There Is No You

What made the Buddha laugh was seeing that the thing that had ruled his life, that he first tried to escape and then tried to Enlighten, never existed in the first place! His "self"

Monday, June 20, 2011

Just look...is there anyone there?

You have a friend that's extremely paranoid and in constant fear and suffering. They believe that they are being followed and watched, that people are hiding behind trees, in his closets...putting cameras in his house and tapping his phone line.

You ask him, "Have you ever looked to see if it's true? Checked to see if there are really people hiding behind trees, in your closets...are there cameras in your house, is your phone being tapped?"

He realizes that he hasn't, that it's just been a belief. A belief that has made his life miserable. So he finally looks and see that there's no one there.

He's at peace realizing that his fears were based on a belief that was simply never examined.

It's that simple, really. Seriously. Really seriously.

The you that's tormenting you by blasting you with negative and unwanted thoughts...that has a body that gets sick and decays...is it there? Hiding someplace? Have you looked?

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