My Enemy

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My Enemy

Who is my Enemy?
If a baseball bat has been
striking, battering and bruising me,
is IT my enemy or the man who wields it?




It is nonsensical to declare the bat to my enemy,
when it is merely the tool of my assailant.

If a man pummels me with a bat,
is he my enemy?





Do I choose to go through life in the role of victim;
or could it be much more empowering to consider
the possibility that every phenomena
could be the effect of a previous action?

If there is such a thing as Karmic energy,
then couldn’t that fellow
enthusiastically playing the role of assailant,
merely be the tool of cause and effect?





If the energies of cause and effect
pummel me with a man who is
foolish enough to allow himself to be used as
causality’s tool,
then is karma my enemy?





But what creates karmic momentum?
Isn’t it forged with my every
Choice, Communication and Action?

Who then, is my enemy?
Who is the much deserving target of my wrath?
It is the confusion and selfishness behind my every
foolish choice, communication and deed.

Then my confusion and selfishness must DIE!

How am I to do that?
By practicing Buddha’s mental yogas of:
“Love and Letting-go!”

The attack, weapon, body, injury, and pain are each
empty of anything permanent to grasp,
and as such are quite worthy of letting-go of,
and releasing.

And what of the fellow
who is wielding the weapon?
Has his foolishness not made him
a fine object of my compassion?

For what will be the karmic repercussions
of his malicious choices, cutting communication
and violent actions?

Yes, Buddha taught us cause and effect
for many reasons.

First – there is the lower energy of renunciation
for the prevention of future suffering.

Second – there is the middling energy of compassion
that is an excellent antidote for rage.

Third – there is the higher energy of wisdom
that realizes that if there is nothing causally,
compositionally, circumstantially or experientially
separate to grasp,

then the only intelligent choice
is to let go.

How are we going to master Buddha’s teachings of
renunciation, love and letting-go,
so that our practice of them is
spontaneous, habitual, easy and profoundly effective?

Now, quick hurry,
find a high bodhisattva to work with you
one-on-one, every week,
in-person or over the phone.


Om Mani Padme Hum,
Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika





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