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And one time a bird came to a topside window and pecked at it. He was pecking at his own image in the shadowy glass. But they all sat round and painted his likeness in his colours, or drew it in grey pencil. And after a time, looking through his own image, he began to see them sitting there, and learnt that all that looks like looking-glass is not so, and that images may be under images.
Late in the season as it is, a dragonfly has
appeared and is flying around me. Keep on
flying as long as you can — your flying days will
soon be over.
Taneda Santoka
06 October 1940, last diary entry,
written four days before his death.
When we start to identify with our bodies and minds and think of this life as ours,
then we are similar to the traveler who doesn’t want to leave a hotel. We have a
wrong idea about this temporary stopping place, and we find ourselves always in struggle and conflict.
I was once told that certain spiritual masters in Tibet used to set their teacups upside down
before they went to bed each night as a reminder that all life was impermanent. And then,
when they awoke each morning, they turned their teacups right side up again with the thought,
'I'm still here!' This simple gesture was a reminder to be aware every moment of the day.
Susan Jeffries Embracing Uncertainty
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