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9 of Clouds: Sorrow
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The image is of Ananda,
the cousin and disciple of Gautam Buddha. He was at Buddha's side
constantly, attending to his every need for forty-two years. When
Buddha died, the story is told that Ananda was still at his side,
weeping. The other disciples chastised him for his misunderstanding:
Buddha had died absolutely fulfilled; he should be rejoicing. But
Ananda said, "You misunderstand. I'm weeping not for him but for
myself, because for all these years I have been constantly at his side
but I have still not attained." Ananda stayed awake for the whole
night, meditating deeply and feeling his pain and sorrow. By the
morning, it is said, he was enlightened.
Times of great sorrow have the potential to be times of great transformation. But in order for transformation to happen we must go deep, to the very roots of our pain, and experience it as it is, without blame or self-pity.
Times of great sorrow have the potential to be times of great transformation. But in order for transformation to happen we must go deep, to the very roots of our pain, and experience it as it is, without blame or self-pity.
This pain is not to make you sad, remember. That's where
people go on missing.... This pain is just to make you more
alert--because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into
their heart and wounds them. Otherwise they don't become alert.
When life is easy, comfortable, convenient, who cares? Who bothers to become alert? When a friend dies, there is a possibility. When your woman leaves you alone--those dark nights, you are lonely. You have loved that woman so much and you have staked all, and then suddenly one day she is gone. Crying in your loneliness, those are the occasions when, if you use them, you can become aware. The arrow is hurting: it can be used. The pain is not to make you miserable, the pain is to make you more aware! And when you are aware, misery disappears.
When life is easy, comfortable, convenient, who cares? Who bothers to become alert? When a friend dies, there is a possibility. When your woman leaves you alone--those dark nights, you are lonely. You have loved that woman so much and you have staked all, and then suddenly one day she is gone. Crying in your loneliness, those are the occasions when, if you use them, you can become aware. The arrow is hurting: it can be used. The pain is not to make you miserable, the pain is to make you more aware! And when you are aware, misery disappears.
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