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Compassion in a World of Idiots: Seeing with the Eyes of Spirit
Not easy making it through the day with peace of mind
The following I wrote in June of 2019. Nothing has changed.
I sit at my desk at my computer, scrolling through the news as I do daily. When I teach, I do so later in the day; however, today is the weekend, and after an extended meditation, I begin my perusal. I read about another rant of the president, another killing, a baby thrown away in a plastic bag, the first fire of summer in California, and some banal article about what some reality star was wearing (or not wearing, more like it). I felt a bony hand on my shoulder. My breathing stopped.
DISCIPLE: Is this it? Has my time come?
YAMA: What? Oh, no, I was just practicing. A little heads up, I guess you might say. Did I scare you?
DISCIPLE: Well, let’s just say I was startled. To go out this way, sitting at my computer, would not exactly be a foreseen t event that would cause my death. It’s not like I was base jumping in a wingsuit.
YAMA: Are you sure reading the news is less dangerous than jumping off a cliff? Were you monitoring your blood pressure rising? What emotional reactions were you experiencing?
