Faith is a contrivance of logic and emotion
that depends on rigidity and grasping
to sustain it’s momentum.
As such it is the antithesis of Buddha’s wisdom trainings
that are all about finding ways to
intellectually, emotionally and physically let go
in the most wonderful way.
Desire, on the other hand,
is neither grounded by the confines of logic,
nor does it operate under the illusion that it is.
For instance, I might watch a DVD,
see a pretty woman, and feel,
“Yeah I’d like to date her,
yeah I’d like to make her dinner and go for a walk with her.”
But that’s it,
there is NO expectation of fulfillment.
I’m nether surprised nor disappointed
when she fails to knock upon my door.
Like oil and water,
faith and letting-go mix rather poorly,
but like water, poured into water,
desire and letting could mix inseparably.
The premise of faith is the humanistic arrogance that
if we hold and idea in our head,
and feed it visualization and emotions
we can bend the universe to our will!
Hey, do ya wanna make god laugh?
Then you tell him YOUR plans!
How could we manifest our beneficial desires
and still manage to circumvent the pothole of faith?
#1 Alert the Universe of your beneficial desire
and generate the good karma that can cause you to receive it
by performing the Love exercises .
#2 Let-go of all your obstacles to receiving your heart’s desire
and further increase your good karma
by performing the Wisdom exercises of Letting-go .
Watch out,
if you’re not careful
you just might manifest even greater joy and peace
as well as enlightenment itself!
You could register today .
May you and yours be
happy and healthy!
Om Mani Padme Hum,
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