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Sitting in the coffee shop watching everyone going about
very intently ‘doing’ their sense of ‘themselves’
and investing lots of attention and effort into doing so….
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I’m only recently realising how much concentrated effort
goes into maintaining the high dam walls keeping Heaven at bay,
maintaining the illusion of our own little bubble of Me and Mine.
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I want to reach out and shake each one by the shoulders,
“Wake Up! Wake Up! Why are you clinging to so much pain and anguish?”
Is this the recognition that lies behind the Boddhisatva’s vow?