One Humanity
One Humanity
There's a wonderful story about Milarepa, the Tibetan Buddhist
saint who as a young man went out into the world to experience
life and returned home to find his house filled with demons. He
was angry and afraid at first and wanted to fight them or flee.
Instead, he did the unexpected.
First he took a deep breath and bowed. Half of the demons
disappeared. Then he opened his heart and mind, expanded his
field of awareness and out of his mouth came a song that sent
away all but one of the demons. The last demon, snarling
fiercely, opened his mouth to consume Milarepa, but Milarepa
placed his head in the demon's mouth. The demon disappeared.
What's wonderful about this story is the way Milarepa dispelled
the demons. He "inspired" himself with a deep, calming breath
and expanded into the higher perspectives of peaceful
non-resistance.
We can do the same. If we are quiet and wait patiently,
magnificent insights will come to us too. We have only to expand
our view, as ancient people did in watching the constellations
move around the nighttime sky. One day, someone built a wheel
and civilization moved forward.
How do we move into the higher mind, which sees farther and more
truly than our ordinary eyes?
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