is there any connection between being vegetarian and the quality of meditation?", that's the question of many meditation students. Being vegetarian is certainly good. Mainly because it will reduce the guilty feeling  as a result of harming. However, the one who truely need of being vegetarian is the mind (by which read: non-judgmental mind).

There are too many friends whose mouth are vegetarian, but their mind are not vegetarian. As a result, their meditation journey are full of obstacles. This is the experience of two students on the path of zen whose meditation journey were very difficult. 

One day these two disciples saw the moving flag. The first disciple concluded that the thing that moved was the flag. The second one thought that the moving thing was the wind. Consequently, they were very noisy arguing each others.

Birds of Peace

A mother whose husband died years before shared a beautiful story in meditation class. Each time she entered the room during the day, there were always birds came and knocking the window. Surprised by the repeating experiences, this mother then asked: "What is the message behind this?". With a smile the inner Guru answered: "Birds are angels of joy which are here to remind that life is a song of joy".

The Frozen Self

Sadly, there are very few people who understand life as a song of joy. One of the reason, there are too many people who live within a rigid and frozen self. Look deeply within when you are harmed. There is energy which reject the harming. There's certain power within which want to fight back. This is called the frozen self. 

A Couple of Soul Flower

One day an atheist friend in the West joined a meditation class. He joined the meditation class simply because he wanted to make his girlfriend happy. Surprisingly, he grew much faster than all of his friends who are followers of religion. This could happen because he entered the gate of meditation without the framework of duality and without the hope of attaining anything.

This story is not a recommendation to be an atheist. Once again it is not. But rather a suggestion to enter the gate of meditation without any frame work such as bad-good, wrong-right. It is also an invitation to enter the garden of meditation without any expectations at all. As a result, it is far easier to be in one with this moment.